Filter products: Propulsors

Thrustmaster of Texas

T-Pod electric podded thrusters

Electric podded thruster

Electric podded thrusters with the motor in the underwater pod, for main propulsion and DP.

Twin Disc

Arneson Surface Drive (ASD)

Surface-piercing drive

Articulating surface drives in seven sizes rated from 1,627 to 22,371 Nm input torque for high-speed craft.

Twin Disc

Rolla propellers

Surface-piercing propellers

Swiss-origin ROLLA submerged and surface-piercing propellers for surface drives and high-performance craft.

VEEM

VEEM Gyro

Gyrostabiliser

Large-vessel gyrostabilisers claimed to reduce roll by up to 95% on vessels up to 3,000 tonnes.

VEEM

SHARROW by VEEM

Loop-shaped propeller

Patented loop-shaped propeller produced by VEEM, aimed at fuel range and quiet running for inboard applications.

Veth Propulsion

Veth Z-drive

Z-drive azimuth thruster

Z-drive azimuth thrusters up to 2,350 kW and 2,600 mm propellers for inland, ferry, offshore and dredging vessels.

Veth Propulsion

Veth L-drive / Integrated L-drive

Electric L-drive azimuth

Electric L-drive azimuths, 61–2,350 kW, with vertically mounted or fully integrated electric motor, no upper gearbox.

Veth Propulsion

STREAMLINE-CRP

Contra-rotating azimuth

Contra-rotating propeller azimuth thruster; up to 7% fuel saving claimed for ferries and passenger vessels.

Veth Propulsion

Ice-class and deck-mounted azimuths

Azimuth thruster

Special azimuth variants for ice, shallow draft, deck mounting and retractable or swing-out installation.

Veth Propulsion

Veth Jet

Pump-jet bow thruster

360° grid-type pump-jet bow thruster, 191–1,257 kW, up to 11 kg thrust per kW; over 1,400 built since 1970.

Veth Propulsion

Veth Steering Grid

Bow thruster

Grid-type manoeuvring thrusters for shallow-draft vessels.

Vetus

BOW PRO / electric bow thrusters

Electric tunnel thruster

Electric bow and stern thrusters, including proportional brushless BOW PRO models with joystick integration.

Vetus

Hydraulic bow thrusters

Hydraulic tunnel thruster

Hydraulic bow and stern thrusters of 55–550 kgf for continuous duty on commercial vessels and heavy yachts.

Vetus

VETUS RIMDRIVE thruster

Rim-drive tunnel thruster

Gearless rim-drive thruster with brushless ring motor for near-silent, low-maintenance operation.

Voith Turbo

Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP)

Cycloidal propeller

Cycloidal propeller combining propulsion and steering, with stepless 360° thrust vectoring, for tugs, ferries, OSVs and naval craft.

Voith Turbo

Electric Voith Schneider Propeller (eVSP)

Electric cycloidal propeller

VSP with a directly integrated gearless permanent-magnet motor from the Voith Inline Thruster; eight-bladed version on RV Meteor IV.

Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä EnergoProFin

Propeller boss cap fin

Propeller cap with fins recovering hub-vortex energy; about 2% typical savings, up to 5%.