VA Stahl to Supply GE with Steel Castings.Voest-Alpine Giesserei Linz, a unit of the Vienna, Austria-based steel group Voest-Alpine Stahl, has won a contract to supply General Electric (GE) of the U.S. with steel castings Steel casting is a manufacturing process in which molten metal is poured into a mold, allowed to solidify within the mold, and then the mold is broken and the solid piece is taken out. for gas turbines, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. . The order is worth $18 million, and work will begin in January with first deliveries expected in mid-2000, VA Stahl said in a statement. VA Giesserei in the future reportedly will serve as GE's main supplier of cast-steel gas turbine turbine, rotary engine that uses a continuous stream of fluid (gas or liquid) to turn a shaft that can drive machinery. A water, or hydraulic, turbine is used to drive electric generators in hydroelectric power stations. housings. "As a result, the company will provide 70% of the steel casting requirement of the world's largest gas turbine manufacturer," according to the statement. |
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