American Governor offers a wide variety of field support services for hydro governors of all types and vintages, Our OEM-trained technicians are deeply experienced, with over 450 years of collective hydro experience. 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.
Field Service and Field Engineering services include:
Mechanical Overhauls and Routine Maintenance
Site Inspections
Governor Calibration and Testing
PID Tuning
System Troubleshooting
Actuator/Control Valve Calibrations
Driver Amplifier Calibrations
Human Machine Interfaces (HMI)
Digital Control Tunable Value Adjustments
We specialize in the following Woodward equipment:
Gateshaft Governors
Mechanical Cabinet Actuators
Mod I & II, Mag Amp, Drawer
505H for Hydro Turbines, 505/505E for Steam Turbines
700H/723 DCS
501*, 509*, 517*, and NetCon™* control systems
OpTrend™ and Intellusion HMI systems
We also have experience with the following equipment:
Allis Chalmers Gateshaft and Mechanical Cabinets
Pelton Cabinet Actuators
Lombard Gateshaft Governors
Field Service Rates and Terms are available upon request.
*Note: Non-tunable program changes (new chips) can only be made if the customer has previously purchased
the GAP™ or MOE™ software from the Woodward Governor Company.
Adjustments that do not require new chips are fully supported.
