Energy Mix Secures Growth P.06

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Energy Mix Secures Growth P. 06 | DIWA Buses with Eco Angel P. 34 First DIWAPack for Brazil P. 40 | WinDrives for 10-GW Wind Park in China P. 54

1 1/ 2010

EDITORIAL

Peter Edelmann, Board Member of Voith AG, Chairman of the Board of Voith Turbo

Dear Customers, Dear Readers,

The supply of energy is a crucial issue for the future. When MAN buses fitted with DIWA transmissions are Which technologies will we use to secure the next gen- awarded the Blue Angel hallmark (page 34), because eration of power in the long term? In our main feature their noise and exhaust gas emissions are now even “Energy“ (from page 6) we dare to take a look at the lower, we are indeed proud. We are also delighted that years lying ahead. Specialists from international and our Voith Maxima has met with such an enthusiastic national energy authorities outline, how energy supplies, acceptance from locomotive drivers and rail logistics which are vital for all industrial states, can be safe- experts (page 42). And the fact that our variable-speed guarded by an intelligent mix of fossil and renewable couplings run in the world’s most advanced combined energies. cycle power station is proof of our competency in the power station industry (page 52). Voith Turbo is able to contribute with all its Market Divisions with equally intelligent developments and Finally, we have also written about the “City of Pearls” systems not only to the production of fossil and regen- in our Culture Report on Hyderabad in India, where erative energies, but also fuel-saving drive systems: Voith Turbo has been operating a successful subsidiary be it with the Magnetarder for commercial vehicles for production and sales since 1987. (page 22), the DIWAPack as a hybrid version in rail vehicles (page 24), a new coupling for coal mines I hope you enjoy this issue of News! (page 26), the Vector Prop in the world’s largest solar catamaran (page 28) or the WinDrive, which is being installed for the first time in a 10-gigawatt wind park in China (page 54).

The resourceful handling of energy combined with a further increase of the reliability of our components Yours sincerely, and systems is a recurrent theme in all articles. Peter Edelmann

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 3 CONTENTS

Energy Mix Secures Grows Environment Angel and DIWA Transmissions dena CEO Stephan Kohler about the future Eco hallmark for buses with DIWA transmissions of energy supplies in industrial states. 18 of Berlin Transport Authority. 34

In Focus: Energy Road

Series Supplier for Otokar 32 WinDrive in Turkish Bus Manufacturer Signs Long-Term Partnership Argentina. Blue Angel for Berlin Buses 34 EEV Engines Meet Highest Environmental Standards

DIWA Portfolio Completed at Mercedes-Benz Turkey 36 Significant Reduction of Noise Emissions

Rail

Extended Voith Powerpack Family 40 First DIWAPack Delivered to Brazil Energy Supplies of the Future: 06 Mix of Fossil and Renewable Energies Voith Powerpacks since 2001 41 Secures Growth 100th Drive System for PESA in Poland

Facts and Figures 17 SGL Relies on Maxima 40 CC for Track Construction 42 “Making Work More Comfortable for Our Locomotive Drivers” “Power Supply from Regenerative Sources ….” 18 Interview with Stephan Kohler, Stock Transport Operates Maxima 40 CC with Biodiesel 44 CEO of Deutsche Energie Agentur (dena) Powerful and Eco-friendly

Magnetarder: Proven in Test Run 22 New Semi-Permanent Coupler with Stabilization Effect 45 Preventing Overriding and Derailing of Carriage Parts DIWAPack: Hybrid Version 24

Coupling: Coal Mining in China 26

Vector Prop: Installed in Solar Catamaran 28

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Electricity for 700 000 Households Hyderabad in India Variable-speed couplings operate in world’s most Voith Turbo has been represented there with advanced combined cycle power station. 52 innovative technologies since 1987. 64

Industry

Voith Turbo Improves Control Stability of Power Station 48 Cooperation with Vietnamese Shipyard 63 Precise Control and Constant Maintenance First Voith Water Tractor of C-Class Under Construction

First Vorecons for Liquefied Gas Production in China 50 A New LNG Transport Every Ten Minutes Culture Report Variable-Speed Couplings in CCGT Power Station 52 Hyderabad – Location for Innovative Technologies 64 Electricity for 700 000 Households India’s Mega Metropolis Is the “City of Pearls” First Partners for Voith WinDrive in China 54 Participating in the “Three Gorges of Wind Power” News Introducing the Next Vorecon Generation 56 How a Successful Drive Gets Even Better New Production Site for Final Drives 68 Nanotechnology Paint Saves Weight 70 News from the Voith Group 71 Marine Personalia 72

South African Port Authority Orders VWT 60 Voith Water Tractor for Largest Deep Sea Port on the Cape Regulars Deep Sea Port Mailiao in Taiwan Receives Two VWT 61 Editorial 03 Escort Duties Also in Strong Winds Exhibitions and Dates 74 Four Voith Water Tractors for Egypt 62 Imprint 76 Harbor Tugs for Alexandra and Damietta

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IN FOCUS ENERGY

Living, working, being mobile – large cities such as Frankfurt shown here – demonstrate how enormous the energy requirements of modern societies are. IN FOCUS ENERGY

Traffic, industry, school, home – nothing works without energy. The worldwide energy demand is currently being met by a mix of primarily fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal, as well as an increasing amount of renewable energies from sun, wind and water. When the prognosticated maximum of explorable oil reserves is reached in 2020, the composition of this mix will change. The share of fossil fuels will decline, while renewable energies will see a drastic rise. Voith technology is represented in virtually all kinds of power plants – increasingly also in wind power stations and thermic solar power stations.

The unanimity among climate researchers, energy authorities and politicians has never been greater: by 2020, the industrial nations have to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels, if they want to limit the impact of the climate change. In order to secure sustainable future energy supplies, the worldwide energy mix (the utilization of various primary energy forms for energy provision) will have to undergo a change in the next 40 years. While the mix is currently dominated by fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas, the prognosis for 2050 looks entirely different: a large proportion will consist of the resources water, wind, solar and geothermics.

Expressed in figures by the “Bundes - anstalt für Geowissenschaften und Pipelines for energy supply – the energy mix is currently determined by fossil fuels Rohstoffe” (Federal Institute for such as natural gas and oil. Geo-Sciences and Raw Materials) more than one third of the current the next four decades. Voith is bottlenecks. Many oil fields have worldwide energy mix is taken up technologically prepared for this already exceeded their peak. by oil (36.6 percent share in the development. The fact that world oil production production of non-renewable energy has increased ten-fold over the last sources), one third by coal (32.2 per- World Oil Production 60 years illustrates the scope of cent) and one fourth by natural gas Has Increased Ten-Fold global energy consumption. Yet in (25.5 percent). But the wind sector in the Last 60 Years 2030 – so the international energy is a steadily growing industrial sector, authority of the OECD anticipates – and this also applies to the market In the meantime, the International oil will still be the largest single com - for solar energy. Both are predicted Energy Agency (IEA), too, has issued ponent in the energy mix. More than to experience significant growth in a warning regarding future supply one third of the primary energy

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“Being Prepared for the Peak Oil”

In many discussions and publications, that are more difficult to access will be people literally compare pears with technologically limited. Unless new apples when they talk about raw material fields are discovered while the world reserves. After all, the crucial aspect of consumption continues to rise as before, all raw materials for power generation Dr. Birol expects that the maximum oil is not their range, but the actual avail- production will no longer cover world- ability. And this means: which quantities wide requirements after 2020. “This can be extracted, processed and trans- is bad news for a world that has become ported at economically and ecologically largely dependent on oil.” acceptable expense? Many of the large Dr. Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA). and, above all, easily accessible raw Although the IEA used to be doubtful (Picture: © OECD/IEA, 2008) material deposits are already fairly deplet- regarding such shortage scenarios, the ed. For this reason, unconventional latest calculations clearly show a change barrel. At present, the worldwide sources such as tar sands and oil shale of mind. Today, the IEA talks about raw consumption is as 84.5 million barrel – have been explored for some years. oil resources amounting 1.2 to 1.3 million per day. This requires increasingly sophisticated technologies that are not always economical. Changing Composition of Worldwide Energy Mix by 2100

2000 2010 2050 2100 “Maybe not today or tomorrow, but Other renewables one day there will be no oil left,” states Solar thermics Dr. Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of the (heat only) Solar energy (photo-voltaics International Energy Agency (IEA). and solar-thermic power stations) Wind “So we should be the ones to say good- Biomass bye to oil rather than it saying goodbye Hydro power to us – a scenario on which we should Nuclear energy concentrate here and now.” Like many Gas raw material experts, Dr. Birol believes Coal that easily reachable and cost-effective Oil oil reserves will soon be exhausted, and that the exploration of oil deposits Prognosis of the Advisory Council on Global Change of the German Government, 2009.

consumption is covered by this com- ocean technology – oil fields that “Go Subsea” is a new EU-subsi- modity. This is also the message of were previously regarded as uneco- dized project in which Voith Turbo the latest World Energy Outlook, the nomical, for example because the participates. The project envisages benchmark of the energy industry. raw material reserves were located an independent underwater produc- too far below the sea surface, are tion platform without a connection As far as the actual production of meanwhile looked at with new inter- to the oil rig on the water surface. the raw material is concerned, est. The declining pressure of oil Remote-controlled robots, which the ever-increasing scarcity of oil wells, or oil sources that are in dan- install pumps at the bottom of the and gas deposits will make changes ger of drying out completely, force sea and ensure power supply in necessary: alongside conventional oil companies to invest in new preparation of oil and gas extraction offshore drilling platforms – current- technologies for extracting oil and from a depth of up to 3 000 meters, ly the most important sector of natural gas. are part of the project.

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The (industrial) world is still highly dependent on oil. For its production at sea, conventional drilling platforms continue to be the most popular type of offshore technology. IN FOCUS ENERGY

Voith Turbo contributes to the last UN climate conference in exclusively on renewable energies pioneering subsea technology project Copen hagen in December 2009 it and simultaneously offering support with a variable-speed torque con- was once again evident that many to both industrial and developing verter. After the concept develop- states are taking a new approach countries. Right from the outset, the ment and a design study, the project with regenerative energy sources. Agency pointed out that wind power, entered its third phase in 2008: Relevant support is provided by solar energy and other regenera- the production of a prototype of a the Inter national Renewable Energy tive sources are able to cover a subsea variable-speed drive for a Agency (IRENA) founded as recent- large proportion of the world’s energy motor output of 50 kW. ly as January 2009. demand – even if requirements increase significantly above the current levels.

The reasons for this are not least the positive framework conditions for renewable energies, for example for the wind energy market. After the study “Windforce 12” of Greenpeace and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the market volume might well be 160 000 MW as a result of newly installed wind power stations.

These expectations prove that the utilization of wind power has meanwhile matured. The costs for wind power generation – from installation to operation – have dropped by over 80 percent between the early eighties until 2007. This is highly encouraging for manufacturers of wind power stations and operators of wind parks, which have been A working group acting on cropping up in Europe, the USA behalf of the EU Commission and China for a number of years. has estimated the total wind potential for Europe to Voith Turbo contributes to the wind be approx. 140000 MW. energy market with the revolutionary WinDrive technology.

Thanks to WinDrive it is, for the first time, possible to utilize power-sta- Potential Role of Wind Energy – Instructed by governments from all tion-proven synchronous genera- Offshore Wind Parks over the world, IRENA is to become tors that are directly coupled into the driving force for the rapid con- the grid. As a result, official require- Despite such technical possibilities, version towards a widespread, sus- ments on how power is to be fed the actual solution for the challenges tainable utilization of renewable into the grid are fully met. In spring of future global energy supplies energies. IRENA is indeed the first 2010, Voith Turbo delivered four lies in renewable energies. At the international organization focusing WinDrive proto types for two 7 MVA

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Rush hour in New York – the pulse of the megacity depends on secure and reliable energy supplies.

wind turbines. After the trial phase, the WinDrive will be series-installed in the offshore wind parks of the BARD Group from 2011.

Utilizing the Power of the Sun With Thermic Solar Power Stations

In the energy mix of the future, water, wind, bio and solar energy plants will run side by side, in order to meet the globally agreed climate goals and utilize existing resources prudently. The natural potential of the sun alone exceeds the worldwide energy requirements many times over. The radiation of the sun on Germany, for example, is 80 times the amount of power currently being consumed.

