Voith Turbo in Crailsheim

Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
Voithstr. 1
74564 Crailsheim, Germany
Tel. +49 7951 32-0
Fax +49 7951 32-500
industry@voith.com
www.voithturbo.com
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Voith Turbo in Crailsheim
English

Voith – Our Company
Voith sets standards in paper, energy, mobility and service
markets. Founded on January 1, 1867, Voith has a current
workforce of 39,000, sales of EUR 5.1 billion in the 2008 / 2009
fiscal year, and over 280 locations worldwide. It is one of the
largest family-owned enterprises in Europe.
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Paper Energy Mobility
Service
A world without paper? Unthinkable. More than
every third sheet of paper in the world is produced
on a Voith paper machine. Voith Paper offers its
customers the entire paper-making process from
one single source.
More than a third of the electricity generated
with hydropower is produced with turbines
and generators made by Voith Hydro. Voith Turbo
components ensure energy supplies in power
stations all over the world.
Drive and braking systems from Voith Turbo ensure
that people and goods reach their destinations
quickly and safely. In a wide range of industries,
Voith Turbo components operate in all places where
energy has to be converted into controlled motion.
The future belongs to integrated service concepts.
Voith Industrial Services is one of the leading
suppliers in the area of industrial services: from
planning, engineering and assembly through to
maintenance, technical cleaning and facility
management.
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Our market is the world –
our employees are our capital
Voith Turbo – a division of Voith GmbH
As a leading specialist for drive technology and a reliable, competent partner
for customers around the world, Voith Turbo strives for innovation, reliability
and fairness in a wide variety of applications. We develop and manufacture
state-of-the-art drive and brake systems for industry, rail, road and marine
applications: mechanical, hydrodynamic, electric and electronic solutions
that power machines efficiently, move vehicles comfortably save energy
and reduce emissions.
In the 2008 / 2009 fiscal year, Voith Turbo, with its 5,428 employees,
achieved a turnover of EUR 1.232 billion.
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Voith Turbo in Crailsheim
The history of Voith Turbo in Crailsheim began in 1956 with the relocation of
coupling manufacturing from the original factory in Heidenheim. Only a few
employees were involved with establishing the site at that time. Production
began in 1958 with 229 employees in the newly constructed facility.
With its focus on research and development, Voith Turbo in Crailsheim
has since then succeeded time and again in placing new and innovative
products into the market.
Today, the product groups "Variable Speed Drives", "Start-up Components"
and "Electronic Drive Systems" with sales, development, and manufacturing,
the "Retarder" product line with sales and development as well
as the "Universal Joint Shafts and Hirth Couplings" product group with
manufacturing are based in Crailsheim.
Voith Turbo employs over 1,000 highly qualified individuals in Crailsheim.
The company is one of the largest employers in the region.
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Fascination and Innovation.
Hydrodynamic Solutions
from Voith Turbo
Hermann Föttinger developed the
Föttinger transformer in 1905 and
thus the idea of transmitting mechanical
power by means of a liquid.
This permitted infinitely variable
conversion of speed and torque –
the hydrodynamic principle is born.
This hydrodynamic principle revolutionized
technology and made Voith
Turbo one of the world‘s leading
companies. For the first time it was
possible to transmit power without
wear. This allowed completely new
types of drive technology to be developed:
Powerful, durable and versatile.
The hydrodynamic principle:
Wear-free power transmission by means of a liquid
Drive technology from Voith Turbo –
the link between force and motion
Most of Voith Turbo‘s products employ this hydrodynamic principle: In an
enclosed housing containing a liquid, two bladed wheels (the pump wheel
and the turbine wheel) face one another but are not in direct contact. The
impeller is connected to the driving machine, the turbine wheel to the driven
machine. The rotation of the pump wheel sets the liquid in motion. The
liquid transmits the mechanical power from the blades on the impeller to
the blades on the turbine wheel. The only connecting element between the
bladed wheels is the liquid. This unique feature provides the basis for the
wear-free and smooth power transmission associated with hydrodynamics.
Pump wheel
(Input)
Fluid
Turbine wheel
(Output)
Visualization of the hydrodynamic principle
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Three-dimensional section through
a Voith Turbo fluid coupling
Hydrodynamics in the finished product: The basic
design of the Voith Turbo constant-fill fluid coupling

Voith Turbo Fluid Coupling
Hydrodynamic couplings from Voith
Turbo allow large machines to start
up smoothly and protect them from
being overloaded – for example,
a bucket-wheel excavator.

