Power & Propulsion – Page 50
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Diesel efficiency breakthrough?
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering have made exciting progress in developing a more efficient method to initiate combustion, which they claim provides a breakthrough, technological step forward in vessel propulsion.
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NewsTwin Fin award
The Caterpillar Propulsion twin fin system recently won the Technical Innovation prize at the Seatrade Maritime Awards Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa, Dubai – one of the highlights of Dubai Maritime Week 2014.
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NewsPropCad upgrade
Marine propeller modelling software specialist HydroComp has released a 3-year update of its popular PropCad software.
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NewsWhy replace when you can Reman?
Six sightseeing vessels on the UK’s River Thames have been operating successfully with remanufactured engines. For vessel operator Thames Clippers, exchanging with such overhauled engines represented an ideal solution because the catamarans were not out of service.
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NewsFerry power contract
Elkon a Turkish subsidiary of Netherlands-based Imtech Marine, has been awarded a contract from Sedef Shipyard (Tuzla, Istanbul) for the delivery of the electrical equipment, propulsion system and services for two Canadian Seaspan hybrid ferries.
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NewsGearbox delight
Transporting personnel and equipment quickly and safely by boat to offshore wind farms in all weathers requires reliable, efficient equipment. MPI Workboats, a UK-based operator of high performing, purpose-built wind farm support aluminium catamarans, has installed ZF gearboxes in six of its latest vessels.
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Sterndrive partnership
Less than one year after announcing the formalisation of their relationship, US power and propulsion partnership Cummins and Konrad Marine confirm they have added 480 and 550 horsepower ratings to the diesel sterndrive packages they jointly offer.
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NewsSurf Drive from France Helices
France Helices, the French company that offers a range of trimmable surface drive systems has developed a new model that has rudder steering rather than the normal dynamic steering with the propeller thrust. This new model is aimed at offering a simple solution for boats that have a fairly constant ...
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NewsJets on trial
Rolls-Royce has successfully completed seatrials of its first S4 series of waterjets, designed to give higher efficiency at lower speeds. The trials aboard the recently upgraded ‘Tangalooma Jet’, a 350 passenger-carrying high-speed catamaran, indicated a 3% increase in thrust when compared to the previously installed waterjets.
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NewsElectric Hydropack
Hydropack is an engine system designed in the Netherlands to power all the requirements of a workboat. By coupling the engine directly to a hydraulic pump the engine power is converted into hydraulic power which can be used for propulsion but also to power auxiliaries such as cranes, winches, pumps ...
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NewsJets go large
Alamarin-Jet Oy launched their newest and largest waterjet to date - the AJ340 - at METS Tradeshow in Amsterdam. The Finnish waterjet manufacturer have long been a market leading manufacturer of smaller waterjets suitable for engines ranging from 20hp up to 450hp, but the release of the AJ 340 signals ...
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Jet propulsion for Spanish police patrol vessels
Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply waterjets for two Spanish Police Guardia Civil 20m Patrol boats in Spain. These vessels will be built by Astilleros Gondan Shipyard.
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NewsWaterMota Romania continues expansion
It’s a cliché as old as the hills but hard work does pay off. For engines and generators company WaterMota Romania based in Constanta, this is certainly the case.
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NewsChange of engines after just six months
A fishing catamaran which only went into service in February this year has already had a change of engines – this time to Sole Diesel.
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NewsMermaid Marine invests in R&D
Mermaid Marine, has significantly invested in new research and development facilities to aid product design and development of new products.
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NewsASV C-Worker fitted with Fischer Panda
Initial designs for Fischer Panda’s hybrid diesel electric propulsion systems were first introduced in early 2004.
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NewsItalian hybrid system
Italian company Transfluid was established in 1957 to manufacture variable speed drives, fluid couplings and hydraulic transmissions. Now it has added to its portfolio with a hybrid transmission system that is suitable for marine use.
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NewsCouplings launch
Renold Hi-Tec Couplings, of Halifax, UK, is set to launch a new range of failsafe, high temperature, marine propulsion rubber-in-compression couplings at the International Workboat Show, Morial Convention Center, in New Orleans, USA, from 3 to 5 December.
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NewsJacket cooled motors
WEG, a US headquartered supplier of drive technology, introduced its water-cooled WGM motors to the shipbuilding industry for the first time at SMM 2014. WEG claim the motors provide the ideal solution for marine applications with harsh operating conditions and constrained spaces, and where a high ratio of output ...
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NewsJets for largest fast crew boat
The world’s largest fast crew boat has recently been launched by Incat Tasmania’s shipyard on the 15th of September 2014. This DP2 class 70m fast crew boat (FCB) will be operating as a fast crew transfer vessel to various installations in the Caspian Sea and has a semi-SWATH hull design ...
