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FG Wilson Powered by Perkins

One of the keys to FG Wilson providing reliable power is using quality components in their gensets. One of the most imporant components is the Perkins engine that powers the FG Wilson generator whether its an 11 kVA or a 2200kVA.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Perkins and I thought it might be good to share some of the history of Perkins and its close relationship to FG Wilson. 

Perkins was created by Frank Perkins and Charles Chapman to develop a high speed engine for cars and light trucks in 1932 in England. Perkins really began growing in the 1940s. In the 1960s Perkins was taken over by a tractor company Massey-Ferguson. During this period of time Perkins developed the 6.354 and 4.236 engines that were used not only in vehicular applications but FG Wilson began to use in its generators.
Perkins purchased the factory of Rolls-Royce Diesel in Shrewsberry, England and later Dorman Diesel for larger 300 to 2200 KVA range.

In 1998 Caterpillar aquired Perkins as they were the single largest customer when you include the volume purchased by FG Wilson. Today Perkins has engine manufacturing facilities in the UK , Brazil and China and supply FG Wilson factories in those countries.

While Perkins sells industrial engines to many genset packagers around the world FG Wilson works hand in hand with Perkins in developing new industrial engines for generator applications. FG Wilson has benefited greatly from this close relationship with Perkins and has differentiated them from other manufacturers in services and support. Today FG Wilson dealers locally have the full service and support capability of the Perkins engines giving FG Wilson customers one point of responsibility for the complete generator.

Excellent Maintenance Access on FG Wilson Generators

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On the FG Wilson sales support literature for the enclosures we always see "excellent access for maintenance" as a selling point. On the sales side we do not emphasize this feature enough.  Looking through some pictures taken of a visit to a customers installation that has several brands of generators it is obvious that FG Wilson generators are easier to maintain.

FG Wilson generators are designed to give the technician complete access to the generator. This means the control panel, filters, radiator, battery, engine and alternator. As you can notice from the photo this can be done standing up in a comfortable position. The doors and access to all parts of the generator are all hinged meaning that they open like doors avoiding removing bolts or screws and access plates.

When you look at the pictures taken of the "red" generator you will notice the technicians crouching and in very uncomfortable positions to reach basic maintenance components. One key thing to look at in the "red" generator is that some of the access doors must be removed by taking out bolts.
Many times these bolts can get lost or are not tightened correctly leaving a constant rattle when the generator is running.

Another important point looking at the pictures of the "red" generator is difficulty for a technician to spot anything like oil leaks or loose wires from the position he is in.

From the photo of the technician standing next to the FG Wilson generator you can see he has visibility of the whole generator from the top allowing him to reach and observer anything out of place such as leaking oil or fuel.

Ultimately the benefit to the customer that is not doing the service themselves is the labour time it takes to change a maintenance or repair part.
Think of the time saved just removing and replacing the red access panel with the 4 bolts.

Installing FG Wilson Generators - Installation Factors

A good installation is critical to ensuring the reliable perfomance of your FG Wilson generator whether its a 13 kVA or 2200kVA as in the pictures. 

With out a proper installion the generator performance will be affected and in some cases damage your FG Wilson generator.

There are 10 key considerations that have to be taken into account when planning a good installation of your FG Wilson Generator.

1.Access and Maintenance location

2.Floor loading

3.Vibration transmiteed to building and equipment

4.Ventilation of room

5.Engine exhaust piping and insulation

6.Noise reduction

7.Method of engine cooling

8.Size and location of fuel tank

9.Local, national or insurance regulations

10. Smoke and emissions requirements.

FG Wilson provides information that will be useful to you when planning your installation.

1. Diesel Generator Set installation manual.

This manual covers all these factors and gives usefull advice to ensure that the installation is done properly.

Download installation_manualgb.pdf

2. Mechanical dimensional drawings

FG Wilson supplies mechanical dimensional drawings for each model and will help in planning the location and space required.

FGW Latin America & Caribbean in Pictures

FG Wilson Generators in Puerto Rico

For the past 15 years Puerto Rico has been an important market for the sale of FG Wilson generators. On April 25th, 2007 FGW Latin America & Caribbean inaugurated FGW Puerto Rico LLC

(www.FGWPuertoRico.com) to provide local sales, support and service to customers in Puerto Rico.   

FG W Puerto Rico LLC is headed by Milton Pimentel who has more than 20 years of experience in the business and with FG Wilson generators. FGW Puerto Rico LLC offers customers a large inventory FG Wilson Generators and parts as well as in house technical and service support.

FGW Puerto Rico LLC offers 24 hour service and support to customers in the island through the 5 authorized service centers. The 5 authorized service centers offer customers preventive maintenance contracts as per the guidelines of FG Wilson.

FG Wilson Puerto Rico

FGW Latin America & Caribbean in Puebla, Mexico

FGW Latin America & Caribbean inagurated ROL-MEX in Puebla, Mexico on September 28th, 2007.

ROL-MEX (www.rol-mex.com) is a joint venture between FGW Latin America & Caribbean and the Roldan family in with the sole purpose of selling and supporting FGW generators in Mexico.

ROL-MEX will benefit from the regional volume and experience of FGW Latin America & Caribbean in 38 countries with FG Wilson and the excellent reputation built over 30 years that Roldan has for service and support in Mexico. ROL-MEX offers customers a large in country inventory of FGW generators and parts from its facility in Puebla, Mexico.
The opening of ROL-MEX follows the opening of FGW Puerto Rico (www.FGWPuertoRico.com) in April of this year.