“Desertec” is one of the most prom- ising international projects in the field of solar energy utilization. On a surface of 16 900 square kilome- tres in the Sahara, solar-thermic power stations are to be set up and produce eco-friendly electricity. This equals ten times the area of the megacity New York. The Desertec project plans to utilize the assumed inexhaustible power of the sun and supply millions of households with solar energy for years to come. After all: within only six hours, 13 IN FOCUS ENERGY

deserts get enough sun energy to companies. They operate on the tion into heat, some 200 000 people supply mankind for a whole year. Iberian peninsula, where several can be supplied with electricity. In the EU, solar power is meant to solar-thermic power stations are Elcos and Drenos ensure that the cover up to 15 percent of the Euro - being built on the Andalusian high solar mirrors are regularly washed pean demand by 2050 – totally plateau of Guadix. The term “solar down, as they can only work reliably

without CO2 emissions. thermics” derives from the conver- and efficiently when they are clean. sion of solar energy into utilizable Voith is already involved in one of heat energy. In a solar power station, Energy from the Sea – the worldwide solar-thermic projects. the heat of the sun is used as a Wave and Tidal Current The contribution consists of mainte- primary energy source via absorbers. Power Stations nance vehicles (Elcos and Drenos) With the help of the collector sur- developed by Voith Turbo Spain in face spanning over 50 000 square But the available sources of renew- cooperation with Spanish partner meters and converting solar radia- able energy are by no means

Masdar – City Without Waste or Emissions

Layout and model of the city of Masdar to be built near Abu Dhabi by 2016.

Approximately 30 kilometers outside energies and, thanks to its own exclusively dedicated to ecological Abu Dhabi an eco-city is rising from the solar power station, will be largely sustainability on the basis of renewable

desert: CO2-free, without cars and energy self-sufficient. The water supply energies. Abu Dhabi estimates the nearly without waste. The global urban of Masdar is to be provided by solar- construction costs for Masdar to be construction project began in 2008 powered desalination plants. Consistent approximately 22 billion dollar. under the name “Masdar” in the United recycling – re-using, composting First occupancy of the city, in which Arab Emirates. The planning is headed or conversion into energy – is meant 50 000 people will live and work one by star architect Norman Foster. to make the city virtually waste-free. day, is planned for 2016. By then Masdar will justify its claim of being it will also be the head office of the

The “CO2-neutral city of science” is to a “City of Science” by being home International Renewable Energy be supplied completely by renewable to the first university in the world Agency (IRENA).

14 1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News IN FOCUS ENERGY exhausted by wind power, solar current power stations that do not water it is also located in an thermics or biomass: tidal currents, utilize the head but, similar to wind extremely hostile environment too, can be utilized for energy gen- power stations, exploit the kinetic that requires huge amounts eration. Since the sixties, tidal energy of the current and are oper- of development work. power stations have been used for ated fully under water. power production by harnessing Developments at Voith Hydro are water masses that periodically flow Tidal current power stations have currently focusing on a tidal current into sea bays and drive convention- the advantage that they have a power station off the coast of the al hydro turbines when the tide renewable energy source at their South Korean province Jeol lanam- goes out. The disadvantage of this heart that is highly predictable. do. It will have a rated out -put technology is that it requires large It also has a higher energy density of 150 MW, enough to cover the barrages in the sea. Voith Hydro than, for example, wind energy. annual power requirements of therefore develops innovative tidal Yet because of the salty sea approximately 100 000 households.

Solar-thermic power stations on the Andalusian plateau of Guadix. Voith Turbo contributes to the project with maintenance vehicles. (Picture: SCHOTT) IN FOCUS ENERGY

The wave power plant Limpet on the Isle of Islay, Scotland, utilizes energy from the seas.

Another way of exploiting energy It is the only plant worldwide, which outlets below the water level. Through from the oceans are wave power continually feeds power into a grid: these openings, waves can pene- stations. Voith Hydro Wavegen It is the “Limpet” on the Isle of Islay. trate into the chamber. The up and in Inverness, Scotland, is a pio- Limpet is an acronym of “Land down of the water surface com- neer in wave energy and, for the Installed Marine Power Energy Trans - presses and decompresses the air last 20 years, has been working former” and shares its name with volume trapped in the chamber. on a technology that is based the common limpet that clings to the This pressure difference drives a on the oscillating water column wet rocks just like the power plant. Wells turbine. The trick is that, thanks principle. to its symmetrical blade profile, The power station operates more or the turbine always rotates into the Ten years ago, the company started less like a large air pump: the water same direction, irrespective of the to operate a wave power station. surface is covered by a roof with power station “breathing” in or out.

16 1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News IN FOCUS ENERGY Facts and Figures

Goal for Industrial Nations

40% Less CO2

By 2020, the industrial nations have to reduce their CO2 emissions by 40% below 1990 levels. Only then, so scientists, politicians and the WWF believe, will it be possible to keep global warming below the danger level of 2° C. The western industrial states and Japan produce two thirds of the current emissions.

Greenhouse Gases: IEA Sees Savings Potential Chance for

By 2030, 8.2 gigatons of CO2 can be saved every Renewable Energies year. This figure was published by the International In the Future Energy Mix Energy Agency (IEA) in 2009 in the run-up to the Copenhagen climate summit. According to calculations of the Energy Watch Group, up to 30% of all power and heat requirements can Oil Reserves in Decline be met by renewable sources by 2030. The enormous potential of solar energy is highlighted by the Peak Oil in 2020 BEE Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien (German Association for Renewable Energies): theoretically, the sun’s energy is sufficient to cover the global energy demand 2 850 times. The wind energy sector has grown by an annual 24% between 1990 and 2005.

Every Day 85 Million Barrel of Oil Are Being Used Worldwide

43.9 million barrel of the worldwide daily oil consump- In 2020 we will have reached the worldwide oil tion are being used in Europe and North America. production maximum (peak oil). This figure is mean- The first, slight decline in consumption over the last while used not only by the large oil conglomerates two years (0.6%) is said to be caused by the inter - but also by the International Energy Agency. national financial and economic crisis.

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Interview with Stephan Kohler, Chief Executive of Deutsche Energie Agentur (dena) Power Supply from Regenerative Sources Alone Is Unrealistic at Present

Alongside its production in gas and coal-fired power stations and combined power-heat systems, electricity is increasingly generated in a mix covering wind power, bio mass and photovoltaic plants. The challenge is to utilize available energy more consciously and intelligently. Energy efficiency and regenerative energies are high on the agenda, not only in Germany and Europe, but also in China and Russia. With dena, Stephan Kohler is working on energy service strategies for governments and companies. The purpose is a worldwide sustainable and secure energy supply.

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Mr. Kohler, nearly all prognoses end because of the non-availability ted gas into the business cycle and of the energy industry anticipate a of fossil fuels. Far more relevant are using it sensibly. At present, research future energy mix, in which renew- the political strategies on climate programs are underway investigat- able energies take up an increas- issues and the economic conditions. ing whether CO2 can be used for ingly prominent role. Is this how The latter are, for example, deter- breeding micro algae that can be you see it, too? mined by the agreed upper limits utilized for energy generation.

for CO2 emissions. The way things Stephan Kohler: Absolutely, there are, we should stop discharging Are you saying that you regard is no way round it. When we are the amounts of CO2 into the atmos- requests for backing renewable searching for intelligent power phere that are currently being emit- energies in the light of Peak Oil systems, we need wind and hydro ted. But this, too, is a subject where as unrealistic? power, biomass and solar plants I would like to say: it depends alongside conventional fossil what we are doing with the carbon Stephan Kohler: In the long term energy carriers. dioxide. we have to switch over to regenerative energy sources, no doubt. But You have just mentioned it: in the I anticipate that over the next few the important thing is how we go “dena Analysis of Power Plant and years we will find commercially about this. Requests for meeting all Grid Planning” you champion the viable methods of feeding the emit- energy requirements through regen- construction of new fossil power stations in addition to the expansion of regenerative energies. Why does it still make sense to campaign for fuels such as coal, oil and gas?

Stephan Kohler: Let me give you a figure: in the 2050s, the share of fossil energy carriers will still amount to some 40 percent. The reason for this is supply security. As far as grid feeding is concerned, energy from sun and wind – based on current technologies – is still highly fluctuating. If we want to expand further on regenerative energies, we need fossil power stations for providing secured outputs alongside new technologies for energy storage.

Can this be reconciled with the knowledge that fossil fuels are finite? The International Energy Agency has cited 2020 as the year of Peak Oil …

Stephan Kohler: … these Peak Oil prognoses are only half the story. Energy supplies will not come to an

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erative sources until 2030 are un - last year. The potential there is Apart from Russia you keep high- realistic in my opinion. One of the immense: Russia might be able to lighting the importance of China growth limits for renewable energies cut down on nearly half of its ener- and India for the future worldwide is the infrastructure to be set up gy consumption by 2020, which supply and consumption of energy. and utilized in an economically fea- corresponds to twice the amount sible way. Night storage heaters, of energy currently exported by Stephan Kohler: We have to create air conditioning units and pressur- Russia to Western Europe in the energy efficiency markets. There is ized air systems can certainly be form of natural gas. an abundance of innovative prod- employed as ideal storage tech- ucts and technologies, but relevant nologies for wind and solar power, services and business offers are still but our network infrastructures Biographical Details missing. In order to boost such have to be drastically modified. offers we need research programs and political framework conditions, Stephan Kohler has been Chairman dena successfully banks on inter - which result in “highly energy- of the Board of Deutsche Energie national alliances – are these efficient markets.” They reduce the Agentur (dena) in Berlin since 2006. focused on a bilateral exchange or energy import quota and thus lead dena was founded by the German do they aim for a concrete know- to a higher security of supply. Against government and KfW Banken - how and technology transfer? this background, companies such gruppe. Since June 2001, he has as Voith are advised to be competi- been a member of the Advisory Stephan Kohler: It is always a tive in the growth markets India Committee of the World Council question of both. I am convinced – and China. for Renewable Energies. He is the and this is also backed by scientific author of numerous publications calculations – that energy efficien- Talking about China, there is some- on energy economy and policy, as cy measures and renewable ener- thing else I’d like to say: contrary well as the books “Die Energie - gies will allow a stabilization of to countless media reports, the wende ist mög lich” (Energy Transition the global climate. But this calls for Chinese population is developing a Is Possible) and “Sonnenenergie- international partnerships. An growing awareness of environmen- Wirtschaft” (Solar Power Economy).” example is the foundation of the tal and energy issues. Last year, Russian-German Energy Agency there were 80 000 protest actions for

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dena CEO Stephan Kohler (left) and Sergei A. Mikhailov, Chairman of the Energy Carbon Fund, sign the charter of the Russian-German Energy Agency in the presence of Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Dmitry Medvedev.

better environmental conditions in Chinese transportation sector. The gies and efficiency technologies this country, where pollution levels principal idea is to focus on bio using the holistic approach of are as high as they were here in fuels of the second generation or “energy services.” It describes all the 1950s. This shows that we are on biogas and electric mobility. measures that help save primary going in the right direction. And On the subject “bio fuels” dena has energy or use it more efficiently, this is also what the initiative “Renew - issued a study on the feasibility and denotes a different perception. ables made in Germany” aims at, of a large-scale production of such Energy services cover the supply because the products from Germany, fuels. At the same time we need of heat or light instead of the con- for example in the wind energy plant a stronger shift toward more efficient ventional supply of natural gas or sector, are more than competitive. ways of motoring, for example in electricity. public transport. In Germany alone, nearly one fifth We want buildings in which we feel of all CO2 emissions are generated You are advertising “Smart Systems” comfortable; terms such as useful through traffic, but mobility combined as the energy system of the future. energy or end-use energy are im - with resource efficiency is also What does an intelligent power material in this context. If handled being discussed on an international system look like in your opinion? properly, the energy services level. How does dena operate in this area? ”In traffic, we need to focus on bio fuels Stephan Kohler: The potential for of the second generation“ energy efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions in the mobility sector is enormous. This refers to both fuel Stephan Kohler: In recent years approach for companies and private savings and modern drive technolo- we have strengthened the energy individuals can optimize energy gies. Within the “German-Chinese generation and the energy demand costs and, apart from economic Sustainable Fuel Partnership” dena sector. What we need now is a advantages, can also result in participates in the development of stronger alliance between the two. ecological optimization. This is alternative and sustainable supply Under “Smart Systems” I expect what Deutsche Energie Agentur and technology concepts in the the promotion of renewable ener- is working at.

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Voith Retarders at the Swiss MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG Test Drivers Confirm Economical Advantages of Magnetarder

The dealer and distributor meeting of the Swiss MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG had a secret star: the Magnetarder. Over 50 participants from all cantons came to the Voith Retarder representation, Antriebe Rüti AG, and informed themselves during the retarder presentation or utilized the opportunity for a test ride. “Strong braking performance, less wear and good handling,” was the test drivers’ subsequent verdict on the Magnetarder. Thanks to its low heat development, it is also suitable for compressed natural gas vehicles.

