Motors for use in the Marine industry must be of the highest reliability to be able to sustain critical operations in high salinity and humidity levels. OMEC electric motors comply with Marine Classification Society requirements such as American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Bureau Veritas (BV), China Classification Society (CCS), DNV-GL and others. OMEC can provide motors against “type classification” certificates and individually approved for critical duties.
There are multiple applications for electric motors in the marine industry with LV commonly used for engine room and bilge pumps, cargo loading and offloading pumps and compressors, ventilation systems, deck crane, davit, windlass, and winching / handling applications, as well as some propulsion and manoeuvring systems. MV motors are more commonly used for refrigeration compressors, main propulsion motors and higher-powered thrusters.
There is a trend towards the use of permanent magnet (PM) solutions for certain applications in the marine industry, particularly with the move to hybrid and all electric drive systems. Low speed high torque PM solutions can remove, or substantially reduce the size of gearboxes used in propulsion or winching applications, reducing installed equipment size and weight, increasing efficiency, removing the mechanical element of the drive train and with it one of the critical maintenance items which reduces maintenance requirements increasing uptime of the vessel.