Maritime Reporter, September 1997

<BODY> <div> MARINE PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY the economics of engine manufac- ture by having each factory spe- cialize in one or two product lines. Thus, major investments in engine block manufacturing and heavy assembly for the increasingly pop- ular Wartsila 46 are underway at the Turku plant in southwestern Finland. The facilities are being extended to cater to an expected doubling of bhp demand over the second half of this decade. One of the most significant developments this year has been the entry into service of the first of the new 320-mm bore engines from the Finnish stable. Although the Vasa 32, one of the most successful medium-speed types ever launched, remains in considerable demand after 20 years of continu- ous refinement, the new Wartsila 32 brings a 12 percent higher power yield per cylinder, and a margin for long-term development no longer available to the Vasa 32. Delivering 625 bhp per cylinder Time is money. Especially when vessels are left waiting. 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CROATIA: Phone +385-51 514 129, Fax +385-51 227 820. GERMANY: Phone +49-40 538 3845, Fax +49-40 538 3847. JAPAN: +81-78 302 2870, Fax +81-78 302 2870. NORWAY: Phone +47-3279 8590, Fax +47-3279 8509. SINGAPORE: Phone +65-268 8611, Fax +65-264 3932. SPAIN: Phone +34-1 575 2960, Fax +34-1 578 3898. U.S.A. East: Phone +1-904 354 6566, Fax +1-904 358 7862. U.S.A. West: Phone +1-253 593 3963, Fax +1-253 593 3962. at 750 rpm, the new type has an extended stroke of 400 mm com- pared with the earlier engine's 350 mm, and offers unit powers up to 11,260 bhp. Manufacture will be the province of the company's Vaasa works, where a dedicated production unit has also been phased into operation this year for the smaller, medium-speed Wartsila 20. Vaasa will also feed engine parts for the Wartsila 20, and later for the Wartsila 32, to a new assembly facility being set up at Innoshima under the aegis of the group's recently forged alliance with Hitachi Zosen. Entailing an investment of FMk 4.6 million (Yen 100 million) from the European side, the new entity known as Wartsila Diesel Japan Company will aim to strengthen the Wartsila NSD medium-speed presence in the Japanese ship- building and power plant markets. Meanwhile, Hitachi Zosen's two-stroke engine building activi- ties, mainly involving the MAN B&W marque at present, are to be transferred this year from Sakurajima to a new machinery plant at Ariake. Cummins link Selective cooperation and alliances form a central part of the business strategy of U.S.-owned Cummins, a leading manufacturer of engines over 200 bhp, which has achieved a dramatic growth in commercial marine sales of the uprated K/KV series in the past two years. The joint venture with Wartsila NSD has spawned two new engine families which have taken Cummins from its 2,000-bhp top end to 6,000 bhp while strengthen- ing the Wartsila name in the high- speed category. The Cummins-designated QSV, otherwise known as the Wartsila 200, became available in limited quantities in 1996 for power gener- ation customers and propulsion applications. Under the auspices of Cummins Wartsila Engine Company (CWEC), production of the vee engine series is gathering momentum at Wartsila's Mulhouse plant in France. In addition, the QSW, or Wartsila 170, is being introduced this year in both diesel and gas versions from a dedicated CWEC manufacturing unit, scheduled to be completed this fall, within Cummins' Daventry factory in the English Midlands. Embracing Circle 228 on Reader Service Card </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>