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News Release from: Rotor (UK) | Subject: Marine motors
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 06 September 2004
Approvals are all aboard for marine
motor range
The new range of marine specific motors from Rotor UK is certified according to all major international shipping and quality standards.
The new range of marine specific motors from Rotor UK is certified according to all major international shipping and quality standards allowing them to be specified and fitted with complete confidence to any seagoing vessel Designed for total reliability in extreme conditions the motors are built using the highest quality materials, including a cast iron housing and fixed (SKF) bearings
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 30 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Unlike other manufacturers that are closer to standard electric motors and have been found to fail regularly in the extremely harsh conditions that motors are subject to in commercial shipping environments.
Motor failures can not only cause extremely costly downtime, but also present a serious safety issue out at sea; critical systems such as life boat deployment rigging and fire sprinkler pumps are two obvious examples.
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Safety and longevity are not the only benefits of using Rotor marine motors; by purchasing quality motors, boat operators can also expect to save a significant amount of money in upkeep thanks to shorter planned maintenance periods and by avoiding any downtime caused by motor failures.
In the unlikely event that a motor should need replacing, Rotor can supply up to 360kW immediately from stock.
Motors are supported by an established worldwide service and supply network that allows very short delivery times to any part of the world and ensures downtime is kept to an absolute minimum.
Rotor also carries over 80,000 finished motors - and parts in stock allowing them to supply any motor variation from 0.04 to 360kW on extremely short lead times.
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Rotor's worldwide service network can deliver motors conforming to all known necessary marine classifications, with inspection certificate if required.
The list includes: American Bureau of Shipping; Bureau Veritas; China Classification Society; China Corp Register of Shipping; Det Norske Veritas; Germanischer Lloyd; Korean Register of Shipping; Lloyd's Register of Shipping; Nippon Kaiji Kyokai; Registro Italiano Navale; and Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
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