(VERNON CA: January 25, 2022) Bender CCP, a leading provider of turnkey engineering, machining and field repair services, announced today that it was awarded a substantial multi-year contract from the Chelan County Public Utility District Number 1. The primary services provided under the contract include a range of machine shop repair services for hydropower generation equipment. “We are excited to be awarded the 2-year contract with Chelan County that will utilize the broad range of ... Read More
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Bender CCP and Unico Mechanical awarded Rehabilitation Project for Oroville Dam
OROVILLE — The California Department of Water Resources has begun its nine-year project to replace the spillway gate hoists at the Oroville Dam. Workers began the process of reverse-engineering the hoists Tuesday to open the door for replacing one per year in a project expected to be complete in 2031. Scott Turnquist, DWR’s engineering branch manager for the Oroville field division, said the project is the result of years worth of planning in an effort to have large-scale maintenance on ... Read More
Hydropower’s Universal Dilemma: Repair or Replace
by Jonathan Meier, Unico Mechanical The major equipment found in hydropower generating plants, such as the turbines, generators, and large valves, have longer lifecycles than equipment used in other types of power generating plants and in other industries. It is also common for hydroelectric power plants to utilize water hydraulic systems supplied from the penstocks to operate turbine shutoff valves, pressure regulating valves, and turbine hydraulic controllers. Both the longer life cycles ... Read More