\"Confidential\" in the compressor industry: An overview of world-renowned centrifugal compressor brands
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This post was last edited by 1573 on 2017-7-20 at 11:16. “Confidential” information in the compressor industry: An overview of globally renowned centrifugal compressor brands. A centrifugal compressor is a type of turbine compressor whose exhaust pressure is higher than 0.015 MPa, and in which the gas flows primarily in a radial direction; it is also known as a radial flow compressor； Those with an exhaust pressure of less than 0.2 MPa are generally referred to as centrifugal blowers. It is widely used in various process flows to convey air, various process gases, or mixed gases, and to increase their pressure. In industry, they are often named according to their purpose or the type of gas, such as blast furnace blowers and ammonia centrifugal compressors. Centrifugal compressors are widely used in industrial sectors such as metallurgy, petrochemicals, natural gas transportation, refrigeration, and power generation. Over the past decade, against the backdrop of economic globalization and fierce competition, the foreign centrifugal compressor manufacturing industry has also undergone continuous mergers and reorganizations. In 2000, the Japanese company EBARA acquired all the shares of the American company ELLIOTT, thereby establishing ELLIOTT-EBARA Turbomachinery Company. In 2001, Germany’s MAN Group restructured GHH BOSIG and Sulzer, thereby forming the company MAN TURBO ； SIEMENS acquired DEMAG DELEVAL and reorganized it into the SIEMENS Turbomachinery Division. Since 1994, GE has acquired compressor manufacturers such as Simplo and AC, becoming a leader in the compressor industry. Domestic compressor manufacturers have also carried out mergers and reorganizations; Shenyang Blower Factory reorganized Shenyang Gas Compressor Factory, while the compressor division of Jinxi Chemical Machinery was acquired by SIEMENS, becoming SIEMENS Huludao Turbine Company. Following reorganization and integration, some well-known compressor manufacturers of the past, such as Sulzer, DEMAG, and GHH, changed their ownership structures. The major foreign centrifugal compressor manufacturers have formed large conglomerates including GE, SIEMENS, MAN TURBO, MHI, DRESSER-RAND, and ELLIOTT-EBARA.
Ingersoll Rand, whose full name is Ingersoll Rand Company, was founded in 1871. Its headquarters are located in Lake Woodcliff, New Jersey, United States. The company’s products include compressed air systems, building hardware, construction equipment, golf carts, tools, and refrigeration transportation systems. The company has over 40 factories in nearly 20 countries around the world, employs 35,000 people, and has total assets of around $6 billion. Ingersoll Rand is already a multinational, multi-industry manufacturer of industrial equipment components and service provider, having delivered various solutions to many companies. The company began producing centrifugal compressors in 1911, and in 1912 it installed the world’s first multi-stage air compressor driven by a steam turbine with a capacity of 100 m3/h. In 1928 it introduced a compressor energy recovery system; in 1940 it produced centrifugal compressors for use in catalytic cracking. Production of steam turbine-driven centrifugal compressors started in 1949, and modular centrifugal compressors were introduced in 1958. Since its development, Ingersoll Rand’s CENTAC centrifugal air compressor (a multi-axis gear-driven combined centrifugal compressor) has been very popular among users; to date, 12,000 units of this type are in safe, long-term, stable operation around the world. The CENTAC centrifugal air compressor unit is a fully assembled, motor-driven centrifugal air compressor with a single-layer structure, single-stage suction, and single-stage discharge, capable of providing 100% oil-free air. Its flow rate range is from 25 to 850 m3/min, and the exhaust pressure range is from 0.8 to 4.0 Mpa. The compressor and the motor are connected by flanges and couplings; the entire unit, including the cooling system, control system, oil lubrication system, and other auxiliary equipment, is mounted on a common chassis.
