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With a fill-up capacity of 460 m³/h, the SAUER Levante WP460L Marine is Sauer’s biggest 3-stage air-cooled compressor.
3-stage air-cooled compressors CONTAINER SHIPS, TANKERS, CRUISERS – THE MAJORITY OF SEAGOING VESSELS WITH AN ENGINE POWER OF AT LEAST 20,000KW IS EQUIPPED WITH A 3-STAGE AIR-COOLED STARTINGAIR COMPRESSOR NOWADAYS. THE POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY REDUCES HEAT AND ALLOWS FOR ENORMOUS COST SAVINGS. SAUER COMPRESSORS DISCOVERED THE POTENTIAL OF 3-STAGE AIR-COOLED COMPRESSORS FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY EARLY ON AND HAS THEREFORE BEEN A PIONEER IN DEVELOPING THESE COMPRESSORS FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF SAUER COMPRESSORS.
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n 1975, when the Railship I first entered service on the Travemünde (Germany) – Hanko (Finland) route, it has been the world’s largest railway ferry. While its length of about 180m was quite remarkable at that time, it would almost look like a toy ship next to today’s ULVCs (Ultra Large Container Vessels). On board the ferry were Sauer’s 3-stage air-cooled compressors, which was a first at that time. Almost five decades have passed since then, during which Sauer Compressors delivered over 30,000 of these starting-air compressors. Despite many developments, the basic operating principle of the technology has not changed a lot. “Today, about 80% of large container ships are equipped with 3-stage air-cooled compressors, making them industry standard”, says Stephan Behrens, Global Head of Business Development Commercial Shipping at Sauer Compressors.
The WP100L was the first 3-stage air-cooled Sauer compressor installed on a ferry in 1975.
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