One of the focal points of the event traffic, heavy distribution traffic and informed about the VR 120 second- in Rüti was the Voith Aquatarder for vehicles with MAN HydroDrive ary retarder and its new application (MAN PriTarder), a primary retarder and a permissible total weight of up in the MAN TGL/TGM with a per- for the MAN TGS/TGX in traction to 40 tons. Yet Voith Turbo also missible total weight of up to 26 tons, as well as the Magnetarder for vehi- Dealers and salesmen study the function on an Aquatarder model. cles up to approximately 12 tons.

Less Fuel Consumption and Wear

Special attention was paid to the practical section of the event, following presentations on the hydrody- namics, technology and application of various Voith Retarders. Test drives in the MAN TGL 8.180 with a Voith Magnetarder proved to be particularly popular. The Magnetarder convinced in practical operation and was highly acclaimed by all drivers. High praise was given to the adaptation and the interaction with the engine brake. Operation was described as very easy and easily accessible due to the integration in the engine brake lever. The test drivers stated that the braking automatic worked trouble-free and added to the overall driving comfort.

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News After several test drives in the MAN TGL 8.180, the Magnetarder received good marks.

Voith Magnetarder

The Magnetarder also offers sever- features a number of the world’s Apart from its low weight, the al economical advantages. There strongest permanent magnets. They Magnetarder also stands out by its is for example less need for down- are arranged in such a way that low heat generation. For this rea- ward shifts, which reduces wear on the opposing poles face each other. son, it represents the long awaited both the clutch and the transmis- When switched off, the magnets are solution in the segment for com- sion. The biggest advantage is the bridged, so that magnetic power pressed natural gas vehicles (CNG increased lifespan of the service flows through the poles. When the vehicles). Thanks to low integration brake, which is the most affected system is switched on, the magnets needs, OEMs find the Magnetarder component in the planned vehicle are positioned by compressed easy to install – no interference in the series and its intended applications. air to allow magnetic forces to flow cooling system and no shortening of As the Magnetarder is activated via through the poles to the rotor. the propshaft. The Magnetarder is the foot brake pedal, it also reduced This creates strong eddy currents, also maintenance-free for life. brake wear – even with less skilled which brake the rotor. drivers (part-time staff) and frequent Owing to the protection of the drive- driver changes. The most likely The compact Permanent Magnet line and the extended lifetime of the applications areas are city traffic Retarder, which weighs only 43 kilo - service brake, vehicle operating with numerous start-stop situations, grams, has proven itself in Japan costs are reduced. Measurements national bulk materials transports already 120 000 times. Sumitomo have shown that the application of and driving with trailers. The retarder Metals Industry (SMI) produces the service brake in a 12-ton truck also constitutes an additional safety approximately 13 000 units every is reduced by 64 percent on a typical feature on topographically demand- year, as the retarder is standard distribution route, if the Magnetarder ing roads. in nearly all Japanese highway is used. Combined with farsighted buses, and it also has a 40-percent driving, the utilization of the retarder With the Magnetarder, Voith Turbo penetration rate in the truck segment. saves time and fuel. Across the Sumitomo Technologies (VTST) For Voith Turbo, the Magnetarder entire speed range, the Magnetarder is producing a brake operating on is an ideal expansion of the retarder provides excellent additional brak- the eddy-current principle, but with- portfolio towards the lower commer- ing power and, above all, safety out the need for any auxiliary ener- cial vehicle range from 7.5 to reserves, as the service brake stays gy. For this purpose, the stator 15 tons. cold for emergency situations.

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Voith DIWAPack also Available as Hybrid E-Machine with 150 kW Extra Power

Higher energy efficiency for rail vehicles – a task that Voith has made its own. The EcoPack study provides individual components for this undertaking, for example the start-stop function or the EcoConsult driver assistance system. Voith also pursues the idea of hybridization. With the new DIWAPack (see page 40), the rail vehicle market will now also see a DIWAhybrid version.

The basis is the DIWAhybrid, which lizes the proven DIWA advantages, storage units, so-called “Supercaps” has already been successfully such as the power split in the start- via the Voith inverter. The energy tested in practical bus applications. ing range, the secondary retarder storage system holds 500 Wh of For several months, 50 pre-series and the proven E 300 electronics. electric energy for the operation of vehicles in the USA have been driv- This package is added by a low-loss the rail vehicle. In this way, the ing with DIWAhybrid – to great ac- asynchronous electric motor, which E-machine ensures either 85 kW claim. Consumption values could be supports the diesel engine during of continuous power or 150 kW of reduced while driving comfort was starting and accelerating. short-term power. increased because of the quiet oper - ation of these vehicles. As a result, DIWAhybrid In order to make the best possible the US-American bus manufacturer use of hybrid rail vehicles, it is nec- Gillig has decided to have an entire essary to carry out a detailed pre- fleet of vehicles fitted with this drive analysis of the route. The DIWAhybrid system until 2011. Additionally, sev- in the DIWAPack is particularly eral other bus manufacturers in the suited for routes with numerous USA are interested in the Voith stops, because the energy storage technology. units are regularly charged as a result of frequent entries into sta- With the introduction of the DIWAPack tions. When the train leaves the as a drive system in rail vehicles it station, they are subsequently dis- was therefore only a small step to During braking, the asynchronous charged. Thanks to the additional the development of a hybrid version machine turns into a generator and power of the asynchronous electric on the basis of the DIWAhybrid. acts as a primary retarder, provid- motor, the diesel engine is protect- The latter consists primarily of a ing optimum support for the DIWA ed during acceleration. This saves parallel hybrid with the DIWAhybrid secondary retarder. In this process, fuel, reduces CO2 emissions and at its core. The parallel hybrid uti- electric energy is fed into energy generates less noise.

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 25 IN FOCUS ENERGY

New CPC 1200 Coupling in Chinese Coal Mines Higher Outputs and

The CPC 1200 is a special coupling Safe Overload Protection for mining applications and uses water as its operating medium. It has China’s need for energy from fossil fuels remains high. In 2008, the been developed for rough environments such as underground coal country with its 1.3 billion inhabitants was again the world’s largest mines, where it helps to break away producer and consumer of coal. In real terms, the extraction volume has even the heaviest masses and pro- nearly doubled within five years (between 2004 and 2009) from 1.28 tect the motor against overload. to 2.41 billion tons. By 2015, China intends to see its coal production The robust coupling, which is rising further by almost one third. This also increases the demands on insensitive towards extreme envi- the materials handling equipment: large armored-face conveyors with ronmental conditions like dust and higher outputs call for an upgrade of the coupling in the drive system. falling stones, functions on the same To meet this requirement, Voith has developed the new fill-controlled principle as the proven DTPKW mining coupling. With an only mar- CPC 1200 coupling with a rated output of 1200 kW. After a design and ginally larger housing, it transmits production period of four months, the first couplings have recently significantly more power. The first been delivered to two Chinese OEMs. couplings have already been deliv-

In China, the new coupling is used in armoured-face conveyors for transporting the coal from the longwall.

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ered to the OEMs Zhangijakou effectively shield the driveline. For CPC 1200 mining coupling and Shanxi in China. the protection of motor gearbox and chain, 2.5 times the rated output The Chinese applications cover can be transmitted for a brief period. underground coal mining on huge The start-up process of a blocked seams. The couplings are used in AFC can be repeated up to 20 times armored face conveyors needed for per hour. During the start-up proce- transporting the extracted coal from dure, the coupling can heat up to longwalls that are often several hun- maximally 100°C. For each consec- dred meters long. During the trans- utive attempt, cold water is immedi- portation process, large lumps of rock ately available from the water sup- randomly fall on the chain and block ply. The procedure can thus be it as a result of this sudden over- repeated almost indefinitely. Other load. This is where the advantage advantages are approximately of the fill-controlled Voith couplings 30 percent reduced water consump - new CPC 1200 coupling to China, comes into effect: in the event of tion, lower heat generation and it is intended to use the coupling overload they “slip” due to their hydro- more effective energy utilization. in future also in mining applications dynamic characteristics and thus After the successful delivery of the in Africa, USA and Australia.

The CPC 1200 shown Runner parts of in China met with high interest. the fill-controlled coupling.

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 27 IN FOCUS ENERGY

World’s Largest Solar Catamaran Driven by a Propulsion System from AIR In 2011 It’s Around the World in 140 Days

It is a boat of superlatives: the world’s largest catamaran which also claims to be the first to circumnavigate the world in April 2011. The PlanetSolar project has become reality on 25th of February 2010. The solar boat was presented to the international public in Kiel. It is driven by two Vector Prop controllable propellers from AIR Fertigung-Technologie.

The dimensions are gigantic for a quate, the energy yield amounts to an average sailing speed of eight solar-powered boat. The PlanetSolar 103.4 kW (138.7 HP). The energy is knots. “This boat calls for a total has a max. length of 35 meters and buffered in lithium-ion accumulators. different style of navigation” says its bean is max. 23 meters wide. AIR Executive Vice President Weighing some 75 tons, the carbon- The boat is powered by four electric Jürgen Friedrich. “The skippers fibre catamaran runs as a trima ran, motors two of them coupled for each have to stay focused on the maxi- if conditions at sea are harsh – the of the two drive systems. This mum possible sun radiation.” central hull slides in the water allows a short-term maximum output alongside the two catamaran hulls. of 90 kW per system while maneu- When PlanetSolar starts its journey It has a photovoltaic surface of 507 vering. For free sailing of 8 knots, around the world in April 2011 with square meters, specially treated to the propulsion system does operate the two skippers and project initia- withstand the seawater environment. at a modest 2 x 10 kW. On this tors Raphaël Domjan and Gérard Provided that sun radiation is ade- basis, the solar catamaran reaches d’Aboville, the two seamen have

The PlanetSolar measures 35 meters in length and is 23 meters wide.

The two skippers and project initiators proudly present the model of the PlanetSolar: Raphaël Domjan (left) and Gérard d’Aboville. IN FOCUS ENERGY

deliberately chosen a route along (Lom ocean Design). “We already appearance of the fully regenera- the equator. They intend to cover have had good contacts with him tively powered boat will be at the the approximately 40 000 kilometers in the past. This is why our drive anniversary of Hamburg Harbor. The in 140 days. The trip will start from system got into this extraordinary operators anticipate large numbers the western Mediterranean Sea. boat,” says Friedrich. of spectators who want to have a After crossing the Atlantic, they steer closer look at the “Formula One for the Panama Canal, through the The Vector Prop is an equally Boat of the Seas.” The PlanetSolar Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean extraordinary drive element. As a can accomodate up to 50 people and the Suez Canal back to the surface-piercing propeller it is par- at promotional events and port calls Mediter ranean departure point. ticularly efficient. Compact and during the round-the-world trip. easy to install. It is controllable and PlanetSolar was designed by the can thus also be used for steering. New Zealander Craig Loomes For this reason, PlanetSolar has no conventional rudder. The control hub of the propeller is water-lubri- Vector Prop cated. The delivery scope of AIR Fertigung-Technologie also includes the shaft, the bearings, components for the water lubrication, the adjusting device as well as the redundant steering control system. The latter is used for controlling the speed and also the position of the propeller.

Over the next few weeks, the solar catamaran will undergo a series of test trips. The first major public 29 ROAD

Martin Becke, Head of Development, Start-up Components ROAD

Added value on the road. That’s what moves us.

Series Supplier for Otokar 32 Turkish Bus Manufacturer Signs Long-Term Partnership

Blue Angel for Berlin Buses 34 EEV Engines Meet Highest Environmental Standards

DIWA Portfolio Completed at Mercedes-Benz Turkey 36 Significant Reduction of Noise Emissions ROAD

Turkish Bus Manufacturers Signs Long-Term Partnership with Voith Turbo Series Supplier for Otokar

Otokar is one of Turkey’s largest vehicle manufacturers. With the launch of new bus models, for example the new 12-meter “Kent” series, Otokar has completed its product family. At the same time, the company demon- strates its design and technology ambitions. The success of this venture has been confirmed by the Grand Award for the bus type “Vectio” at Busworld in Kortrijk in 2009. Regarding the crucial choice of driveline components, Otokar has opted for automatic transmissions and axle components from Voith Turbo.

Voith Turbo and Otokar will soon covers both diesel and gas- by high driving comfort despite fix a long-term partnership agree- driven buses. demanding road conditions. Addit - ment. In this process, Otokar has ionally, it offers excellent maneuver- decided to make Voith Turbo auto- Otokar, founded in 1963, sold ability in narrow streets. This is matic transmissions and axle sys- approximately 2 500 buses in the largely due to the Voith wheel sus- tems standard equipment in all business year 2008. At the time, pensions. The latter contribute to newly built bus models. This applies all of these vehicles were midi - a small turning circle and tight turn- to the new 9-meter buses for the buses. The 9-meter success model ing radii. In autumn 2009, a jury export market and also the 12-meter has been designated “Vectio.” It consisting of technical journalists vehicle range. The agreement has a long wheelbase and excels presented the “Vectio 250T” with

The “Kent” features the entire Voith driveline.

