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Date: 1 November
Under the motto "The Future of Propulsion“ Voith will be showing a whole series of further and new developments of ship concepts and propulsion sys-tems at Europort Maritime. The largest Voith Schneider Propeller to date with a diameter of 3.6 meters can be viewed as a 1:1 model. The stand also features Voith Radial Propellers, Voith Vector Propellers, Voith Inline Thrusters and a number of ship models in varying scales.
The size 36 Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP), which is positioned right at the entrance hall of the show, is probably the eye-catcher at Europort Maritime. Size 36 VSPs are currently installed in several jack-up vessels for setting up wind power stations. There are also various platform supply vessels with this VSP type as drive system. But the propulsion of the jack-up vessels is not only provided by VSPs. One of them also features a Voith Inline Thruster. The Voith Inline Thruster is a propeller drive with an integrated permanently excited electric motor inside a hollow shaft. As many as four such Voith Inline Thrusters of varying sizes are displayed on the Voith exhibition stand.
Voith also shows a model of the platform supply vessel Edda Fram. The vessel is in long term charter with Shell and used for supplying the Brent oil field. Other VSP-driven ships are displayed as models, for example the Voith Water Tractor Velox or the double-ended ferry Julsund. Thanks to the iVSP, visitors will be able to study the operation of this unique propulsion system in greater detail on a screen.
Voith Radial Propellers (VRP) have recently attracted increased interest in the Baltic Sea. The pipelay vessel Castoro Sei operates with these Voith drive systems. It was instrumental in laying the 1 220 kilometer natural gas pipeline "Nord Stream" along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The VRP displayed at the exhibition stand is the model of a unit used for positioning drilling vessels and semi-submersible platforms in offshore operation against currant, wind and wave forces.
A newcomer among marine applications is Voith SteamTrac. This piston expander can be integrated into virtually any ship with a combustion engine. The SteamTrac ensures higher outputs and reduced fuel consumption by utilizing the waste heat of the drive engine. Detailed illustrations of the operating principle can be viewed at the exhibition stand.