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ELECTRIC MOTORS
Reliability for The Long Run
If you ask how many electric motors
are installed on a VLCC, the answer
may be hesitant. “It depends,” the
experts on the SMM replied. Anyway,
there must be lots of them, and they
must run reliably! “Our electric motors
usually last for 30,000 hours of
GL SHIPMANAGER
Successful Launch
AGREEMENT. GL Executive Rainer Schöndube
and NSC managing directors Roberto
Echevarria and Dirk Rössler (from left).
The new GL ShipManager software
has already won the industry over,
including NSC Schifffahrtsgesellschaft
mbH & Cie. KG, a shipping
management company. Its core
competencies include operating and
chartering container vessels and conbulkers.
GL ShipManager helps the company
operate even more efficiently. At
the SMM, top executives Echevarria
and Rössler signed a software license
agreement for 60 ships.
10 nonstop 4/2006
Photo: Bogumil
operation. They are designed to withstand
this period of time without any
problems,“ explained Ton Snijders of
Rotor B.V. “Maintenance on the smaller
units is close to zero.”
Supplier in high demand. During the
SMM, Germanischer Lloyd handed
JANUARY 24./25., 2007
DIN EN ISO 8044, the relevant
European standard, identifies
37 different kinds of corrosion.
Corrosive decay harbours many
risks: it weakens the material;
calculated bending and failure
moments no longer apply.
Recent research findings are
the topic of the Sixth Conference
on Corrosion Prevention in Hamburg,
hosted by four organisations:
Gesellschaft für Korrosions-
SEAL OF APPROVAL.
Herbert Weekhout and
Arent W. J. ter Weeme of Rotor
B.V. with Heinz-Dieter
Hespe and Eric Endert of
Germanischer Lloyd
(from left).
over two design model test certificates
for induction motors to the Eibergen,
The Netherlands electric motors
manufacturer. The certification is a
milestone for this company that exports
one-third of its annual production
to Asian shipyard suppliers. Servicing
the electric motors made by the
Dutch manufacturer is easy, thanks to
their reliability. Jointly with the classification
society, pumps for essential
on-board systems – such as a motor oil
pump for the main machine – can be
tested within a few hours on the company’s
own test bench.
Established in 1958, Rotor B.V. currently
has 90 employees. 60 of them
work in production, the others in research
and development, sales and office
functions.
Conference on Corrosion Prevention
schutz, Hafenbautechnische Gesellschaft,
Schiffbautechnische
Gesellschaft, and Germanischer
Lloyd. Ten lectures will feature
well-known experts from science
and the industry.
Registration: before January
9 th , 2007, Contact: Bianca Gosch,
Phone: +49 40 36149 -7703,
Fax: +49 40 36149 -7154, E-Mail:
bianca.gosch@gl-group.com
Attendance fee: EUR 420.00
Romanian Success Story
The Romanian delegation pinning down classifi cation of 17 chemicals tankers of
37,000 tdw each (left to right): Helmut Zieger and Hans-Joachim Försterling (GL),
Gheorghe Bosinceanu (President, Histria Group), Dr Hermann J. Klein (GL Executive),
Radu Rusen, (Managing Director, Constanza Shipyard), and Daniel Albu,
(Managing Director, Histria Shipmanagement).