Delaisi: The American company Delaisi Land is one of the largest compressor manufacturers in the world. The company, along with its subsidiaries and affiliates around the globe, operates 10 manufacturing plants and laboratories, over 70 sales offices, more than 30 maintenance centers, and employs nearly 8,000 people. 92% of the sales professionals are engineers with academic degrees. In 1993, the total turnover was $1.2 billion, primarily coming from the oil and chemical industries. The company is committed to developing new technologies, new processes, new materials, and new products, while placing emphasis on quality and service. The company has departments for turbines, motors, and generators, turbomachinery, engine process compressors, gas compressors, and product support. The headquarters of the Turbomachinery Division is located in Orion, New York. The company’s main products include centrifugal compressors, axial flow compressors, steam turbines, gas turbines, as well as reciprocating compressors, high-temperature industrial gas expansion turbines, screw compressors, and axial-flow centrifugal combined compressors. Centrifugal composite compressor.
Cameron Corporation, headquartered in Texas, USA, has 12,500 employees and an annual turnover of over $4 billion; it is the former Kubota Turbine Compressors Company. The company began manufacturing centrifugal compressors in the early 1950s, and by the mid-1950s, it developed pilot models of pipeline centrifugal compressors driven by 5,000 horsepower gas turbines. Not long after, a pipeline centrifugal compressor driven by a 10,000 horsepower gas turbine was manufactured. Centrifugal compressors for synthetic ammonia have been manufactured since 1964, and they have been produced since 1972. After 1972, efforts were focused on developing centrifugal compressors for the natural gas industry. Currently, about 45% of the pipeline compressors in use around the world are products of this company, and about 60% of the gas turbines used with these pipeline compressors are also products of this company. The company’s centrifugal compressor manufacturing technology has been exported to Mexican company Comaget, French company Clérisol-Louvain, Japanese companies Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Kobe Steel, as well as the former Soviet Union. The horizontally split centrifugal compressors produced by this company come in models such as RB-S, RC-S, RD-S, RE-S, and RF-S; the maximum inlet flow rate is 160–1715 m3/min, while the maximum discharge pressure ranges from 4.12 to 1.72 MPa ； The drum-type models include RB-B, RC-B, RDB, REB, RFB, etc. The maximum inlet flow rate is 178,630 m³/min, and the maximum discharge pressure ranges from 44.49 to 8.5 MPa.
GE General Electric: Since 1994, GE has acquired companies such as New Belton and A-C that produce compressors, thereby forming the GE General Electric Power division and becoming a leader in the compressor industry. New Bilone: The original Italian company New Bilone was founded in Florence, Italy, in 1842 as a foundry; it began to engage in mechanical engineering at the beginning of this century. Currently, it mainly produces petroleum and petrochemical machinery and equipment, as well as machinery and equipment specific to the nuclear industry and textile machinery, among other products. The company has a total of 7 manufacturing plants in Italy, with the main one located in Florence, which is also the location of the company’s headquarters. This facility produces reciprocating compressors, centrifugal compressors, steam turbines, and gas turbines; everything from parts processing to machine assembly is done in-house. The plant has multiple test beds, allowing for the simultaneous testing of several units (along with their drivers). Products such as centrifugal pumps, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, valves, and textile machinery are manufactured in other factories respectively. The company is capable of producing mechanical products such as compressors, turbines, and centrifugal pumps in accordance with API standards, as well as various pressure vessels and heat exchangers in compliance with ASME and TEMA standards. Many of its products are already in use in factories in China. The main units currently in operation in China include: the cracking gas compressor for ethylene plants, ethylene compressors, propylene compressors, and methane compressors ； Synthesis gas compressors, carbon dioxide compressors, and liquid ammonia pumps in fertilizer plants, etc. American A-C Compressor Company was developed from Allis-Chalmers’ compressor division. It is now a comprehensive compressor manufacturer capable of producing various types of compressors, including centrifugal, axial flow, screw, and rotary vane compressors. With a history of nearly 60 years, it has large manufacturing facilities in both the United States and Canada. Its test center can test power up to 13,050 kW and collect modern aerodynamic performance data. American A-C Compressors generates annual sales of $70–80 million, of which 65% comes from centrifugal compressors, 18% from rotary vane compressors, and 17% from screw compressors. These products are primarily used in the petrochemical, natural gas, and other chemical processing industries. Multi-stage centrifugal compressors come in horizontally split types (≤50 bar) and vertically split cylindrical types (≤350 bar). The centrifugal compressors of Company A-C meet the API617 standards.
