Energy in motion - DIVE and ZINQ for Colombia's hydropower

Energy in motion – DIVE and ZINQ for Colombia’s hydropower

ZINQ

Height-doubled diving at ZINQ in Landsberg.

Picture credits: ZINQ

Project

For a new hydropower plant in La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia, DIVE Turbines GmbH & Co. KG from Amorbach has manufactured a DIVE HAX turbine that is intended to supply thousands of households with electricity with an electrical output of 2 megawatts. The spiral, a four-ton heavy core component of the plant, was then surface-treated at ZINQ in Landsberg near Halle with the duroZINQ coating to prepare it for decades of use underwater.

„The collaboration with ZINQ has worked perfectly – especially with such special-order products. The expert advice is invaluable. We do not see surface treatment as an afterthought, but as a central element for the lifetime of our turbines. And that also requires expertise. Our designers have greatly benefited from the knowledge we have gained through our many years of collaboration with ZINQ. The knowledge about the material behavior in the zinc pot has been incorporated into many improvements in our products.“

Christian Winkler, responsible for sales at DIVE Turbinen GmbH & Co. KG

The suction pipe knee of the DIVE turbine and the finished painted spiral during transport to the port. (Image credit: © DIVE Turbinen GmbH & Co. KG / Mujkic)

Energy in motion – DIVE and ZINQ for Colombia’s hydropower

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