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Vilnius Seaways

Repair of two gear boxes on board of ferry “VILNIUS Seaways” ship owner AB DFDS Seaways

During the short time of docking of the ferry, two large gear boxes (2 x 2650 kW) were repaired. The repair consisted of the renewal of all bearings as well as the alignment and generation of excellent tooth contact pattern to ensure a long lifetime of the gear boxes. The repair performed within this short…
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AIDA Cruises & Partnership Design Title

Aerodynamics of AIDA cruise vessels of the next generation

MET Motoren- und Energietechnik GmbH is rendering study and calculation service to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), for optimizing the aerodynamics of a new series of cruise vessels for the German shipping company AIDA Cruises. The AIDA newbuildings of the next generation shall match the highest safety standards, guarantee a highly satisfying passenger comfort and…
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Marine Propulsors

Optimisation of the marine propellers made of CFRP and GFRP for Voith

On 06.12.2012 Voith and MET will hold a presentation for the CRP convention in Stade, sharing the latest results for the production of thick marine propellers. The propellers are manufactured by Voith in a compression molding process, which has a high geometric accuracy, reproducibility and uniform resin distribution without the inclusion of foreign bodies such…
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Presentation of results at the 2012 Conference EUCOMAS Title

Optimization of the autoclave process of CFRP components for Eurocopter

On behalf of Eurocopter Germany GmbH, MET GmbH has lead successful simulations for optimizing autoclave processes since 2009. Here, the production of CFRP components were calculated (with and without sandwich structures) in a “virtual autoclave”. The results achieved in the project have now been presented at the conference in 2012 in Hamburg EUCOMAS.

CFD simulation of the interference of an additional gas component

NOx-reduction

The Met supports a German-Polish project for NOx reduction of marine diesel engines with CFD simulation.

Calculated strain at max. acceleration title

Lightweight for CFRP machining centre

On behalf of the company DynaPro, MET has analyzed a framework for a new portal CNC – machining centre. In close cooperation with the customer, the carbon fibre sandwich structure has been optimized for rigidity and manufacturing cost. As a result, there is a lightweight design that allows for efficient mass production while meeting the…
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engine block title

Repair of an engine block

In early March, the MET GmbH has successfully completed the repair of the engine block of a main engine on the ferry “Vilnius” of AB DFDS Lisco.

DS Ability at night title

Vibration measurements on the ship DS Ability

The MET has conducted vibration measurements on the ship DS Ability. The owner, DS Shipping GmbH & Co. KG, has commissioned this study to find out how to change the vibrations at higher boat speed and to improve engine performance. The measurements were carried out between Pusan and Shanghai.

Fuel cell title

Researching Fuel Cells

During the last 2 years, MET GmbH has developed state-of-the-art simulation tools for the analysis and optimization of the flow field of a gas distribution plate. The developments has taken into consideration the following: the special properties of the gas diffusion layer, the water transport and assembly of membrane pumps for water discharge, energy management…
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Exhaust Valve Title

Recovery of exhaust valves

For the past 9 years MET GmbH. has been successfully recovering exhaust valves for large two-stroke marine diesel engines with very short throughput time (10 days).