Case Study
Nuclear Power Plant Pump Drive: Custom Heavy-Duty Gearing
Application Profile • Precision-ground, AGMA Q12 gear set • 10CFR50 Appendix B Quality Program with compliance to NQA-1 • Reduced vibration and stress on other pump components Custom Heavy-Duty Gearing Nuclear Power Plant Pump Drive A nuclear power plant located in New York needed replacement gearing for the main feedwater pump speed increaser. Put into service in 1970, the plant houses a single Westinghouse 2-loop pressurized wate