Flender opens state-of-the-art testing and workshop facility in Perth, Western Australia
Flender, a leading global supplier of mechanical drives, has opened its new state-of-the-art testing and workshop facility at the Tonkin Highway Industrial Estate in the Perth suburb of Bayswater. The 3500 m2 facility enables Flender to combine sales, project delivery, engineering and training in one location in the first of its kind for Flender in Australia. It will also enable the company to expand its operations in Western Australia.
The facility is one of only a few in the world capable of servicing all makes and types of gearboxes and drive train components and is the only OEM facility on the west coast with a 1.5 MW load test bench capable of testing complete drive systems up to a voltage of 6.6KV.
Flender continues to grow in the region to meet increasing customer demand, especially in the wind energy and mining sectors. Flender has the largest installed base of industrial drives in Western Australia. Some installations have been in operation since the 1970s and are still in service today in mine and port locations across the Pilbara and other regions of WA. The facility will also be designed to cater for projected growth in ‘geared’ wind turbines over the coming decades.
This announcement follows the US$ 5 million investment into Rockhampton service centre in 2017.