32 1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News the “Grand Award” in the medium- size bus category. In future, all “Vectio” buses will be fitted with the latest generation of Voith Turbo DIWA.5 automatic transmissions Received the “Grand Award”: the “Vectio”. and independent front suspensions.

The partnership agreement also sions and Voith independent front a comprehensive sales and service covers larger low-floor buses. Otokar suspensions. network. With Voith Turbo, Otokar currently produces a 12-meter vehi- has an experienced and competent cle named “Kent.” The “Kent 290LF“ Apart from focusing on the domes- partner on its side. This partnership is fitted with the complete Voith tic Turkish market, Otokar is strong- includes professional market and driveline – from DIWA.5 transmis- ly export-oriented. The company product management: Voith has a sion including the new gear-shifting targets central and Eastern Europe worldwide system of sales and program SensoTop to portal axle as its prime market. In order to service outlets with a wide-ranging and front suspension. The ”Kent realize its growth targets, the vehi- service portfolio, in order to ensure 290H“, too, features DIWA transmis- cle manufacturer has also set up maximum vehicle availability.

Info

Product: DIWA.5 transmission, front suspension and rear axles for buses

Application: midi and citybuses with low-floor technology

Technical features: high driving comfort and reliability, low fuel consumption

Contact

Sabine Kutscher [email protected] Tel. +49 7321 37 8607

Remzi Oduncu [email protected] Tel. +90 216 417 3200

Further information Modern interior and color scheme in the “Kent”. www.voithturbo.com/road

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The first three-axle low-floor double decker bus for Berlin with Voith DIWA transmission. The buses all feature the “Blue Angel” hallmark.

EEV Engines Meet Highest Environment Standards Blue Angel for Buses of Berlin Transport Authority

Berlin Transport Authority (BVG) has enhanced its bus fleet with low-noise, low-emission EEV engines. EEV stands for “Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle”. This corresponds to the currently most demanding European exhaust standard for buses and trucks. The back of 104 MAN double deckers and 144 Mercedes Benz Citaro LE buses is now decorated with the “Blue Angel” signet. All of the vehicles are installed with Voith DIWA.5 transmissions.

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axle low-floor double deckers (104 in 1957 with the first order for a buses) and the new Mercedes-Benz Büssing double decker with a Voith Citaro LE (144 buses) vehicles. DIWAbus transmission.

The MAN D2066 engine series is Germany’s largest transport opera- based on Common Rail diesel units tor is also a development and with increased injection pressure authorized service partner of Voith. (the so-called MANPURE Diesel® concept). Combined with the cooled, variable EGR exhaust gas recuper- ation, the engines run without any additives. For its new two-axle 12-meter low-floor buses, EvoBus uses economical low-exhaust OM 457 engines with advanced Blue-Tec diesel technology. Both engine concepts meet the EEV norm.

As far as their drivelines are concerned, the vehicles have one thing in common: they all drive with a further developed Voith DIWA.5 Info automatic transmission, which is The „Blue Angel“ hallmark has been characterized by its high driving com- Product: DIWA.5 transmissions for setting standards in environment, fort and serviceability. Combined citybuses health and consumer protection for with variable gear-shifting programs Application: Buses of Berlin Transport over 30 years and thus denotes and the series-installed torsional Authority BVG with EEV Standard (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) low-emission, low-noise buses that vibration damper, the new intelli- meet stringent exhaust and fine gent, self-learning E300.1 transmis- Technical features: high driving comfort and reliability low fuel consumption, reduced dust regulations. Exhaust gas emission control identifies the ideal gear- noise and exhaust emissions sions from the engine must, for shifting points in any traffic. It also example, comply with Euro 5 or EEV achieves optimum fuel consumption Contact norms, and noise emissions have and thus reduced exhaust emissions. Helena Gatter to be low both internally and exter- [email protected] nally. Ozone-depleting substances The system is supplemented by the Tel. +49 7321 37 4018 must not be used, refrigerants are specifically developed diagnostic only allowed to have minimum green- tool “Aladin”, which constitutes a Helmut Zimmermann house gas potentials and paints quantum leap in terms of diagnostic [email protected] have to be free from heavy metals. technology. Tel. +49 7321 37 6911

With its Blue Angel-marked buses, Berlin Transport Authority with its BVG Berlin is continuing its ecolo- current fleet of 1400 vehicles has Further information gical company policy. The hallmark been enjoying decades of partner- www.voithturbo.com/road is displayed on the new MAN three- ship with Voith, which started back

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Voith Completes DIWA Portfolio at Mercedes-Benz Turkey Substantially Reduced Noise Levels

With the introduction of DIWA.5 at EvoBus, Voith is completing its DIWA portfolio at the Turkish EvoBus affiliate Mercedes-Benz Turkey. The latter produces and independently sells vehicles, for example the four-door articulated bus “Conecto G” with a large, straight-six engine (OM457LA). The Conectos of Mercedes-Benz Turkey are primarily destined for the Turkish and Eastern European market.

The articulated “Conecto G” now comes with a DIWA.5 transmission. Until recently, Voith was represented sion – Voith is offering a modern Fast through Istanbul with the in Turkey with the DIWA.3E in the technical automatic transmission “CapaCity” thanks to BRT lanes. single deckers of Mercedes-Benz. solution in Mercedes-Benz citybus- Now, EvoBus has approved the es also for Turkey and Eastern DIWA.5 for the Conecto G – not Europe. Info least because this transmission will Product: DIWA.5 transmission result in a significant reduction of Additionally, the Mercedes CapaCity, Application: city- or articulated buses noise levels. In order to achieve this a nearly 20-meter-long four-axle of EvoBus. Also suitable for vehicles improvement, the latest methods articulated bus, is now also avail- used in Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. and tools were used for simulation able with Voith automatic transmis- Technical features: reduced noise and acoustics testing. sions. The Mercedes CapaCity is levels, high driving comfort and reliability, also equipped with the specifically low fuel consumption. Voith will continue to utilize these designed air compressor LP700. tools, in order to maintain its lead- Contact ing role in the light of increasingly The CapaCity aims primarily at Bus Karsten Köhler challenging and demanding require- Rapid Transit Systems (BRT). These [email protected] ments on the noise levels of city systems enable large buses to move Tel. +49 7321 37 6264 buses. high numbers of passengers quick- ly through city centers on dedicated With its DIWA.5 in the Conecto lanes. The majority of CapaCitys Further information series – the Conecto Solo, too, is are currently in service in the Turkish www.voithturbo.com/road available with a DIWA.5 transmis- Bosporus metropolis Istanbul.

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Christiane von Kalben, Key Account Manager, Voith Turbo Scharfenberg RAIL

Moving the trains of the world. That’s what moves us.

Extended Voith-Powerpack Family 40 First DIWAPack Delivered to Brazil

Voith-Powerpacks since 2001 41 100th Drive System for PESA in Poland

SGL Relies on Maxima 40 CC for Track Construction 42 “Making Work More Comfortable for Our Locomotive Drivers”

Stock Transport Operates Maxima 40 CC with Biodiesel 44 Powerful and Eco-Friendly

New Semi-Permanent Coupler with Stabilization Effect 45 Preventing Overriding and Derailing of Carriage Parts Extended Voith-Powerpack Family New light rail vehicles from BOMSinal driven First DIWAPack by DIWAPack. Delivered to Brazil

Alongside the RailPack and the TurboPack, Voith Turbo now also offers a drive system for rail vehicles covering the power class up to 410 kW: the DIWAPack. Moving with the times, Voith has simultaneously developed a hybrid version of this drive system (see article page 24). The first two DIWAPacks have already been delivered to Brazil.

The Brazilian vehicle manufacturer DIWA 884.5 transmission with inte- piping, in order to allow easy and BOMSinal based in São Manuel grated reversing mechanism. quick installation into the rail vehicle. near São Paulo has ordered a total Additionally, the four-car trains are of 26 such units from Voith Turbo. The DIWAPack also includes the connected with semi-permanent Rated at 338 kW, they are driving cooling system, the driveline control, couplers from Voith Turbo Scharfen- three- and four-car light rail vehicles. the exhaust system, a synchronous berg. The DIWAPacks are designed Yet these regional trains still weigh generator and the hydrostatics sys- for ambient temperatures of minus about 160 tons. They are moved tem. The components plus engine 25 to plus 50 degrees Celsius. The by 6-cylinder MAN diesel engines. and transmission are assembled maximum speed of such a vehicle Power is transmitted via the in a collective frame with suitable is 120 km/h.

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BOMSinal will install the first 26 drive Info Voith-Powerpacks Available systems in trains for two regional Since 2001 Product: DIWAPack operators in Fortaleza and Recife in Application: light rail vehicles. Here: three- 100th Drive System eastern Brazil. From March, the first and four-car regional diesel trains made for PESA in Poland vehicle will undergo final adjust- by BOMSinal (Brazil) with an engine output ments. Series and type tests have of 338 kW The success story of Voith drive already been completed. The Technical features: delivery of a complete systems for rail vehicles started with advantage of the DIWAPack is not drive system consisting of diesel engine, 15 Voith-Powerpacks for Poland. At only its ready-to-mount delivery, it DIWA transmission with integrated reversing the time, the Polish rail vehicle man- also covers the electric supply of mechanism, cooling system, control, systems frame including pipes, exhaust system, syn- ufacturer PESA still supplied certain the auxiliary drives. As a result, chronous generator, hydrostatics system parts of the system. In the meantime, interfaces are reduced and vehicle PESA, as all other customers relying manufacturers have a completely Contact on Voith-Powerpacks, has the entire assembled and fully tested drive Thomas Forner drive package developed and pro- system for quick installation. [email protected] duced by Voith Turbo. Tel. +49 7321 37 4053 For 2010, BOMSinal has sig - naled requirements for another 30 DIWAPacks. The fact behind this: Further information regional operators in Maceió and Brochure: Macaé want to expand their fleets Hydrodynamic Drive Solutions and have informed the Brazilian www.voithturbo.com/systemstechnology.htm manufacturer accordingly.

DIWAPack

PESA vehicle with Voith-Powerpack

Only a few weeks ago, Voith Turbo delivered its 100th Powerpack to PESA. The majority of vehicles made by PESA with Voith-Powerpacks (42 units) operate around Bari (Italy). Other Voith-Powerpack-driven regional trains made by PESA are in service in Poland, the Ukraine and Lithuania.

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SGL-Schienen Güter Logistik Relies on Maxima 40 CC for Track Construction “Making Work More Comfortable for Our Locomotive Drivers”

Two months of tests, sometimes under toughest conditions, did the trick: The management of SGL-Schienen Güter Logistik GmbH based in Dachau followed the recommendation of its loco - motive drivers and ordered a Maxima 40 CC. “Our locomotive drivers are over the moon with this locomotive. This is the kind of tractive effort we are going to need more and more in future,” so SGL Executive Vice President Director Wolfgang Rutkowske. RAIL

Heavy construction machines or long train convoys – the Maxima convinces in practical operation by its high tractive effort and also proves its strength in trip service.

A rail construction site in Prien at The SGL management team and Lake Chiemsee in mountainous three of its locomotive drivers who Bavaria was one of the test loca- had been specially trained at Voith tions for the Voith Maxima 40 CC. Turbo Lokomotivtechnik in Kiel were But the Voith locomotive also had particularly impressed by the con- to prove itself in trip service from sumption values: “Track construction Rosenheim to Hamburg. The com- machines are getting heavier and pany Schienen Güter Logistik, or heavier and have more axles. SGL in short, a subsidiary of the track construction firm Knape, had The entire recycling process during to supply heavy equipment to a track modification or refurbishment construction site in Prien. “When takes place on the machine. This we are asked to pull construction is weight that needs to be moved.” machinery with an empty weight of The 3 600 kW output of the Maxima 1400 tons in a convoy, the tractive 40 CC is just right for this task. effort of our old locomotives is no But Rutkowske also praises the trip longer sufficient,” says Rutkowske. qualities of the Maxima, which led In the past, trains like these had to the purchasing decision. “Passing to be double-headed. “In the light loops are increasingly phased out, of current diesel prices, this is not but we are supposed to do 90 to an economical solution in the long 100 km/h with our heavy trains. This run,” states the Executive Vice kind of tractive effort has to be President. ensured somehow!”

