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Westwood Generating Depends On Plattco Valves To Reduce Maintenance Costs, Sustain Efficient Operations

Westwood Generating Depends On Plattco Valves To Reduce Maintenance Costs, Sustain Efficient Operations

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Preventative maintenance is serious business at the Westwood Generating Station, a 36MW waste coal-fired power plant in Eastern Pennsylvania. Because the plant burns highly corrosive legacy coal left over from long-ago coal mining operations, an aggressive maintenance schedule is required to maximize plant output. “The waste coal we burn is actually more rock than coal,” explains Ron Graver, maintenance planner at the Westwood Genera

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