MTUreport The magazine of the MTU and MTU Onsite Energy brands I Rolls-Royce Power Systems Brands Issue 01 I 2014 I www.mtu-online.com The “M” edition Maybach, motor yachts, Mississippi, mining – M is a letter with the power to move “I love the sexy sound of engines” Exclusive interview with Eddie Jordan Sweet smell of success Biogas takes off in Chile 18 42 44 Editorial Contents 26 28 50 54 Dear Readers The “M” edition Rail At the beginning of the year, the name of MTU’s parent company 42 Trendspotting changed – Tognum became Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG. The “M” Do automatic stop/start, hybrid systems, bi-fuel and gas new name reflects our close industrial ties with Rolls-Royce. In 16 “M” for Maybach engines have a future on the railways? the future, those ties will become even closer because at the start The MTU brand has been in existence since 1969, but the “M” had a of March, Daimler AG announced that it would be relinquishing role to play at the company well before then. Power generation Dr Ulrich Dohle is Chairman of the its 50% holding in Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG to Rolls-Royce. 44 Sweet smell of success Executive Board of Rolls-Royce Consequently we will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rolls- Motoryacht Biogas not only offers the opportunity to generate clean Power Systems AG and Chairman of Royce and will be part of a major international concern. However, 18 She’s mine! electricity. It also helps prevent unpleasant smells. the Board of Management of MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH. despite all these changes, one thing will remain unchanged: MTU In an exclusive interview, former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan will remain MTU. You can be certain that our workforce of 11,000- explains why he finds MTU engines sexy. 48 50 degrees and no shade plus will continue to work unceasingly to make our propulsion plants MTU Onsite Energy gensets are supplying electricity for a and power generation units even better still. Engines are and will Mining construction site workers' camp in the Australian Outback. remain our passion. The same goes for our subsidiary company in 26 Mining queen Bergen. Australian Rachel Cameron not only drives a huge hydraulic excavator, Service she is also honored with the Australian “Women in Resources Award 50 Peace of mind in Sanremo We will be highlighting that fact in the three issues of MTU Report 2013”. MTU extended warranties offer carefree cruising for yacht that will appear this year. We are declaring 2014 ‘The year of MTU’. owners. Each issue will take one of the three letters in the company name Motor as its theme. This first issue focuses on the letter “M” with articles 28 Motor City Technology about Maybach, about the Motor City Detroit, about a motoryacht It is the global capital of the motor industry. But Detroit is much more 54 How do we ... do colors with a celebrity owner, about Mississippi tugboats and about a very than Motor City. Read about the rise and fall of a very special town. Color-finishing an engine involves more than applying paint. special ‘Mining Queen’. We take a look behind the scenes. Marine When I think about the letter “M”, my first thought is motors. My 34 Mighty Mississippi History heart always skips a beat when I hear a Series 8000 engine starting The Mississippi is America’s life-giving artery – and the workplace for 56 How big you have grown! up. What an awesome sound! And I know I am not the only one probably the strongest ships in the world. The establishment of MTU Singapore 40 years ago turned who gets that feeling. Do you remember Eddie Jordan, the former MTU into a global player in the engines business. Formula 1 race team boss? He has taken over a new yacht and he Motor really loves the sound of our MTU engines. Our editor Lucie Maluck 38 Journey to the center of the engine Apropos was at the boat’s christening and spoke to him. You can read the Imagine being shrunk to a size small enough to go on a journey 58 Afterthoughts interview on Page 24. inside an engine – a fantastical adventure in pictures. Things our editors have been especially impressed by. I hope you enjoy reading the rest of this issue of MTU Report as well 41 Out of the oil pan 59 Comic as discovering some new facets of the letter “M”. The year of M, T and U MTU – a brand we are proud of. Built on the Dr Ulrich Dohle foundation of a company history going back more than 105 years, it has stood for the very best in drive systems for 45 years. What do we associate with those three small letters that have a very big reputation in the world of engines? This first issue of 2014 is all about the letter M. The succeeding issues will then focus on T and U. Wait until you see what connections we have found. 