Neat design: in the driver’s cabin of the Maxima. 43 RAIL

The Maxima 40 CC can provide the isolation, which is not necessarily a The new SGL Maxima with its serial required tractive effort. Its favorable standard feature today. Even under number 40006 has been slightly consumption at excellent perform- full load, all members of the train modified by Voith. New bogies make ance rates, high reliability and “super radio network can be easily heard. the locomotive lighter. In return, this workmanship”, so the company’s In short: the Maxima is very quiet. allows a tank volume of 7 200 liters, technical manager Detlef Thalmann, For locomotive drivers, this makes which significantly increases the spoke in favor of the locomotive. work a lot more comfortable,” so range and the operating time “The locomotive has excellent sound Thalmann. between tank stops. After approval has been given, a new software program will be installed on the locomotive. This will help the loco to Stock Transport Operates Maxima 40 CC with Biodiesel perform SGL-typical operations even better. The Maxima 40 CC will Powerful and Eco-friendly be based in Würzburg. The location manager Jens Hartkopf was present at the tests and looks forward to the new locomotive. “The good thing is that we have not only purchased a locomotive but the full service concept. We know that we won’t have any problems to get spare parts and the contacts with Voith in Kiel are close. This creates trust and helps us to cooperate confidently day and night,” so Hartkopf. Transport operator Michael Stock is delighted ever since he purchased his Maxima one year ago. The Maxima 40 CC may soon be added by another Voith locomotive. The first Maxima 40 CC delivered to a motive changes – an advantage of his Since 1 February, SGL has been customer has been in service at Stock company. Due to the enormous out- testing a Maxima 30 CC “and I Transport since April 2009. Proprietor put of the locomotive, trains with a net can also imagine a test with a Michael Stock deliberately decided in weight of 1100 tons can be moved – Gravita 10 BB in the near future,” favor of the high-performance diesel- a performance that other locomotives says Executive Vice President hydraulic locomotive, in order to be (even E-locos) cannot achieve. Rutkowske. able to transport huge loads flexibly. Stock Transport is one of 300 licensed Stock has been active in the logistics Contact rail transport companies. Owner and market for 20 years and he sees enor- President Michael Stock proudly points mous potential for diesel traffic on Peter Schwaibold out that he, despite being the smallest the rails – not only because of gaps in [email protected] enterprise, has the largest locomotive. the electric network. His argument Tel. +49 431 259 59-635 is performance: 40 trucks would be It was in April 2009 when he changed needed to transport the cargo he Further information from a V1000 for goods transport to moves with his Maxima. Among the the Maxima 40 CC, consciously going reasons for his decision in favor of Brochures: for a mainline locomotive with diesel the Voith locomotive was also the fact The Maxima Locomotive Family The Gravita Locomotive Family drive. It allows trips from the loading that it operates with fuel from regen- www.lokomotivtechnik.com to the unloading station without loco- erative sources: it runs on biodiesel.

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The new ICE 4, also called Velaro D by Siemens.

New Semi-Permanent Coupler with Stabilizing Effect Preventing Overriding and Derailing of Rail Carriages

Passenger safety has high priority in public transport. With the new development of a semi-permanent coupler with stabilizing effect, Voith Turbo Scharfenberg makes a vital contribution in this respect: it largely prevents overriding and derailing of carriage parts.

The new semi-permanent coupler coupler that, in the event of an This principle works at compressive will be installed in regional trains accident, prevents overriding or forces of up to 2400 kN and off- operating in the Brussels area. derailing of train parts from the onset. set angles of up to five degrees. Another train to receive the new “In the event of compressive forces The energy consumption of the semi- Schaku couplers is the Velaro from coinciding with offset heights, the permanent coupler is 1.2 MJ at Siemens, in Germany launched semi-permanent coupler always 680 millimeters of total lift. “The new under the name ICE 4. The vehicle generates a torque that forces the semi-permanent coupler with stabi- manufacturer Siemens came up carriage parts back on a level,” this lization effect fulfills all standard with the idea for the stabilization is how Christian Radewagen of functions of other short couplers. effect and Voith Turbo Scharfen berg Voith Turbo Scharfen berg describes For energy absorption, we have put it into practice. the operating prin ciple. Stop plates selected the deformation path in the coupling bearings ensure in such a way that gaps between Essentially, Voith has integrated a appropriate restorative forces of up vehicle parts can be optimally function into the semi-permanent to 250 kN, which equals 25 tons. utilized.”

Semi-permanent coupler with stabilization effect Contact

Christian Radewagen [email protected] Tel. +49 5341 21 6830

Further information

www.schaku.com

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Hairmann Hayak, Regional Service Manager Variable Speed Drives, Voith Turbo Singapore INDUSTRY

Certainty that everything is running smoothly. That’s what moves us.

Voith Turbo Improves Control Stability of Power Station 48 Precise Control and Constant Maintenance of Live Steam Pressure

First Vorecons for Liquefied Gas Production in China 50 A New LNG Transport Every Ten Minutes

Variable-Speed Couplings in CCGT Power Station 52 Electricity for 700 000 Households

First Partners for Voith WinDrive in China 54 Participating in the “Three Gorges of Wind Power”

Introducing the Next Vorecon Generation 56 How a Successful Drive Gets Even Better INDUSTRY

View of Höchst Industriepark, a location of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry with approximately 90 companies. (Photo: Infraserv Höchst)

Voith Turbo Improves Control Stability of Power Station Precise Control and Constant Maintenance of Live Steam Pressure

More than 90 companies with some 22 000 employees have settled in Industriepark Höchst, one of Europe’s leading locations of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Infraserv Höchst, the operator of Industriepark Höchst, is continuously investing in ecologically sensible and sustainable solutions, in order to expand its own energy generating capacities and reduce the dependency on external power markets. In this context, new digitally controlled way valves and turbine control systems were used for the modernization of the steam turbines.

In the new plant, two gas turbines tion systems, is operated in power- Three of the four live steam pres- generate steam in a joint waste heat combination, a substitute fuel sure turbines were fitted with the heat boiler. Afterwards, the steam is system and the new gas turbine Voith digital way valves WSR-K120 used for power generation in the plant. und the turbine control system existing steam turbines and fed into Turcon DTE. One of the two back- the steam supply network of the The existing steam turbines, were pressure turbines was also fitted industrial park. As far as energy also updated to the latest tech- with a Turcon DTE control system. carriers are concerned, Infraserv nology, in order to comply with the For the modernization of the steam Höchst is relying on a diverse mix future requirements for secure turbine control system for the live by utilizing a combination of the energy supplies for the companies steam turbines (VT1, VT2, VT2) existing coal-fired power station, of the chemical and pharmaceutical and the back-pressure turbine (GT1), which, like all other energy genera- industry in Industriepark Höchst. the combination of Voith way valves

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and turbine control system proved to live steam pressure control fully the parallel and the island operation be the ideal solution. Infraserv Höchst meets with our expectations. The of the generator. was able to perform the conversion control in combination with the new from the old mechanically hydraulic Voith technology is significantly Upon customer request, nearly all valves to the new Voith system in- quieter and more precise than the conventional interfaces for connec- house, which saved costs. Support old solution. As a result we also tion to a superimposed control tech- from Voith Turbo was only required expect less wear. And this will have nology system can be implemented. for the commissioning and calibra- a positive impact on the service At Infraserv, the Turcon DTE control tion of the new control system. In and maintenance costs.” system was fitted with an interbus the course of the retrofit, a number and two LAN interfaces. of hydraulic components from the Another advantage of the Turcon old system were eliminated. DTE is, for example, that the start- At the first LAN interface, a modem up of a turbine is now reduced to a is added, allowing remote access Infraserv paid particular attention few steps. Temperature-dependent to the control system for service to the exact live steam pressure “start-up ramps” as recommended purposes (fast failure diagnosis and control of the live steam turbines. by the turbine manufacturer are help in the event of a breakdown, “Precise live steam pressure control now automatically and accurately software updates). The second ensures control stability for the entire observed. The Turcon DTE control LAN interface is reserved for OPC power station. At a rated live steam system integrates several monitor- communication. Via this interface, pressure of 120 bar, the acceptable ing functions (live steam pressure the customer intends to set up a maximum tolerance bracket is limiter, load limiter, impulse cham- comprehensive process data archive +/- 0.2 bar,” states Matthias Schubert ber pressure limiter, acceleration at a later date, which is to serve from Infraserv. “After a fairly brief limiter, speed limiter), in order to mainly for the early detection and operating time of the Voith control protect the turbine. Additionally, diagnosis of plant failures in the system we already know that the the control system considers both entire power station.

Cogeneration Power Station Steam Control Scheme Info

Product: electronic control with Natural gas Heating oil EL electro-hydraulic actuator Pit coal Waste gas Application: steam turbine control

Boiler 2 Boiler 3 Boiler 4 Boiler 9 Technical features: automatic start-ups, 330 t/h 150 t/h 150 t/h 200 t/h 45 MW remote maintenance, safe and fast valve 121 bar shut-off, coupling of control to in-house 330 °C 121 bar, 515 °C main process system, condition-based maintenance 18 MW 18 MW 27 MW 38 MW

VT1 VT2 VT4 VT5 Contact

16 bar 270 °C Roland Schilling 10 MW 6,6 MW 2 MW 3,5 MW 1,6 MW [email protected] GT1 GT4 T4 T6 GT8 Tel. +49 7951 32 603

Own requirements 4,2 bar 1,2 bar 160 °C 104 °C Further information Electro-hydraulic adjustment Mechanic-hydraulic adjustment of steam flows (Voith) of steam flows www.voithturbo.com/industry

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 49 INDUSTRY

First Vorecons for Liquefied Gas Production in China A New LNG Transport Every Ten Minutes

Power generation, public transport, refinery products or private consumption – China needs huge amounts of natural gas. As the country’s settlement patterns are quite disjointed, an area-covering supply with a pipeline is not practical. The solution comes in the form of gas with a temperature of minus 162° Celsius, which can be liquefied and compressed to 1/600 of its volume. This allows it to be transported comparatively easily on ships or trucks. Over the next five years, Beijing wants to double the utilization of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Against this background, the Chinese energy supplier Ningxia Hanas Natural Gas is building a new LNG plant. For the first time, Voith will supply two Vorecons for coolant compressors for this site.

The new LNG plant is being built in production of 800 000 tons, the The operator has made a conscious Yinchuan, the capital of the province Ningxia site is regarded as “medium- decision in favor of the Vorecon Ningxia in northern China. When it size.” The most critical component with an electric motor as the drive enters service in 2011, three million in the liquefying process is the solution. Conventional gas turbines cubic meters of natural gas are heat exchanger, the “cold box.” If operate only within a limited speed to be liquefied every day. Cooled the cooling does not work properly, range. Their output depends on down to a temperature of minus the process is at a standstill. And the external temperature and can 162° Celsius, the gas is color- and this is precisely why Ningxia Hanas only be controlled to a degree. It is, odorless and constitutes the clean- Natural Gas relies on the Voith for example, only marginally possi- est fossil fuel with the lowest carbon Vorecon to drive the coolant com- ble to adopt the production output dioxide emissions. With an annual pressors. to fluctuating natural gas extraction

Liquefied gas production The Vorecon drives the refrigerant compressor during the liquefaction of gas in the LNG plant.

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volumes or changing LNG require- liquefaction is playing an increasing- Info ments. Additionally, gas turbines ly important role: in the first stage, Product: Vorecon type RWC 15-14.5F9 have to be switched off every year the natural gas from the pipeline Application: driving a refrigerant for maintenance work – and the is being cleaned and substances compressor for natural gas liquefaction production of the plant sinks drasti- such as carbon dioxide, heavy hydro- Technical features: availability including cally. A standstill of several days carbons and water are eliminated. revision intervals 99.8%, application possible causes lost earnings amounting to Afterwards, the treated gas is being in environments with explosion hazard or millions. In contrast, a Vorecon can pumped through the heat exchang- dusty environments with extreme temper - run for up to eight years without er and undergoes several stages atures, long trouble-free service life, high interruption or maintenance. of pre-cooling, liquefying and super- position accuracy and high control dynamics, integrated lube oil system for supplying cooling. The cooling principle is the entire driveline For the new LNG plant in China, similar to that of a refrigerator: the Voith delivers two Vorecons type refrigerant is compressed and Contact RWC rated at 19 000 kW with over cooled in the ambient air. During Dr. Martin Tilscher 7 000 rotations per minute, equipped the subsequent decompression it [email protected] with a lubrication system and a cools down and takes off heat Tel. +49 7951 32 1755 base frame with integrated oil tank. from the natural gas. The machine supplies the lube oil for the entire driveline including Afterwards, the liquefied gas is Further information motor and compressors. pumped into tanker trucks that are www.voithturbo.com/industry able to keep the gas temperature at According to the World Energy a constant minus 162° Celsius. Outlook 2009, one fifth of the world- Nearly every ten minutes a tanker wide energy demand will be covered leaves the loading station in Ningxia the south of the country. From there, by natural gas until 2030. Against and heads for the outskirts of the industrial and private consumers this background, the process of gas large metropolises in the east and are being supplied with gas.

Cooling compressors Driveline for a refrigerant with Voith Vorecon.