ELLIOTT ELLIOTT’s headquarters are located in Jennett, Pennsylvania, United States. The company was founded in 1895, and its centrifugal compressors are widely used in industries such as air separation, steel manufacturing, petrochemicals, textiles, pharmaceuticals, power generation, the automotive industry, glass production, electronics, and papermaking. As early as 1978, Elliott Inc. began exporting centrifugal compressors and steam turbines to China; to date, nearly 1,000 units have been sold in the country. The product range includes: process products: centrifugal compressors for process applications, axial flow compressors for process applications, steam turbine machinery, and gas turbines. Industrial products: Factory-type PAP series centrifugal air compressors, small steam turbines, etc. In 2000, ELLIOTT Company was acquired by the Japanese company EBARA, resulting in the formation of ELLIOTT-EBARA Turbomachinery Company, with its headquarters in Tokyo. In October 2003, ELLIOTT sold its factory-based PAP series of centrifugal air compressor production lines to Fusheng Group, establishing FSELLIOTT. At the same time, Fusheng Yilida (Shanghai) Compressor Co., Ltd. was set up in Shanghai to be responsible for the production, sales, and service of centrifugal compressors. Thus, it makes Fusheng Company’s air compressor product line more complete.
German MAN Turbo Group: In 2001, the German MAN Group reorganized GHH BOSIG and Sulzer to form the MAN TURBO company. MANTURBO is a subsidiary of the German ManAG group, one of the world’s top 500 companies, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of turbine machinery and compressor equipment. Sulzer – The Swiss company Sulzer is a world-renowned multinational industrial group founded in 1834; it has a history of over 150 years. It operates in 150 countries, has permanent representatives in those locations, employs around 320,000 people worldwide, and achieves annual sales of 6 billion Swiss francs. Sulzer is primarily engaged in textile machinery, medical technology, hydraulic machinery, thermal turbine machinery, process systems and complete sets of equipment, reciprocating compressors, centrifuges, industrial pumps, and more. The horizontally split centrifugal compressors produced have a flow rate range of 4000 to 220,000 m3/h, with a maximum outlet pressure of 70 bar. They are primarily used for oxygen compression, in refrigeration units, as well as for transporting various gaseous media in the petroleum and chemical industries. Vertical split-shell bucket-type centrifugal compressors (6 models) have a flow rate range of 3000–45000 m3/h and an outlet pressure of 700 bar; they are primarily used for compressing high-pressure oxygen, synthetic ammonia gas, hydrocarbon gases, gases in oil refineries, for gas transportation, and in natural gas applications.
GehaHA–Porsig: The former German company GHH BORSIG Turbomachinery was established in March 1996 through the merger of GHH and BORSIG, bringing together 180 years of professional experience. GHH BORSIG manufactures a variety of turbine machinery that is widely used in the oil and chemical industries around the world. Its products include axial flow compressors, centrifugal compressors, industrial gas screw compressors, industrial expanders (for energy recovery), industrial steam turbines, and industrial gas turbines. The company’s compressor designs comply with the following international standards: API, PNEUROP, ASME, BS, DIN, etc. The company holds the following quality certifications: ISO9001-1987, EN29001-1987, DIN/ISO 9001/1990, ANSI/ASQT Q91-1987, BS 5750:Part 1:1987.
