Meeting stringent demands for high speed propulsion

摘要

All high speed vessels share some characteristics that impact on the propulsion transmission system and create performance and reliability challenges for the designers of lightweight reduction gearsets. Drives of at least twice the power density of conventional all-steel gearboxes can be achieved by design and material refinements to the gearing, casing and support system elements, reports Philadelphia Gear, a leading US-based supplier to fast ferries.