Cooling compressors are used for compressing and decompressing a refrigerant, e. g. propane. The cold generated in this process can be utilized for extracting valuable hydro - carbons from natural gas as conden - sate. With the help of speed control, the process can be steplessly adapted. The Vorecon allows speed control at high efficiency and also a partially load-free run-up of the drive motor.

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 51 INDUSTRY The modern gas and steam power station in Timelkam, Austria.

Variable-Speed Couplings for World’s Most Advanced Combined Cycle Power Station Electricity for 700 000 Households

Following an investment of more than EUR 200 million, the historic power station in Timelkam in Austria is now home to the world’s cleanest and most advanced gas and steam power plant.

The 400-MW combined cycle power Despite a seven-fold increased by as much as 90 percent. As a station of Energie AG Oberösterreich output compared to the old power result of carefully selected and per- Kraftwerke GmbH and the Swiss station, the emissions of the new fectly interacting components it was Groupe E SA replaces the coal-fired plant, to which Siemens Energy possible to achieve an efficiency power station built in 1962. The contributes the major components rating of 60 percent in the 400-MW new plant continues Timelkam’s in the form of a “Power Island,” are class – currently the highest techni-

decades-old tradition of thermal significantly lower. As far as CO2 cally possible value. energy generation with the cleanest levels are concerned, the specific and also most eco-friendly of all emissions per kWh are 65 percent By extracting long-distance heating

fossil energy carriers – natural gas. less, while NOx levels are reduced for local distribution networks, the

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How Does a Combined Cycle Power Station Work? energy yield is maximized further. Timelkam will produce an annual 1 Suction filter house 2 450 GWh of electricity, enough to 2 Gas turbine supply some 700 000 households. 3 Waste heat boiler This makes it one of the most pow- 4 Boiler feed pumps with erful plants among Europe’s single- 562 SVTL 12.1 variable- speed turbo coupling system gas power stations. At the 5 Steam turbine same time it is also the largest sin- 6 Generator gle investment in the 120-year his- 7 Block transformer 110 kV tory of Energie AG.

SVTL variable-speed turbo coupling Cutaway view of Timelkam.

A gas and steam power station com- resistant materials for the power bines a gas and steam turbine system. transmitting components, the coupling The principle can be compared to is suitable for electric motors with that of a huge jet engine anchored into a rated output of approx. 3 000 rpm, the ground. In a first step, ambient in order to transmit a pump output of air is compressed in the gas turbine up to 2 450 kW. and turned into a combustible gas-air mix by the addition of natural gas in The filling level of the coupling and the combustion chamber. This mix is hence its output speed can be adjust- ignited and drives the gas turbine, ed steplessly from the control room. which is coupled with the generator If the coupling is drained, motor and to produce electricity. pump are mechanically decoupled, allowing the motor to run up without In a second step, the still very hot load. Torsional vibrations and jolts Info exhaust gas is utilized for further steam are effectively dampened by wear-free production in a waste heat boiler. The hydrodynamic power transmission, Product: 562 SVTL 12.1 variable-speed turbo coupling water needed for this process is added which has a positive impact on the via two boiler feed pumps. In Timel kam, service life of engine, coupling and Application: boiler feed pumps these are driven by Voith 562 SVTL 12.1 pump. These components can be Technical features: up to 2 450 kW output, variable-speed turbo couplings. The supplied via the lube oil system maximum reliability, compact and robust design, easy maintenance steam thus generated moves the steam integrated in the coupling, making turbine, which, in turn, drives the separate systems redundant and Contact generator. If required, district heat can thus reducing investment costs. be extracted for local networks. Reinhard Nagler [email protected] Especially when compared to throttle Tel. +43 2742 806 22561 The Voith SVTL 12.1 variable-speed control systems, variable-speed turbo coupling has been developed turbo couplings achieve significantly especially for driving the boiler feed higher efficiencies both at full and Further information pumps in this type of combined cycle part load. This is particularly important power station. Thanks to constructive in high-performance power stations www.voithturbo.com/industry adaptation and the utilization of highly such as Timelkam.

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 53 INDUSTRY

First Two Partners for Voith WinDrive in China Participating in the “Three Gorges of Wind Power”

Along the antique silk road in China’s windy north-west, a wind power boom is emerging: with the construction of a ten-gigawatt wind park near Jiuquan in the province Gansu, the government continues its energy policy outlined in the “11th five-year plan for the economic and social development of China.” Work on the wind park started in August 2009 and some of the wind power systems are to be fitted with the Voith WinDrive as centerpiece in the drive train. This decision was made by LEC, one of the leading manufacturers of electric drives and generators in China.

A 10-gigawatt wind park is under construction in the Gansu province in north-west China. Some of the wind turbines will use the Voith WinDrive as drive system. INDUSTRY

Voith WinDrive

Prototype of a 2-MW WinDrive to be used by LEC on the test stand at Voith Turbo.

The project in Jiuquan is the first of new 2-megawatt turbine in close besides LEC. This company is six huge wind parks of the gigawatt cooperation with the German Catum among the country’s five largest class. Inofficially, the EUR 12.5 bil- Engineering GmbH. The turbine is energy suppliers and already Asia’s lion plant is already referred to as to be completed in 2010; following largest wind part operator. The aim the “Three Gorges of wind power,” the delivery of four prototypes, of the cooperation with Voith is the because the energy produced in an agreement for series-produced development of a new 3-megawatt Gansu alone would achieve a simi- turbines is already in hand. wind turbine with WinDrive. Wind lar magnitude as the Three Gorges power stations of this output class dam. And this is, as everybody The WinDrive is meant to demon- can be found on mainland sites knows, the world’s largest hydro strate its advantages over frequency but also in coastal areas and in power project. Designed for an inverter technology, especially offshore wind parks. annual capacity of 5.6 million kilowatt against the background of increas- by the end of 2010 (planned: ingly strict grid legislation. Operating 12.7 million until the end of 2015), without sensitive electronics not Jiuquan will be China’s largest wind only increases the availability and Info power station. Voith participates the energy yield, the WinDrive in this major project via its new local also allows the application of power- Product: WinDrive partner, Lanzhou Electric Cor pora - station-proven synchronous gener- Application: wind energy plants tion (LEC). The state-owned com- ators. This generator type excels by Technical features: best feeding pany based in Lanzhou, the capital outstanding grid feeding properties quality, maximum reliability, lowest power of the Gansu province, has been and makes other additional electron- generation costs cooperating for many years with ic components inside the wind park, Contact AEG, Siemens and General Electric. for example condenser banks, volt- LEC gathered first experiences age drop guards or transformers, Dr. Andreas Basteck with power generation from renew- redundant. Compared to conventional [email protected] Tel. +49 7951 32 1810 able energy with the development drive concepts, the higher avail - of a 1-megawatt wind turbine that ability at lower maintenance require- has been operating success fully ments results in lower power Uwe Reimesch [email protected] since 2008. generation costs. Tel. +49 7951 32 1728

For the wind park in Jiuquan, LEC After partnerships with DeWind has decided to have the WinDrive and BARD who focus on markets in Further information as its only drive solution. For this Europe and North America, Voith www.voith-windrive.com purpose, Voith is developing a has found another partner in China

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Guests from all over the world informed themselves about the new Vorecon during presentations and by means of a hands-on model.

Introducing the Next Vorecon Generation

drive solution, not least because of How a Successful Drive its 99.97 % reliability and attractive investment costs. In addition to the four reasons that speak in favor Gets Even Better of a Vorecon (reliability, economy, durability, efficiency), the development of the next generation pro- With the further development of its variable-speed planetary vides a further argument: easy main- gear Vorecon, Voith Turbo has reached a new dimension. The focus tenance. Thanks to the horizontally was on improved economy and starting behavior. The new split split housing, rotating parts of the housing and a modular design increase the serviceability of drive can be accessed more easily, making the Vorecon more service- the drive. In Crailsheim, customers and interested parties had the friendly. Moreover, maintenance opportunity to see the new Vorecon in presentations and on now requires lower crane capacities the test stand. and lower heights for crane hooks.

The Vorecon is a variable-speed and speeds of 100 to 20 000 min-1 A new feature of the “next genera- drive that has proven itself in numer- are no problem for the variable- tion” Vorecon is also the modular ous applications – especially in speed planetary gear. It can be used design. While this drive system, energy generation, as well as the even in extreme temperatures or compared to solutions with frequen- oil and gas industry, for example in dusty environments with explosion cy inverters, already needed about as a drive for pipeline and process hazard. The German Association one third less space and thus fewer compressors, for boiler feed pumps or of Power Station Operators (VGB) individual components, the future fans. Outputs of 1000 to 50 000 kW has commended the Vorecon as a Vorecon will be even more compact.

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Vorecon with open housing (left). Customers are testing the hydrodynamic operating principle during the presentation interval.

A new start-up concept for the type customer event in Crailsheim, the than 15 000 kW. In future, double RWC ensures lower complexity and, serviceability and the unrivalled converters and higher efficiencies above all, a more economical solu- reliability met with particularly high are envisaged. tion for start-ups at high power and acclaim. The reliability is evident by weak grids. an overall service life of 30 years and the mean time between failures Info As with all previous Vorecons, the (MTBF). With the Vorecon it is five Product: Vorecon RWC next generation function is based on the principle times higher than that of a frequen- Technical features: availability including of power splitting. Most of the power cy inverter. revision intervals 99.8%, application is transmitted mechanically directly also in dusty environments with explosion via the main shaft and the rotating Some 150 guests from all over the hazard and at extreme temperatures, planetary gear. Only the power world informed themselves in pre- long, trouble-free operation, high accuracy necessary for adjusting the speed sentations about the innovations and and high control dynamics, integrated lube oil system for supplying the entire is split off from the main shaft and advantages of the Vorecon of the driveline superimposed into the planetary next generation. Afterwards, the first gear. The entire unit thus has an such Vorecon could be viewed on Contact efficiency of over 95 %. The speed the test stand. During the trial run, Wolfgang Sautter control by the torque converter has all measuring values could be fol- [email protected] proven itself as highly accurate lowed on a large video screen, and Tel. +49 7951 32 685 with excellent control dynamics in it was even possible to look inside many applications. with a camera. The first Vorecon will be installed in an American gas Further information At the official presentation of the pipeline for driving the compressors www.voithturbo.com/industry new Vorecon on the occasion of a and has a power rating of more

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 57 MARINE

Dr. Dirk Jürgens, Head of Research and Development, Voith Turbo Schneider Propulsion MARINE

The future of propulsion. That’s what moves us.

South African Port Authority Orders VWT 60 Voith Water Tractor for Largest Deep Sea Port on the Cape

Deep Sea Port Mailiao in Taiwan Receives Two VWT 61 Escort Duties Also in Strong Winds

Four Voith Water Tractors for Egypt 62 Harbor Tugs for Alexandra and Damietta

Cooperation with Vietnamese Shipyard 63 First Voith Water Tractor of C-Class Under Construction MARINE

South African Ports Authority Orders Further Voith Water Tractors (VWT) Another Two High-Performance Voith Water Tractors for Largest Deep Sea Port on the Cape

20 Voith Water Tractors are already in service in various ports on the South African Cape. Three new Voith Water Tractors are currently under construction. The National Ports Authority of South Africa is anticipating additional demand for tugs and has therefore ordered another two such vessels.

Each of the two new Voith Water sister vessels. The drive compo- to a maximum speed of 13 knots Tractors (VWT) is fitted with two Voith nents will be delivered by mid 2010, with a rated bollard pull of 70 tons. Schneider Propellers (VSP) type so that the ships are expected to However, the vessels have already 32R5/265-2. The Voith delivery scope enter service in spring/summer 2011. shown a bollard pull in extend of for each vessel also includes the 80 tons. mechanical control, a DTL 1330 The VWTs of the H-Class (Harbor turbo coupling, as well as an SBG Class) measure 31 meters in length, The Coega Development is one of 160 bow tooth coupling. The newly are 11.5 meters wide and have a South Africa's largest infrastructure ordered ships will be built by maximum draught of 6.18 meters. projects. On an area of 12 000 Southern African Shipyards, which Two diesel engines, each rated at hectares, only 20 kilometers east of were also responsible for the 2640 kW, drive the Voith Schneider Port Elizabeth, a gigantic industrial construction of the three previous Propellers, which bring the VWTs area with excellent infrastructure connections to roads, rail and water has been created. The new Ngquara

In 2011 two new Voith Water Deep Sea Port is the eighth biggest Tractors will enter service in port in the world and also the South African harbors. largest port in South Africa. With depths of up to 18 meters, even the largest container vessels can enter the harbor and be unloaded there.

