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Diesel MAN & Turbo have acquired the software and the rights of the project of the Kappel propellers
Danish Jens Julius Kappel continues the collaboration with the naval engineer
April 4, 2012
Diesel Danish MAN & Turbo have acquired the software and the rights of the project of the Kappel propellers that is developed by the naval engineer Danish Jens Julius Kappel with which Diesel MAN & Turbo it will continue the collaboration. "Almost ten years - J J Kappel has confirmed - we have an optimal collaboration with Diesel MAN & Turbo and the realized projects together have had good outcome. I hope that MAN will obtain the maximum from the Kappel technology. Our cooperation does not end here: it will be in fact more and more intense".
The collaboration between Kappel and MAN goes back to 2003 and the first application has arrived in 2004 with the subscription of a contract for the supply of propellers destined Kappel CP of new planning to the plan of modernization of the two ferries Prins Joachim and Kronprins Frederik of the Scandlines.
MAN has explained that the project for the propellers with Kappel fins, is for those to fixed step that to variable step, will be integrated in the program for propellers MAN Alpha. The Danish society has evidenced in particular the fuel saving allowed from the Kappel propellers, that they afford an inferior fuel consumption of 6% respect to propellers of conventional planning.
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