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Westhouse electric company

westing house electric corporation

A world-famous electrical equipment manufacturer. 1886 65438+1October 8th, founded by G Westinghouse Company in Pennsylvania, USA. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1889 changed its name to Westinghouse electric manufacturing company, and 1945+00 changed its current name.

Westinghouse Electric Company has 250 factories in 26 countries and regions around the world, with 65,438+025,000 employees and 65,438+035,000 shareholders, with annual sales of 65.438+007 billion US dollars (65,438+0986). Its main business areas involve more than 4,000 products in power generation equipment, power transmission and transformation equipment, electrical equipment and electrical control equipment, and electronic products. Among them, power generation equipment and power transmission and transformation equipment are particularly distinctive, and have enjoyed world reputation since the company was established. 1886 established the first AC power plant in the United States, 1890 established the first AC transmission line, 1895 established the first hydro-generator (5000 kW) in Niagara Falls, and 1900 established the first steam turbine generator in the United States. 1955 The supercritical and secondary reheat turbine generator was successfully trial-produced, and 1957 built the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States. The giant hydropower unit of Daguli Hydropower Station is also manufactured by Westinghouse Electric Company. The company also made a 500 kV sulfur hexafluoride circuit breaker at the earliest, and made a 1 100 kV transformer in the 1970s. In addition, it is the first in the world to produce low-loss amorphous alloy distribution transformers.

Westinghouse Electric Company has 56 research units and 6,792 researchers, among which Westinghouse R&D Center has 1750 employees (650 professionals, including 325 doctors). The company also set up Westinghouse Young Genius Invention Award to encourage high school students' inventions.

1945 Westinghouse electric company signed an agreement with China resources Committee to receive more than 70 scientific and technical personnel from China for study and training. Among them are Chu Yinghuang and Ding Shunnian, many of whom have become the backbone of the development of China Electrician. In 1980s, China imported 300,000 kW and 600,000 kW steam turbines from Westinghouse Electric Company and installed them in Shi Heng Power Plant and Wei Ping Power Plant respectively.