prazepam . this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message centrax ltd industry industrial gas turbines and engine components founded 1946 headquarters shaldon road newton abbot devon tq12 4sq area served worldwide products gas turbine generating sets and turbine blades and discs number of employees c. 700 parent centrax industries divisions 2 website centrax centrax also known as centrax limited is an engineering company based in devon in the power generation industry making generating sets with rolls royce gas turbine engines . these are known as industrial gas turbines . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 structure 3.1 gas turbine division 3.2 turbine components 3.3 worldwide 4 market 5 products 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit centrax was founded in 1946 by richard hh barr obe the chairman and geoffrey r white the technical director who had worked with sir frank whittle in the early stages of jet engines at power jets . in 1955 centrax opened its compressor and turbine blade factory in devon and became centrax ltd. in 1964 it entered into a joint arrangement with misco precision casting the michigan based misco division of howmet castings of ohio of the usa and formed central misco ltd a division of the company that made metal products with investment casting . it operated separate to the main company . centrax has two main operating divisions centrax limited and centrax turbine components limited . the gas turbine division designed built and packages its own small gas turbine for industrial uses and since 1979 centrax has been packaging the rolls royce 501 aeroderivative gas turbine engine . in 2007 signed an exclusive deal with rolls royce to package the 64 mw rolls royce trent 60 engine in a generating set in europe wide industrial projects . it opened a new factory on its site to build the trent 60 sets . in 2011 centrax limited signed an agreement with siemens to package the siemens 300 and 400 industrial gas turbine for markets in uk france italy the netherlands and belgium . awards edit in 2010 and 2002 it won a queen s award for enterprise and in 1969 a queen s award to industry for export achievement . structure edit centrax has two divisions gas turbine division edit centrax limited packages the rolls royce 501 range of industrial gas turbines which range from 3.9 to 5.2 megawatts as well as the rolls royce trent 60 gas turbine 64 megawatts . since 2011 centrax has been packaging the siemens 300 and 400 industrial gas turbines for 5 countries in europe . the main market for the division is the combined heat and power market in europe including eastern europe and russia . turbine components edit centrax manufactures precision components for jet engines namely compressor and turbine aerofoils blades discs shafts and casings . worldwide edit centrax ltd. has service depots in zoeterwoude netherlands gie en wieseck germany warsaw poland montale rangone italy ormes loiret france oeiras municipality portugal castell n spain st petersburg russia market edit centrax sells turbine blade components to civil and military aircraft companies and operators around the world . centrax industrial gas turbine generating sets are sold for power generation and combined heat and power systems usually large manufacturing plants that require large amounts of heating or steam . it exports 95 % of its turnover . products edit centrax s generating sets range from 3.9 mw to 64mw and are based on the rolls royce 501 c. 5mw and trent 60 engines . centrax turbine components include much of a complete jet engine except to combustion equipment . centrax offers the following options of generating sets cx501 kb5 3.9 mw cx501 kb7 5.3 mw cx300 7.9 mw cx400 12.9 mw cx400 14.4 mw cx211 33mw trent 60wle 60.5 mw trent 60wle isi 64mw power barge pb125 125mw power barge pb20 20mw see also edit components of jet engines references edit external links edit centrax retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centrax & oldid 731724499 categories companies based in devoncompanies established in 1946newton abbotelectrical generation engine manufacturersengineering companies of the united kingdom1946 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories articles lacking sources from july 2010all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages 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