Hairmann Hayak,
Service Manager Variable Speed Drives,
Voith Turbo Singapore
Certainty that everything is running smoothly.
That’s what moves us.
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Energy

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Electricity generated
in a reliable manner
Variable speed drives from Voith together
with many other components
ensure problem-free operation of
power stations. For electricity day
and night.
For example, a variable speed turbo coupling
controls the speed of the waste gas blower
in a power station.
Power levels up to 6 megawatts
– corresponding to
the output from 60 midsized
automobiles
60 x
A geared variable speed coupling controls the
speed of a feed pump that delivers water to
a boiler in a power station, where it is heated
to generate steam.
Power levels up to 30 megawatts
– corresponding to the
output from 300 mid-sized
automobiles
300 x
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An electro-hydraulic servo motor quickly and
precisely adjusts the valve that regulates the
supply of steam to the turbine in the power
station.
Forces up to 400.000 Newtons –
corresponding to a weight of
40 tons, the equivalent of
25 mid-sized automobiles
40t
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Secure supplies
of oil and gas
Voith Turbo products ensure
reliable supplies of power
and fuel. From pumping to
processing and consumption.
The Vorecon unit, a highly effi cient variable
speed planetary gear, regulates the speed
of a turbo compressor to pump gas at high
pressure from an offshore drilling platform
to land in response to demand.
Power levels up to 50 megawatts – corresponding
to the output from
500 mid-sized automobiles
500 x
A hydrodynamic torque converter permits smooth
start-up of a gas turbine that powers a generator
in a gas-fi red electric power station.
Power levels up to
60 megawatts – corresponding
to the output
from 600 mid-sized
automobiles
600 x
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Coal for smelting steel
Voith Turbo fl uid couplings ensure
reliable conveying and mining of
coal. Coal is still an economical
source of energy for both electricity
generation and the steel industry.
A fi ll-controlled fl uid coupling ensures controlled
acceleration of a kilometer-long belt
conveyor that transports coal from a mine
to a power station.
Power levels up to 5 megawatts
– corresponding to the
output from 50 mid-sized
automobiles
50 x
A constant-fi ll fl uid coupling ensures smooth
start-up of a crusher that reduces the size of
coal chunks in a coal mine prior to transport
on the belt conveyor.
Power levels up to 1 megawatt
– corresponding to the
output from 10 mid-sized
automobiles
10 x
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Renewable energy from
the power of the wind
Variable speed drives from
VoithTurbo are used in
innovative ways to generate
renewable electrical energy.
The WinDrive, which is based on a variable
speed planetary gear, maintains a constant
generator speed in a wind turbine regardless
of variations in wind speed.
Power levels up to 5 megawatts
– corresponding to
the output from 50 midsized
automobiles
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50 x

Steel for our world
Steel is an indispensible raw material
for the worlds of energy, transportation,
the construction industry
and many other areas of everyday
life.
Universal joint shafts from Voith
Turbo play an important role in
the production of steel.
In a steel mill, a universal joint shaft transmits
torque from a motor to the rolls that form the
steel into the desired shape.
Torques over 10,000 kilonew
ton-meters – correspond
ing to the torque
output from about 40,000
automobile engines
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40,000 x