Siemens Turbomachinery Division of Germany: In 2001, Siemens acquired DEMAG DELEVAL Turbines, thereby creating the SIEMENS Turbomachinery Division. The company consists of three main units: Mannesmann-Deilmann in Duisburg, Germany; Delaware in Trenton, the United States; and Delaware-Stock in the Netherlands. These locations together employ 2,650 people. With a history of 150 years, the company possesses various patented technologies from its three original companies, and is capable of producing various types of centrifugal compressors and steam turbines. Its main products include centrifugal compressors, multi-axis gear-driven centrifugal compressors, axial flow compressors, mixed-flow compressors, gas expanders, and industrial steam turbines. The compressors produced include: the AX series of centrifugal compressors, the AR series of mixed-flow compressors, the RR series of high-flow centrifugal compressors, the MH series of horizontally split centrifugal compressors, the MV series of vertically split centrifugal compressors, the H(VK) series of multi-axis (high-pressure) gear-driven centrifugal compressors, the PRT series of process gas compressors, and the SEI/SEE series of single-stage centrifugal compressors. Founded in 1901, the American company based in Delaware has a long history of producing steam turbines. Its industrial turbines are primarily used in military applications and on warships, and it began manufacturing fuel gas compressors in the 1950s. The American company Kellogg developed a synthetic ammonia production process with an output of 300,000 tons per year. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Delaware Company supplied a large number of compressors needed for this process – namely air compressors, feed gas compressors, syngas compressors, and refrigerators – all with an output of 300,000 tons per year. Delaware produces centrifugal compressors and steam turbines; these are currently in use in 700 units at 90 large ammonia synthesis plants around the world. In the mid-1970s, 13 sets of equipment capable of producing 300,000 tons of fertilizer per year were introduced into China, and 8 of those sets consisted of large-scale units manufactured by Delaware factories.
Ebara Corporation of Japan was founded in 1912, and has since grown to become a renowned global manufacturer of compressors, large pumps, and fans. Ebara Corporation operates three factories in Japan – at Haneda, Fujisawa, and Sukagamiura – with 5,000 employees, as well as 37 subsidiaries overseas, including 14 manufacturing plants abroad. Main features of the centrifugal compressors produced by Ebara Corporation in Japan: Welded casing: lightweight, eliminates casting defects, short manufacturing cycle, easy inspection, and can be designed flexibly according to manufacturing requirements ； Striving for high efficiency: binary or ternary impeller designs, which offer a 5% difference in efficiency; however, this difference is minimal at low flow rates, so binary impellers are still used in such conditions ； Impeller: Riveted and welded impellers; grooved surfacing is used for low-flow conditions, requiring high manufacturing standards ； Seals are present on both sides of the impeller shaft end, with very small gaps, in order to reduce leakage and improve efficiency. Currently, nickel and carbon alloys are used as sealing materials to enhance reliability and extend service life.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is Japan’s largest machinery conglomerate, founded in 1871. It currently has 43,400 employees and operates 14 factories as well as 6 research institutes across the country. The company manufactures various types of machinery, as well as products for use in space, aviation, and air conditioning. Its annual sales amount to 2.5 trillion yen. The production of centrifugal compressors and steam turbines takes place mainly at three factories: the Hiroshima Plant, the Koshigaya Plant, and the Nagasaki Plant. Since Mitsubishi Heavy Industries began producing centrifugal compressors using its own technology in 1917, it has now delivered over 2,000 units. The compressors produced by our company have received widespread acclaim in various fields such as the petrochemical industry involving ethylene and fertilizers, as well as in areas like oil refining, air separation, natural gas transportation and separation, and blast furnaces. Key features of the process gas centrifugal compressors produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: compliance with API617 standards ； Bearings are lubricated by direct supply, which allows for a reduction of 1/2 of the oil usage ； Both large and small impellers are three-dimensional impellers ； Sealing types include labyrinth seal, diaphragm seal, mechanical seal, and dry gas seal ； Optimized design of the unit aims for high efficiency. Its single-axis centrifugal compressor has a maximum flow rate of 300,000 m3/h, a maximum speed of 20,000 rpm, and a maximum pressure of 300 bar(A) ； The maximum flow rate of the multi-axis centrifugal compressor is 23,000 m3/h, and the maximum pressure is 7 bar(A).