This year, the marine buzz was louder at Nor-Shipping in Oslo. Approximately 1,000 companies at 17 national pavilions exhibited their latest portfolios to 35,000 delegates. It was a true meeting point for partners, services, innovations and expertise.
MAN Energy Systems, formerly MAN Turbo, chose our solid rotor technology for a high-power compressor of 8 MW, 10,000–12,000 rpm, for a gas application that survives subsea installation with aggressive gases.
In summer 2008, The Switch and its Chinese partner Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co. Ltd (DFEM) entered into a cooperation agreement to combine world-class technology in permanent magnet (PM) generators from The Switch with DFEM’s vast production capabilities. According to the contract signed in December 2009, the enterprise will now take off with 2.2 MW wind power generators manufactured in DFEM’s brand-new factory in China.
DFEM recently inaugurated a new factory in Deyang, in the southwest Sichuan Province in China, where it is able to produce up to 2,000 PM generators per year in the range of 1 MW to 6 MW. With this mass production capacity at hand, The Switch and its partnering company DFEM are ready to supply the fast-growing market for megawatt-class PM machines.
This June, marine power module number 4,000 was successfully produced and tested in Stord, Norway. It is now ready for delivery to the vessel with a golden nameplate.
The Switch will deliver its PM shaft generator for an LNG carrier with a 45,000 m3 cargo capacity.
Permanent magnet (PM) technology has some clear benefits also for marine applications. Since fuel prices have gone up by 30% in only 2 years and freight rates have remained at about the same level for the past 10 years, energy savings has become hot topic in shipbuilding.
France-based Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has been selected by Airbus to build, own and operate an entire new fleet of low-emission vessels to transport its aircraft subassemblies between production facilities in Europe and the United States. The new fleet will cut average annual transatlantic CO2 emissions by 50%, achieving 33,000 tons in 2030 compared to…
How can we build and retrofit ships to meet the coming emissions regulations and possible future requirements? This is the urgent question facing the marine industry today. As we move to greener fuel solutions, some challenges include the impact of fuel changes on how an engine runs, the availability of truly green options and the…
Looking for high-speed electric or large permanent magnet machines with top performance reliability? You can count on The Switch. Robust performance is our top priority. Our permanent magnet machines weigh up to more than 50 metric tons. Torques in our large shaft generators and propulsion motors can reach more than one million newton-meters, equal to…
The April issue of China Ship Survey magazine published a five-page article about permanent magnet technology used in the propulsion application. Entitled “‘Permanent magnet’ makes the propulsion technology different,” the article covers the following main topics: Permanent magnet (PM) technology as a simple and efficient solution The importance of joining forces to collaborate and innovate…
A study we made during summer 2021 quantified impressive permanent magnet (PM) machine efficiencies for vessels like LNG and LPG carriers that often utilize slow-speed, direct-driven in-line shaft generators producing electrical power from two-stroke main engines.
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