The first product of China Transmission Zhenjiang Tongzhou Propeller Co., Ltd has been put into operation
The propeller of 47500DWT bulk frighter was successfully cast in China Transmission Zhenjiang Tongzhou Propeller Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Tongzhou Company) at 13:08 in the afternoon of November 30th, 2010. The diameter of the propeller reaches 5.8m and the weight 15tons. The propeller of vessels 47500DWTã€82000DWTã€176000DWT would be cast in volume soon. This is a symbol of qualitative leap of the propeller production capacity. On that day, Mr. Chen Yongdao, the executive director of China Transmission and the president of Zhenjiang Company, Mr. Wang Xianglai, the GM of Zhenjiang Company, and the representatives of clients and marine industries and other leaders from Nanjing High Accurate Marine Equipment Co., Ltd attended the blow-on ceremony.
China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as China Transmission) was listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2007, and ranked among top 100 of China Machinery industry. It is able to design and manufacture marine propulsion and transmission equipment (incl. electric control and hydraulic system), including CPP, FPP, tunnel thruster, azimuth thruster, and various marine main/supported gearbox, shaft line, hydraulic coupling, stern tube components and different kinds of non-standard marine gearbox, winches, etc. With annual capacity of 400 sets of CPP system, China Transmission grows to be one of the largest marine propulsion system companies in China. Zhenjiang Company has gained 2 patents for invention and 5 patents for utility models, and has been certified as hi-tech enterprise. Till now, more than 3000 pieces of FPP and 600sets of CPP have been manufactured and delivered. In August, 2009, China Transmission purchased Zhenjiang company at the price of RMB255 million, and built a new workshop in Zhenjiang to work together with the original Zhenjiang Company People to develop large type marine propellers. The total area of this new workshop is nearly 80000 square meters, and the construction area is about 33000 square meters.
After over one year’s construction, the new workshop of Tongzhou Company has been completed and put into operation. The largest and advanced machining equipments have been installed inside the workshop, such as 125tons cranes, medium frequency electric furnace (melting capacity per time: 125tons), large boring machine, 8m CNC vertical lathe, large CNC machine center for FPP and CPP, 16m CNC horizontal lathe, 11m 3-coordinate digital display pitch meter and large hydraulic balancing apparatus, etc. This workshop is able to produce more than 6000 tons of FPP, 100 sets of shaft lines and 400 sets of CPP per year (the weight of single piece is 100 tons, and diameter is 11m). A new large propeller manufacturer comes into being in China.
There are more than 10 propeller factories in China, but most market shares are taken up by few foreign companies. With the advanced hardware equipment and technology equivalent to or better than abroad, the new Zhenjiang Company will change the monopoly situation of foreign brands in China. Depending on the financial support of China Transmission and the advantages of brands and independent IP of marine propulsion system, Zhenjiang Company grows to be the pride of the domestic propeller manufacturing industry, and the international high-class propeller manufacturer.
(Propeller of 47500DWT bulk carrier is under casting)
(The finished product after casting )