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American Governor is truly a full service governor company, offering parts, service, training and technical support for legacy governors, as well as complete custom-engineered digital conversion packages. American Governor personnel has over 500 years of combined governor experience and have provided parts, service or training to over 1000 powerplants worldwide. The experience, integrity, responsiveness and technical capability of our team explains why we have developed a strong and loyal following in the hydro industry.

We regularly do business with every major hydro owner in North America. Our annual Governor School in June draws over 100 industry professionals seeking theoretical knowledge and practical training on everything from the oldest mechanical governor to the newest PLC digital governor. We are committed to keeping your governors – new or old – running reliably and efficiently for as long as you wish to keep them in service.

American Governor Company is restoring the level of support you once depended on the OEM to provide. Support that you have grown to trust and expect. Our goal is to provide the highest quality parts, field service, technical support, training, engineering and digital upgrades at the best price. And, with regional facilities located throughout the United States, we’re close to you.

Legacy Governors
For legacy governors ranging from mechanical flyball to analog electric to early digital governors, we offer new and refurbished parts, experienced field service and expert training. With our huge inventory of new and reconditioned governor parts, we can often provide the part you need overnight. Our Factory Training and Repair facility provides complete factory repair and overhaul services for many types of governors, oil pumps and Permanent Magnet Generators. Our governor specialists can answer your maintenance questions and provide troubleshooting assistance over the phone. We also offer factory and on-site training to customers who wish to build their staff's familiarity with the maintenance and calibration of existing equipment.

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Digital PLC Governors
If your unit control requirements have changed due to new operational needs, a digital governor conversion may be appropriate. American Governor is a leading provider of digital governor systems and hydraulic power units. We have commissioned or have orders for over 300 digital governor systems. Our custom-engineered systems are built around industry-standard PLC and hydraulic technology, our proven governor algorithms and your specific needs.

All our digital governors are fail-safe and some feature electronic and hydraulic redundancy to continue operation in the event of a single point failure. We can incorporate other unit control features like unit start/stop sequencing, automatic synchronizing, synchronous bypass valve operation, six-needle sequencing, pump-turbine control and downstream flow control modes. We have extensive experience using PLC’s from Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, Telemecanique/Schneider Electric/Modicon, GE, Siemens & ABB.

Operator interfaces can range from a local color touchscreen to a complete PC-based plant monitoring system. All our digital governors and control systems are completely tested on our Turbine Simulator before leaving our factory. Various other field devices are also simulated to ensure the system hardware and software are working properly before the equipment arrives at your powerplant, reducing start-up and commissioning time.

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