Info

Product: VSP 32R5/265-2 Application: harbor tugs (H-Class) Technical features: length 31 meters, width 11.5 meters, bollard pull 70 tons

Contact

Holger Trecksel [email protected] Tel. +49 7321 37 2218

Further information

www.voithturbo.com/marine

60 1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News In Mailiao, harbor tugs like the two new Voith Water Tractors, are often used in rough seas.

Deep Sea Port Mailiao in Taiwan Gets Two Voith Water Tractors Escort Duty Also in Strong Winds Taiwan’s second largest deep sea port receives two new Voith Water Tractors (VWT). The ships will be mainly used for assistance and escort services in the up to 25-meter-deep harbor basin. Due to the geographical situation of Mailiao, the VWT have to prove their operational fitness in sometimes very severe winds.

For each of the two new VWT, 1997, every year some 70 million Voith Turbo supplies two Schneider tons of goods are being handled, Propellers size 28R5/210-2. The and volumes are rising. For this Voith delivery scope also covers a reason, the port authority of Mailiao Info 1330 DTL turbo coupling and an is envisaging another 20 mooring Product: VSP size class 28R5/210-2 SBG 140 bow tooth coupling. Both stations for un loading container Application: 2 harbor tugs (H-Class) vessels are 31.8 meters long and vessels. The deepest shipping lane Technical features: length 31.8 meters, 11.5 meters wide. Their maximum in the harbor currently measures width 11.5 meters, bollard pull approx. draught is five meters; they dis- 25 meters. Both of the two new 52 tons place 670 tons. The VWT are fitted vessels were built by Jong Shyn with Yanmar motors with a total Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Kaohsiung. Contact output of 3 840 kW. Both harbor The decision in favor of the VWT Norbert Münch tugs have a bollard pull of almost was made not least because of their [email protected] 52 tons. Voith delivered VSP for high maneuverability. Strong north- Tel. + 49 7321 37 2687 four VWT with a total output of easterly winds with speeds of up to 2940 kW and Niigata motors (with a 17.2 m/s or 34.4 knots make high bollard pull of nearly 42 tons) already demands on the Voith Water Tractors Further information in 1997. In the Taiwanese deep sea when they are performing their www.voithturbo.com/marine port Mailiao, which was opened in assistance and escort duties.

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Two of the new Voith Water Tractors will be used in the harbor of Alexandria.

Four Voith Water Tractors (VWT) for Egypt Port Tugs for Alexandria and Damietta

Two new Voith Water Tractors each are currently being built for the port authorities of Alexandria and Damietta. Voith Turbo Marine supplies the propulsion components for these four vessels.

The northern Egyptian metropolis draught of 3.2 meters. Their maxi- their maximum speed of 13 knots Alexandria with its population of mum speed is 13 knots. With their as well as in their rated bollard pull 4 million is located directly on the rated bollard pull of 53,5 tons, they of 53,5 tons, they are identical to western end of the Nile delta. The are well equipped for their tasks both the port tugs for Alexandria. port is among the most important within the port as well as on the Info trade ports in the region. Approxi - Suez Canal. Both VWT will be put mately 60 percent of all Egyptian into service in 2011. For the port Product: VSP type class 28R/234-2 imports and exports are handled authority of Damietta, located a little Application: two harbor tugs here. The Alexandria port authority further east in the Nile delta close Technical features: has contracted with the Egyptian to Port Said, the local authority Alexandria: length 32 meters, width 11.5 Ship building and Repair shipyard to has also ordered two Voith Water meters, 13 knots, bollard pull 53.5 tons provide two new Voith Water Trac - Tractors. Both ships will be built Damietta: length 35 meters, width 11 meters, 13 knots, bollard pull 53.5 tons tors. The new vessels are designed by the Egyptian shipyard Timsah to be equipped with two 28R5/234-2 Shipbuilding. The Voith Turbo com- Contact Voith Schneider Propellers with a ponents VSP, bow tooth coupling Holger Trecksel power output of 1920 kW each. In and turbo coupling are identical on [email protected] addition, Voith will deliver 1330 DTL all vessels; however the Voith Water Tel. +49 7321 37 2218 turbo couplings as well as a SBG 140 Tractors for Damietta differ in terms bow tooth coupling for the vessels. of their outer dimensions. They The VWT are identical in construc- are 35 meters long, 11 meters wide Further information tion, measure 32 meters in length, and, with 2.65 meters, have a www.voithturbo.com/marine have a width of 11.5 meters and a smaller draught. Both in terms of

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Cooperation With Vietnamese Shipyard First C-Class Voith Water Tractor under Construction

Last June, Voith Turbo Marine and Strategic Marine shipyard in Vung Tau City in Vietnam entered into a cooperation agreement. The shipyard intends to build Voith Water Tractors of the C-class (compact class) with various output ranges. With the Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) Voith Turbo Marine will supply the propulsion system. The first Voith Water Tractor (VWT) is already under construction.

The Vietnamese shipyard would The first of these standard VWTs of 5.7 meters. The bollard pull of like to build a range of harbor tugs: is already under construction. the vessel is 55 tons. the so-called standard VWT class C. It is destined for the New Zealand Info These are 24-meter long and eleven harbor authority of Napier. The to twelve meter wide ships. They two Voith Schneider Propellers type Product: VSP type class 28R5/234-2 are fitted with two motors with 28R5/234-2 are driven by two Application: C-class harbor tug with outputs ranging between 1920 kW, 2040-kW motors. A Voith turbo cou- different motor outputs 2 020 kW, and 2 380 kW to max. pling type 1150 DTm1 and an Technical features: length 24 meters, 2 650 kW. The bollard pull of the SBG 140 bow tooth coupling ensure width 11 or 12 meters depending vessels varies in line with the motor appropriate power transmission. on motor size, bollard pull 50, 55, 63 or 70 tons. output between 50, 55, 63 and 70 tons. The two bow-mounted Voith A special feature of this VWT is Contact Schneider Propellers (VSP) are that it is also fitted with a Voith Norbert Münch categorized into different size class- Turbo Fin. This increases the steer- [email protected] es in line with their motor outputs. ability of the Voith Water Tractor Tel. + 49 7321 37 2687 by up to approx. 25 percent, which The design details of the Voith is highly advantageous, especially Water Tractors were optimized in when performing escort duties. The Further information close cooperation between Strate- VWT is 24 meters long, 11 meters www.voithturbo.com/marine gic Marine and Voith Turbo Marine. wide and has a maximum draught The vessels built at Strategic Marine in Vung Tau City will in future not This is what it will look like: the Voith Water Tractor of the Compact class. only perform assistance and tug- ging duties but also prove their worth as escort boats. The standard VWT are designed for air temperatures between zero and plus 45° Celsius, as well as sea water temperatures from zero to plus 32° Celsius. The ship projecting also envisages absolute reliability in sub-tropical climate zones with up to 100 percent humidity. The regular equipment includes fire-fighting monitors on the bridge deck.

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 63 CULTURE REPORT

A landmark of Hyderabad: the Charminar, also called the “Arc de Triomphe” of the East because of its splendor, was built in 1591 to commemorate the end of the plague.

Hyderabad – Location for Innovative Technologies India’s Mega Metropolis Is Called the “City of Pearls” CULTURE REPORT

Hyderabad is India’s fifth-largest metropolis, a melting pot of the numerous languages, cultures, religions and cuisines of the sub-continent, and one of the drivers of India’s dramatic economic rise: the city in the state Andhra Pradesh on the country’s south-eastern coast is synonymous with diversity and fascination. Voith has been represented in the over 400-year-old city since 1987.

Architectural testament of Hyderabad’s pioneering role in modern technologies: the “Cyber Towers”, home of renowned IT companies such as Microsoft, AppLabs and Oracle.

Hyderabad’s landmark is the four- they practice their religion is the tower Charminar, a monument that “Birla Mandir” temple. Built on a hill, was erected in the 16th century to the Birla Mandir majestically over- commemorate the end of the plague looks the city. “Mandir” is the Hindi and still represents the heart of the word for “temple” and Birla is the historic town. The building, a giant name of one of India’s richest fami- arch and thus also called the “Arc de lies who regarded it as their destiny Triomphe of the East,” is surround- to provide all larger cities in India ed by a vibrant mixture of traders, with the largest possible place of shops, restaurants and markets. worship. The Birla Mandir is dedicat- Directly opposite is the Mecca Masjid ed to Lord Venkateshwara, an Mosque. It offers room for over incarnation of Vishnu (the Hindu God 10 000 people, making it one of the of Preservation). The white marble largest praying houses in India. of the stonework gives the building the majestic appearance that is Splendid Buildings so characteristic for Hyderabad’s and Fusion Cuisine in architecture. the “City of Pearls” All this magnificence and Hydera- About 60 percent of the nearly four bad’s ongoing importance in the million inhabitants of Hyderabad international pearl trade have earned are Hindus. One of the places where it the moniker “City of Pearls.” A 65 Chowmahalla (literally translated “Four Palaces”) is the name of a complex of palaces near the Charminar completed in 1880. It used to be the residence of the Hyderabad’s city rulers from the early 18th century until 1947.

large Buddha statue floating on the Facts and figures city’s largest stretch of water, the 24-kilometer-long Hussain Sagar Lake, is a focal point for tourists and locals alike. Hyderabad’s cuisine Delhi amalgamates the diverse facets of North and South Indian cooking. North-Indian cooking is usually very meaty and substantial, while the people in the south prefer lighter, Kolkata Omkareshwar often vegetarian recipes. Both ele- Vadodara ments are combined in the city’s

traditional “Mutton Biryani”, a rich Mumbai India rice dish, often also prepared with Pune Capital New Delhi Hyderabad 2 poultry or seafood. Surface Area 3 287 590 km Inhabitants 1.16 billion “Cyberabad” is a Pioneer GDP $ 3,288 billion

in Biotechnology Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Capital of the state But Hyderabad does not dwell on Andhra Pradesh its traditions and its past. Over the Inhabitants 4 million Official languages Telugu, Hindi, last few years, the city has experi- Urdu, English enced a giant push in the field of Average annual temperature 26,8°C high-tech, resulting in its new epithet

66 1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News View of the oldest part of the center of Hyderabad. Most buildings in this area date back to the 16th century.

“Cyberabad.” The business land- the following years, contacts with scape is characterized by a mixture the sub-continent intensified, so that of pharmaceutical, electric, soft- the foundation of the Voith subsidiary ware and bio-technical companies. in Hyderabad (Voith Turbo Private Limited, or VTIP in short) was a The majority of these companies logical consequence. are located in “Genome Valley”, an area spreading over 600 km2, Today, 230 employees based in accommodating over 100 firms from the “Nacharam Industrial Area” at the bio-technical industry alone. the eastern outskirts of the city are Genome Valley is also the home producing geared variable-speed of scientific research and teaching couplings for the boiler feed pumps projects. Three large universities of Indian customers, variable-speed make Hyderabad also a city of couplings for fan and pump drives, The Hussain Sagar Lake is an artificial education. as well as constant-fill couplings stretch of water measuring 24 km in length. Designed as a water reservoir, the for starting up belt conveyors and lake with its floating statue of Buddha Voith – Over 85 Years shredders. is now a tourist destination. in India, Over 22 Years in (Picture: Alosh Bennett) Hyderabad The subsidiary has modern pro - duction facilities, a computer-sup- Hyderabad has a comparatively Voith has been known in India for ported test field, a state-of-the-art modern road network, a direct flight decades. The company delivered CAD system and a modern alu- connection to Frankfurt, Germany, the first paper machine to a paper minum foundry. It also benefits from two major railway stations and a mill in Delhi as early as 1924. Over the good infrastructure of the city: modern metro system.

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Voith Turbo Pools Electro-Mechanical Drives in New Production Site World’s Most Advanced Production Site for Final Drives

Mergelstetten, a suburb of Heidenheim, has become the number one address for final drives for rail vehicles. Be it light rail vehicles, trams, high-speed trains or locomotives – Voith Turbo is pooling its electro-mechanical drives in a brand-new production line.

Since March this year, all electro- and the implementation of the allowing a completed final drive to mechanical rail vehicle drives from new one-piece manufacturing prin- leave the premises at 1.2 hour- Voith have been built on a produc- ciple that is already being used by intervals. The reduced lead times tion area covering 15 000 square the automotive industry with great increase the assembly capacity meters. EUR 40 million were spent success. Assembly takes place and improve the competitiveness on buildings, production facilities on the basis of strict “takt times,“ of Voith Turbo.

