Electric motors installed in new carrier
The first AIM is lowered into place (BAE Systems)
Converteam reports that it has delivered of the first propulsion motor for the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, as part of its contract for the electric propulsion systems for both ships.
Each ship be propelled by a Converteam designed and supplied integrated full electric power (IFEP) system, which incorporates two shaft lines, each driven by two advanced induction motors (AIMs). The IFEP system includes six generators, four 11kV switchboards, 12 VDM25000 variable speed drives, harmonic filters and an electrical power control and management system.
The first AIM, weighing around 110 tons, recently left Converteam’s Rugby,UK, factory by road, for BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard where it was craned into position in one of the construction blocks of Queen Elizabeth.
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