BUILDING THE FUTURE
Our corporate headquarters in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, approximately 32 miles east of Pittsburgh, covers 40 buildings on 102 acres of land. Included at this site is the main manufacturing plant with 800,000 square feet under one roof. Another 200,000 square feet is devoted to administration and engineering. Our company has 14 sales offices in the United States, three in Canada, three in Europe, one in Mexico, one in the Middle East and four in Asia. We employ over 1,200 persons.
Over the past four years as part of an initiative called “Factory 2000,” we implemented a number of improvements to the Jeannette facilities to enhance our response time and service capabilities in satisfying customer needs, including the following major upgrades:
A multiphase expansion and modernization of the main test facility increases capacity 50% and enables us to run large gas turbine-powered compressor trains at full speed, a test that many customers want before accepting large compressor trains.
A large casing machine center produces casings for turbines and compressors. This machine weighs 435 tons and measures 131 feet in length. It features 255 cutting tools and can support up to 286 tons at one time. This equipment reduces parts handling, improves product quality, and helps us meet on-time delivery promises.
More rapid manufacture of compressor diaphragms and bearing housings with our highly-automated Mill-Turn Machining System means shorter waiting time for turbomachinery delivery to Elliott customers. The new system, first in the United States, performs full five axis milling operations, and in the turning mode can handle parts from 8 to 54 inches diameter, weighing up to 20,000 lbs., at speeds up to 200 rpm.
Our new state-of-the-art rotor shaft machining system, which is a combination lathe, milling machine, and grinder, is capable of handling shafts up to 25 feet in length and weighing 15,000 lbs.
Turbine and compressor rotors are the critical-path components, and this system helps to speed up rotor production.
A new at-speed rotor balancing facility is equipped to handle rotors up to 284 inches long and 96 inches in diameter, with a maximum weight of up to 27,000 lbs. at speeds up to 30,000 rpm.
The Elliott organization is closely integrated with the turbomachinery manufacturing and service operations of Ebara's Sodegaura plant in Japan, where technology upgrades are continually underway. As a result, customers throughout Asia, Australia, the Pacific region and surrounding areas receive seamless worldwide support to satisfy their requirements for state-of-the-art turbomachinery.
Ebara's Sodegaura Plant was built in 1975 for the manufacturing of high-speed turbomachinery and large-scale welded structures, including centrifugal compressors and steam turbines, and high-level nuclear power equipment, chemical plant equipment and various pressure containers, that require advanced welding technology. With the addition of its fan and blower production in 1985 and the addition of gas turbine production in 1990, the plant has become a comprehensive manufacturer of aerodynamic machinery.