Mobility

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People and goods that
arrive safely and on time
Voith retarders represent the epitome
of continuously operating brake systems
in buses and trucks. Up to 90 %
of all braking operations can be executed
with the retarder, ensuring
safety and economical operation in
traffi c.
The retarder, a hydrodynamic brake, brakes
a truck with almost no wear, providing safety
for the driver, the vehicle and the load.
Braking power levels up to
0.52 megawatts – corresponding
to the output from
5 mid-sized automobiles
5 x
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The Voith Aquatarder is the world‘s fi rst waterbased
retarder for commercial vehicles. It uses
the coolant from the engine.
Braking power levels up to
0.3 megawatts – corresponding
to the output from
3 mid-sized automobiles 3 x

Research and development
at the Crailsheim facility
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27.50
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The exciting journey from an idea to the fi nished product
Product idea
Basic
principles
Research at Voith Turbo: Visions become reality
The Voith Turbo location in Crailsheim represents the competency center
for hydrodynamics in drive technology. The design and optimization of
hydrodynamic circuits remains a focal point of the research conducted
here with the goal of continuously improving the economy, reliability
and environmental friendliness of our products and system solutions.
Our deve lopment engineers have powerful mainframe computers at
their disposal to simulate and analyze complex fl uid fl ow processes,
vibrations in drive systems and loads on components.
Simulation of fl uid fl ow velocity in highly complex hydrodynamic
circuits for optimization of operation and effi ciency
Product
development
Testing
Product
validation
High-performance test fi eld at Voith Turbo in Crailsheim
Production
R&D
Test fi elds with the necessary power levels and maximum dynamics
On the one hand, the powerful test fi elds in Crailsheim are used to test the
feasibility of new product ideas. At the same time, they are used to ensure
the quality of products currently being produced.
The test fi elds offer power levels of up to 7 megawatts – this exceeds the
average power demand of a city the size of Crailsheim by about 30 %. However,
thanks to an innovative energy recovery concept, this enormous amount
of energy is not lost: Almost the entire amount of electricity needed for testing
is returned to the grid. This is economical and protects the environment.
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Order processing with
optimized value streams
Path-breaking ideas for plant
development
In the course of its path-breaking
planning for plant development, Voith
has created a state-of-the-art facility
in Crailsheim. Optimized value streams
with fi nely tuned production and material
fl ows ensure lead times that will
continue to set the standard for international
competition in the future.
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Phases of plant development
More happens prior to shipment of a product than you might imagine
Quality-
Performance
Sales Engineering Purchasing Production
Logistics Assembly
Shipping
control
and quality test
People in production
The employees in production annually
expend 215,000 hours for manufacturing
and 190,000 for assembly. All
employees are highly qualifi ed in their
specifi c area, fl exible, largely trained
by Voith and have worked in the plant
for years or decades.
Maximum output from manufacturing
The most modern production equipment
permits maximum output from
manufacturing while maintaining the
highest levels of accuracy. Computercontrolled
CNC machines are used to
machine workpieces with impressive
dimensions
Comparison of sizes and weights
encountered in production
Cubic (milling, boring) Rotational (turning) Weight
Length up to 5,800 mm Diameter up to 2,350 mm up to 50 tons
Width up to 3,400 mm Height up to 1,800 mm
Height up to 3,250 mm
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Our claim
Fair. Innovative. Reliable.
These three words set the standard
for every individual at Voith Turbo.
With this in mind, we work together
to create a value that is especially
important to us: Trust.
The trust that our customers have
in us and that results from a partnership
that has lasted many years.
It is the foundation of our business.
Voith Turbo in Crailsheim –
High tech from a region rich in "hidden champions"
Voith Turbo offers a special company culture: International exposure, sound
engineering, professionalism and the drive to innovate create the atmosphere.
We promote employees and offer all of the opportunities of an international
company – for individuals who want to set something in motion and are ready
to write technological history. With the passion of its employees for innovation,
the best products and first-class service, Voith Turbo in Crailsheim is an important
factor in the economy of the city and the entire region.
We mean all of this when we say: Voith – Engineered reliability.
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