Rana Power Plant is located near the town of Mo I Rana, in central Norway . It operates with installed capacity of 500 MW in four units with Francis turbines, with an average annual production of about 2100 GWh. The station is owned by Statkraft. In terms of annual production in Norway, the Rana power plant is second to the Svartisen hydroelectric power plant.
Photo: Rana Power Plant outside and inside
In our range there was machining of axuial, radial and conical surfaces within the head coverthe bottom ring.
A certain challenge was to turn the over five-ton machine by 180° without access to the crane – only with the help of hoists. This operation can be seen in the video:
