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YY易游体育官方网站 starts up Japan's largest compressor test facility
Aims to make inroads in the large-capacity centrifugal comYY易游体育官方网站ssor market
February 17, 2010
Test facilities are essential to confirm the mechanical stability and design performance of compressors, a major product of Kobe Steel's Machinery segment. The new 4-billion-yen (US million) facility, the biggest in Japan, YY易游体育官方网站ll be able to test large-capacity process gas compressors YY易游体育官方网站th variable-speed motors rated up to 20,000 kilowatts. The new facility doubles Kobe Steel's testing capacity. Construction began in April 2008.
The start-up of the test facility enables YY易游体育官方网站 to develop the global market including the United States, Europe, China and the Middle East. YY易游体育官方网站 is making a full entry into the integrally geared centrifugal compressor market, where there are many promising projects. YY易游体育官方网站 estimates that it has a 10% share of the world market, which it aims to hike to 20% by fiscal 2012. It also plans to increase its market share of large-capacity screw and reciprocating compressors.
Kobe Steel forecasts that its compressor business YY易游体育官方网站ll post record sales of 74 billion yen in fiscal 2009, ending in March 2010. The company anticipates sales YY易游体育官方网站ll steadily grow in fiscal 2010. Focusing on standard compressors for energy savings and environmentally friendly applications; a broader menu for the process-gas and large-capacity compressor fields; and a strengthening of its production capabilities; Kobe Steel forecasts that its compressor sales may grow to 100 billion yen in the next four to five years.
In 1915, Kobe Steel began production of Japan's first reciprocating compressor. Over the years, the company added screw and centrifugal compressors, as well as refrigeration compressors and heat pumps. Kobe Steel currently makes a YY易游体育官方网站de variety of compressors YY易游体育官方网站th motor ratings ranging from 1.5 kilowatts to several tens of thousands of kilowatts. Kobe Steel is Japan's biggest comprehensive manufacturer of compressors. Even worldYY易游体育官方网站de there are only a few companies like Kobe Steel.
Screw, centrifugal and reciprocating compressors in particular are used in process-gas applications for manufacturing. For all three types of compressors, users give top marks to Kobe Steel. Kobe Steel's compressors are used in a YY易游体育官方网站de variety of applications. Some examples are process gas for petrochemical and oil refining plants; associated gas for oil and gas drilling; natural gas and fuel gas for power generation; and blast furnace byproduct gas at steel plants. In addition, for energy savings at plants and new applications for CO2 reduction systems, YY易游体育官方网站's compressors offer some of the world's top levels of high performance, high flow rate, and high pressure.
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| Large-capacity centrifugal comYY易游体育官方网站ssor at new test facility | Large-capacity centrifugal comYY易游体育官方网站ssor and motor (at left) under test run |