2 I MTU Report 01/14 Tognum becomes Rolls- Royce Power Systems Current Issues The new logo at company headquarters now announces clearly to all comers: Rolls-Royce Power Systems is the new name of the parent company of MTU and MTU Onsite Energy. Since March 2013, the company previously known as Tognum AG has been wholly owned by Rolls-Royce plc and Daimler AG. In the next few months Rolls-Royce will acquire all the company's shares. The regional subsidiaries have also been renamed: Tognum America Inc. based in Novi, Michigan is now trading as MTU America Inc., and Tognum Asia Pte based in Singapore is now known as MTU Asia Pte. Ltd. “The new title of Rolls-Royce Power Systems reflects the close industrial link with Rolls- Royce. At the same time, our owners, Rolls-Royce and Daimler, have made a clear commitment to the longstanding MTU, MTU Onsite Energy and L’Orange brands,” states Chairman, Dr Ulrich Dohle. More on this... Dr Ulrich Dohle explains the ONLINE name change in a video clip. Don’t have a QR code reader? http://bit.ly/1c9h8qB 4 I MTU Report 01/14 MTU Report 01/14 I 5 Current Issues Safe bet Obviously, the punters trying to double their money in the casino are not concerned about where the power for the slot machines or the heat for gaming rooms comes from. And why should they be? As long as it is not cold and the machines keep working, there is no reason to worry about it. In the Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore a modular energy plant supplied by MTU Onsite Energy will soon be ensuring that only the operators need to think about the room temperature and power supply. A large proportion of the project’s energy requirements for heating, air conditioning and electricity are provided by a combined chiller system and modular heat and power plant known as a trigeneration plant. The Combined heat and power (CHP) module supplies 1,149 kW of electrical energy (kWe) and 3,921 joules of heat per hour. Combined heat, cooling and power systems based on CHP modules not only produce heat and power but also have cooling capacity – for air conditioning systems, for example. The system utilizes the recovered heat from the engine’s exhaust and cooling systems which would otherwise be lost. In that way, the overall energy efficiency of a building can be more than doubled – a smart idea that the new casino in Baltimore will certainly benefit from. With its 100 gaming tables, 2,500 slot machines and numerous restaurants, this will be a very special gaming palace when it opens in the summer. 6 I MTU Report 01/14 MTU Report 01/14 I 7 News MTU Asia is renting a new headquarters for over 300 employees. Rostselmash combine harvesters will be powered by MTU engines in future. New head office in Asia MTU and Rostselmash to The world’s largest chemical group, BASF of Ludwigshafen, has commissioned 16 locomotives powered by the new MTU Series 1600 engine for goods transport within its own grounds. MTU Asia is renting a new and larger headquarters in Singapore for cooperate the Asia-Pacific region. The new premises will consolidate the areas of application engineering, sales and service support, distribution The Russian agricultural machinery manufacturer Rostselmash is to management, marketing and communications under one roof, bringing use MTU engines as its preferred power units for combine harvesters Series 1600 on track together 300 staff members in a single new facility. “Grid instabilities and forage harvesters. The letter of intent stipulates that in future in emerging Asian countries and the increasing need to secure power years up to 3,000 Rostselmash vehicles per year will be equipped The first locomotives equipped with the new MTU Series 1600 engine have gone into service. supplies for critical applications like data centers will spur demand for with MTU Type 6R 460, 6R 906 and 6R 926 engines covering the A total of 16 Vossloh G6 locomotives powered by the newly developed 12V Series 1600 R50 emergency power and diesel gensets,” said Dr Michael Haidinger, CFO at power range from 130 to 375 kW. The MTU in-line engines, which are engine are set to be commissioned at the BASF plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Another two Rolls-Royce Power Systems. based on the Mercedes-Benz models, meet EU Stage IIIA and EPA D60 C locomotives built by GMEINDER are operated by logistics provider Logistik Service at The facility has 24,800 square meters of floor space, covers a total Tier 3 emission specifications and will be used, among others, in the the Linz facility of steel-based technology group Voestalpine in Austria.