We move the world.
Flender-Graffenstaden has developed a tradition in High Perofrmance gear units for the Power Generation and the Oil & Gas industries (speed reducrers or Increasers, auxiliary and special gearboxes).
Based on an experience of more than 13000 gear units, Flender-Graffenstaden manufactures high efficiency gear units used in all processes in power plants, refineries, offshore and onshore oil and gas installations and petrochemical industrial process plants around the world. Flender-Graffenstaden provides turbo parallel shafts and integral gear units with centerline distances ranging from 150 to 1500 mm. Designed to meet specific customer needs, out production can reach rotation speeds up to 40000 rpm and powers up to 100 MW.
In order to transmit these high powers, our case hardened or nitrided teeth are ground with optimized corrections to ensure homogenous load distribution in operation and provide high reliability during the entire service life of the product. In addition to high precision manufacturing and control standards, each gearbox benefits from a dynamically optimized design of shafts and hydodynamic bearings. Based on the most modern technologies and latest knowledge in the field of gearboxes, every single gear unit is test in our facility to demonstrate satisfying operation while highly reliable instrumentation is installed to enable efficient monitoring on-site
Consolidated-Turbine Services has been working with Flender Graffenstaden since 1989; providing our customers in the Middle East with full technical and commercial support for FG products
Turbo gear units
Driven by gas turbines, steam turbines or electrical motors, out single or double helical turbo parallel shafts gear units are preferred by professionals in search oh high power transmission with very low power losses.
Integral gear units
For industries looking for high efficiency compression systems, Flender-Graffenstaden provides single or multiple meshing integral gear units using single helical and thrust collar designs. With impellers directly mounted to the high speed shaft, these products form an integral unit with the driven compressors and expanders. These multi-stage gear units can also incorporate other equipment such as electric motors, steam or gas turbines, coolers and turbo expanders.
Oil & Gas
Flender-Graffenstaden High performance gear units are used in all processes of the Oil & Gas industry through the world.
Upstream: FPSO, Platforms, Onshore Fields.
Midstream: Pipelines, LNG Tankers
Downstream: Refineries, LNG plants, GTL plants
Petrochemicals: Fertilisers, PTA Plants
For those aplications, gear units are generally designed based on API 613 and are tailored to customer’s specifications.
Power Generation
Flender-Graffenstaden is recognized as the world leader for Gearboxes used in Industrial Power Generation applications including either gas turbines or steam turbines driving generator.
Load gear units are designed based on API or AGMA standard, and optimized in order to offer the maximum efficiency.
History
- 1837
The group “ETABLISSEMENTS DE STRASBOURG” is founded - 1842
Start of machine tools manufacturing - 1844
Production of railway equipment - 1872
The Company “SOCIÉTÉ ALSACIENNE DE CONSTURCTIONS MÉCANIQUES” is born - 1900
SACM starts its own foundry - 1904
Production begins for Ettore Bugatti - 1945
Stat of SACM’s own gear division - 1949
Design of the first turbo gear - 1965
Graffenstaden factory becomes CIT-ALCATEL - 1984
Start up of GRAFFENSTADEN ENGRENAGES - 1988
Take over by the personnel (51%) and FLENDER (49%) - 1989
CONSOLIDATED TURBINE SERVICES becomes the agent of FG for the United Arab Emirates - 1993
The Flender Group takes 100% shares / equity - 2005
SIEMENS AG takes over FLENDER AG including FLENDER-GRAFFENSTADEN S.A.S
