Shaft generators 101 – what are they?
Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch shines a light on how to produce electricity efficiently on ships.
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High-performance protection
A suite of unique protection devices ensures safety and decarbonization with DC distribution.
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Meet the maritime heating and cooling specialist who fights fires
Jonna Tiainen quit academia to become a thermal design specialist and make shipping more sustainable.
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Secure power distribution
A new technology brings ultra-fast protection to DC distribution with secure ride-through operations.
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Berg Accelerates Drive into Electric Propulsion
Berg Propulsion has signed a key supplier and cooperation agreement to provide systems integration capability for Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch permanent magnet (PM) and power electronics products. The cooperation creates a new and combined force offering the robustness and efficiency of propulsion systems where electric motors directly drive the propeller shaft, consolidating Berg’s growing presence in electric propulsion.
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Permanent magnet machines popular with LNGCs
Yaskawa Environmental Energy/The Switch has supplied more than 100 permanent magnet machines (PMMs) for in-line shaft generators of various frame sizes since 2014. The Finnish-based company claimed to also have a large order backlog for large LNG and LPG carriers. Ian Cochran investigates.
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Overview of our Large Drive Test Center
The Switch PM machine: A closer look
WE Tech says PM shaft generators catching on
The time is now for permanent magnet (PM) shaft generator believes Jan Backman, Sales Director of Finland's WE Tech. After years of groundwork transitioning the technology from wind turbines to marine engine shafts, WE Tech and Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch have demonstrated a powerful proof of concept that is fast catching on within key shipping segments.
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PM technology – reliable and eco-friendly
Jussi Puranen and Ville Parpala outline the benefits of diesel-electric propulsion over diesel-mechanical propulsion for LNG vessels.
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Yaskawa to supply The Switch DC-Hubs for Teekay and Wärtsilä dual-fuel shuttle tankers
Yaskawa Environmental Energy/The Switch signs largest marine contract to date to supply DC hubs and frequency converters for innovative Teekay and Wärtsilä shuttle tankers
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Odins Eye & the Quiet Trawler
When it was time for France Pelagique to start renewing its fleet, an electric-power alliance of Dutch and Scandinavian yard interests formed up and delivered. The result was the first installation aboard a trawler of NES's, Odin's Eye, a DC grid solution to integrate another first for trawlers - quiet-running permanent magnate, or PM, propulsion.
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