Drive assembly in the new Voith Turbo production hall in Mergelstetten. NEWS

New production site with new production system “Consistent Customer Orientation”

“With the introduction of this What are the advantages of the production principle we have not “takt”-based production system you only increased our manufactur- have just introduced? ing depth but we have also become a true “Just-in-time” Diamantidis: The system is being partner for our customers,” says used with great success in the Christian Diamantidis, Product automotive industry and operated Group Manager Electro-Mecha- on the principle of reducing lead nical Drive Systems (see inter- times and keeping material in flow. view opposite). This increases efficiency: every 1.2 hours a transmission is readily Worldwide, Voith now has assem- assembled on our new line. bly capacities for over 10 000 final drives that can be produced Voith Turbo is facing stiff competiti- within one year, and is thus set- on. Are you improving your starting Christian Diamantidis, ting clear signals for growth. position with this new production Product Group Manager Electro- Mechanical Drive Systems. “Above all, we want to be able facility? to serve the growth markets China, India and Brazil, but also Diamantidis: The tendency is And what are the demands of deliver to the large systems clear. Customers want to work with the customers on Voith? houses,” so Diamantidis. The fewer and fewer suppliers. Every - newly built production site was body wants to be “Best in Class“ Diamantidis: To be innovative, fle- created within a record time of or “Preferred Supplier.“ But with xible and reliable. All three must only six months. It took a mere our world-class products, we also come in a package, one aspect four weeks for all the machines want to be a world-class partner alone is not enough. It is a process to be moved. Nearly 230 people of our customers. This goal can that can be reduced to the simple are working at the location only be achieved if we comply nominator: we orient ourselves con- Mergel stetten with its adjoined with the demands coming from sistently on the demands of our 2 100 square meters of office the market. customers. space.

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New Coating Technique for Voith Cooling Systems Nanotechnology – Higher Performance, Better Corrosion Control

Voith is using a new nanotechnology-based coating method for cooling systems. Due to the improved paint surface, the cooling systems are less prone to pollution. Therefore, smaller and hence lighter coolers can be installed in rail vehicles, while the systems output remains the same.

Additionally, the new coating control The difference between Voith nano how in the design and the construc- improves the corrosion resistance paint and conventional paints lies in tion of cooling systems for rail vehi- and ensures the reliable operation its structure. While the basic com- cles. The newly developed hybrid of the cooling system also in critical ponents, as with conventional paints, paints offer excellent corrosion pro- climate zones, as well as in chemi- are binding agents, solvents and tection for cooling systems. As the cally aggressive environments. additives, the nano paint binding adhesive properties of dirt particles Thanks to smaller cooling systems agent is not an organic but an inor- on the surface of units treated with and the reduced weight, vehicle ganic-organic hybrid polymer, in these paints are drastically reduced, operators can save on fuel costs. which the positive characteristics of it can also be assumed that service As a result of lower pollution, serv- organic and inorganic binding intervals are significantly extended ice intervals are also reduced. In agents are combined. due to added cooling lamellas. summary, the nanotechnology paint improves the system’s entire eco- Voith Turbo can look back on over Info balance. 60 years of experience and know- Product: cooling systems coated with nano paint

Application: all types of rail vehicles Technicale features: lower pollution of The newly developed paints cooling lamellas, therefore opportunity to protect against corrosion. install smaller coolers with same output, resulting in weight and fuel savings. Additional protection against corrosion.

Contact

Uwe Mauch [email protected] Tel. +49 7321 37 4015

Dr. Falko Baier [email protected] Tel. +49 7321 37 8210

Further information

www.voithturbo.com/coolingsystems.htm

70 1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News NEWS FROM THE VOITH GROUP

Voith Hydro Voith Industrial Services Voith Paper

Brazilian Hydro Power Production and After Sales Green Technologies Station Baguari Inaugurated Service for Machines and in Focus Equipment

Voith Hydro has supplied the com- Since summer 2009, Voith Industrial Voith Paper has been taking the plete electro-mechanical equipment Services has been carrying out the sustainability approach for many for the plant located 600 kilometers after sales service including spare years. With the new “Green Tech - north of Rio de Janeiro. The power parts supplies for Arnz Flott GmbH nology” campaign, the company is station operator is a consortium Werkzeugmaschinen in Remscheid. strengthening its develop ments in formed by the companies Neo energia, The industrial services provider the eco-friendly technology sector. Furnas and Cemig, who invested has signed a cooperation agree- a total of 360.4 million US Dollar in ment with Arnz Flott spanning “We focus on products and systems the project. With four bulb turbines, several years. that demonstrate an ecological im - Baguari will supply 140 MW to the provement over previous models and Brazilian grid. Voith Industrial Services offers the offer clear economic advantages,” non-proprietary maintenance of states Dr. Hans-Peter Sollinger, Baguari is the first hydro power machines, plants and technical build- Executive Chairman of Voith Paper. scheme to be commissioned under ing equipment. The company In the current economic climate, the national Growth Acceleration assumes the complete service of protecting the environment thus also Program ”PAC“. With this initiative, all production-related machines pays off in the form of lower resource the government intends to increase and systems – from inspection, consumption. For most paper grades, Brazil's gross domestic product maintenance and repair to plant the costs for energy, pulp and water by five percent until 2010. optimization. take up 70 percent of the total production costs. This is an area with One of the key points of the PAC Innovative service concepts ensure a huge savings potential. program, which provides a total of high availability of production sys- 235 billion US dollar, is the devel- tems at minimum standstill times. The “Green Technology” innovations opment of the country’s electricity Voith Industrial Services also offers of Voith Paper are not only benefi- supply. In view of Brazil’s abundance machine and plant assembly, cial to the environment, but also of water and rivers, hydro power material service, energy manage- to paper manufacturers, who can plants will play a significant role in ment, as well as crane and forklift sometimes achieve cost reductions this scheme. At present, already services. amounting to millions. over 75 percent of Brazil’s electricity generation comes from hydro power.

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 71 PERSONALIA

Bruno Dautzenberg Mats Hansson Bo Persson New Sales Manager for Highly New MD of Voith Turbo New Managing Director of Flexible Couplings in Australia Voith Turbo Safeset

Since 1 October 2009 Bruno Mats Hansson has been appointed Voith Turbo Safeset has a new Dautzenberg has been Sales Man - as the new Managing Director of Managing Director: Bo Persson. ager of Voith Turbo Hoch elastische Voith Turbo Pty. Ltd. in Australia per Persson studied metallurgy at the Kupplungen GmbH & Co. KG. 1 November 2009. Based at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sydney location, he is in charge of Sweden and began his professional Dautzenberg studied mechanical the sales and the service of Voith career as manager for research engineering at Munich Technical Turbo products in the markets and innovation in the metals depart- University and, in 2003, completed Australia and New Zealand. ment of the Swedish company a Masters course at Berlin Free Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktie - University alongside his professional Mats Hansson studied mechanical bolaget (ASEA). commitments. He gained his first engineering at Linkoping Technical overseas experience at the Inter- University in Sweden, finishing with Bo Persson gathered management national Management Program in a Master of Science degree. On experience during a spell as opera- Singapore and started his profes- completion of his studies, Hansson tions director at Svedala Industrie, sional career as area sales manag- worked at SSAB in Sweden as followed by a position as Chairman er for Eastern Europe at Schorch service and maintenance manager, and CEO at Bruks Klöckner. Prior Elektrische Maschinen GmbH in followed by various positions in to joining Voith he headed the man- the company’s drive technology and global companies such as HIAB and agement of Sandvik SMC. electric engineering departments. Iggesund Tools AB. There he held a post as production manager and Prior to joining Voith, Bruno was later appointed as Exec utive Dautzenberg worked from 2005 to Vice President. From 2003, Mats 2009 as sales manager at a sup - Hansson was Managing Director of plier of the reflector industry, Jordan Voith Turbo Safeset AB in Hudiks - Reflektoren GmbH & Co. KG. vall (Sweden), where he achieved above-average sales figures.

72 1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News PERSONALIA

Olaf Radike Alexander Schulz New Sales Manager of Heads Universal Joint AIR Fertigung-Technologie Shaft Sales

Olaf Radike has been put in charge Alexander Schulz has been put of sales at AIR Fertigung-Techno - in charge of sales for universal logie GmbH & Co. KG in Hohen joint shafts and connecting ele- Luckow per 1 January 2010. ments per 1 October 2009.

Olaf Radike studied naval architec- After studying mechanical engi- ture at Kiel Technical University and neering in Volgograd (Russia), started his professional career at Alexander Schulz continued his Schottel, where he was responsible education by economic studies for variable-speed drive systems for focusing on export at Reutlingen tugs and offshore vessels. Prior to Technical University. After work- joining Voith, Radike worked at ing for two years at Autopan in Krupp in the areas materials handling the company’s sales and logistics and dredge construction. At Voith departments (until 1997), he he held positions as Regional moved on to Carl Zeiss, where Manager Middle East for Voith Turbo he held a post as manager for Marine and as Project Engineer Japan projects. In 2001, the at Voith Schneider Propulsion. engineer joined Voith Turbo, star t - ing out as Area Sales Manager Far East for the Product Group Universal Joint Shafts. Prior to his new appointment as Head of Sales, Schulz worked as General Manager Sales for the Voith Turbo representation in Beijing.

1/2010 | Voith Turbo | News 73 EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

Date Event Further information

25.03. – 28.03.2010 Busworld Turkey www.busworldturkey.com Istanbul, Turkey

31.03. – 02.04.2010 CTIB 2010 www.cuauto.com.cn Tianjin, China

12.04. – 16.04.2010 Expomin 2010 www.expomin.cl Santiago de Chile, Chile

18.04. – 21.04.2010 16th International Conference & www.lng16.org/ Exhibition on Liquified Natural Gas Oran, Algeria

19.04. – 23.04.2010 Global Port & Marine www.globalportoperations.com Perth, Australia

19.04. – 25.04.2010 Bauma www.bauma.de Munich, Germany

20.04. – 24.04.2010 Comtrans 2010 www.comtrans.autofairs.com/en/ Moskow, Russia leftnavigation/NEWS

21.04. – 23.04.2010 PowerGen India 2010 www.power-genindia.com Bombay, India

21.04. – 23.04.2010 Sea Japan 2010 www.seajapan.ne.jp Tokyo, Japan

22.04. – 25.04.2010 Iran Oil Show 2010 Teheran, Iran

23.04. – 02.05.2010 Auto China 2010 www.autochina.com.cn Beijing, China

30.04. – 05.05.2010 APTA Bus Rodeo www.apta.com Cleveland, USA

03.05. – 06.05.2010 AISTech www.aist.org/aistech Pittsburgh, USA

03.05. – 06.05.2010 OTC Offshore Technology www.otcnet.org/2010 Conference 2010 Houston, USA

06.05. – 08.05.2010 Busworld Asia www.busworld.org Shanghai, China

11.05. – 14.05.2010 MASZBUD 2010 Kielce, Poland

11.05. – 14.05.2010 Metal & Metallurgy www.mm-china.net Beijing, China

18.05. – 20.05.2010 Navalia www.navalia.es Vigo, Spain

17.05. – 21.05.2010 ITS 2010 – the 21st International Tug & Salvage Convention and Exhibition Vancouver, Canada

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Date Event Further information

18.05. – 20.05.2010 Electric Power www.electricpowerexpo.com Baltimore, USA

19.05. – 21.05.2010 Metro China 2010 Shanghai, China

24.05. – 27.05.2010 NorShipping 2010 www.nor-shipping.no Oslo, Norway

01.06. – 04.06.2010 Ugol Rossii & Mining 2010 www.ugol-mining.com Novokuznetsk, Russia

08.06. – 10.06.2010 PowerGen Europe 2010 www.powergeneurope.com Amsterdam, Netherlands

08.06. – 10.06.2010 Transports Publics 2010 Paris, France

18.06. – 20.06.2010 The 6th China Ningxia www.xbny.cn Coal and Energy Industry Expo Ningxia, Yinchuan City, China

22.06. – 24.06.2010 Automotive Testing www.testing-expo.com/europe/ Europe 2010 Stuttgart, Germany

23.06. – 25.06.2010 MinTek Kazakhstan 2010 Karaganda, Kazakhstan

28.06. – 29.06.2010 BAV Expo www.busvic.asn.au/busexpo Melbourne, Australia

30.06. – 02.07.2010 Busworld Russia www.busworld.org/ Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

27.07. – 29.07.2010 QME 2010 Mackay, Australia

10.08. – 12.08.2010 Coal Gen www.coal-gen.com Pittsburgh, PA, USA

24.08. – 27.08.2010 ONS 2010 www.ons.no Stavanger, Norway

25.08. – 28.08.2010 Lastbil www.elmia.se/lastbil/ Jöngköping, Sweden

07.09. – 10.09.2010 SMM 2010 www.hamburg–messe.de/smm Hamburg, Germany

21.09. – 24.09.2010 Innotrans 2010 www.innotrans.de Berlin, Germany

21.09. – 25.09.2010 Husum Wind www.husumwindenergy.com Husum, Germany

23.09. – 30.09.2010 IAA Commercial Vehicles 2010 www.iaa.de Hannover, Germany

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