<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=1">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE 1 ● Scan</a> ia in combat ● Customer support ● Repowering Argentina Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE ● Scania in combat ● Customer support ● Repowering Argentina No. 1,2007 Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 1
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=2">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 2 D</a> ear Customer, When I wrote my first editorial in this magazine I was a newcomer to the position of Head of Scania Industrial & Marine Engines. At that time it seemed to me that there was nothing more important than listening to our customers and understanding their needs. Consequently, a major part of my time since then has been spent doing just that – listening to customers all over the world. As a matter of fact I am writing this on a plane heading for the Middle East to meet more customers. Most of the time, I meet satisfied customers who honour us with their orders and this is always very encouraging. However, I now realise that to ensure progress, it is also important to meet the unhappy ones too. There’s an old Brazilian saying that the croco- dile that doesn’t move will quickly become a ladies’ handbag! I think the same thing goes for our business. Over the past few years, we have been growing constantly and in 2006 we reported record figures both for orders received and deliveries. The dissatisfied customer is vital in order to keep us on our toes, never allowing us to forget to constantly improve our products and services to make all our customers happy. This year, we are celebrating our 105th anniversary as a marine engine manufacturer. Naturally we are very proud to be one of the oldest engine manufacturers in the world. But make no mistake – we are listening to the unhappy cus- tomers too because we plan to be around for another 100 years – at least! 1 – 20072 Why unhappy customers make us happy Robert Sobocki, Scania Industrial & Marine Engines Scania Power is a customer magazine issued four times a year by Scania Industrial & Marine Engines. You are welcome to quote Scania Power. Publisher Robert Sobocki robert.sobocki@scania.com Editor Ann-Helen Rova ann-helen.rova@scania.com Editorial,production and layout Greenwood Communications www.greenwood.se Print Modintryckoffset www.modintryckoffset.com Distribution Sign up for a free subscription by contacting us via phone,fax or e-mail. Scaniais one of the world's leading manu- facturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications,and of industrial and marine engines. Scania Industrial & Marine Engines manufac- tures,markets and sells engines for industrial, genset,marine and defence applications. Scania Industrial & Marine Engines SE-151 87 Södertälje Sweden Phone:+46 8 553 810 00 Fax:+46 8 553 829 93 E-mail:industrial.marine@scania.com www.scania.com No. 1,2007 Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-23 09.52 Sida 2
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=3">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 3 P</a> ierre Holmberg and Erik Johansson’s goal is to help customers choose the best engine installation for their application. Together they make up the Application Engineering depart- ment which offers technical support to Scania Industrial & Marine Engines’ customers during the purchasing process. “The interface between our engines and our customers’ applications is often technically com- plex,” explains Pierre Holmberg. “Therefore, it is very important that they get the information and support they need from us as early in the process as possible.” The department co-operates with the customer and Scania’s sales personnel to find the optimal solution for the application – not just when it comes to engines but for auxiliary equipment as well. The earlier Application Engineering is involved, the better. This support is offered in all of the company’s businesses areas, but is needed most in the indus- trial engine segment. Here, increasingly strict emis- sion regulations in combination with demands for the highest possible engine output, is driving the development. “It is the end product that is certified so the engine we deliver is only a part of the package,” Mr Holmberg explains. “In order to keep emissions below legal limits, engine and radiator must work together in the most optimal way. “When we deliver the whole package from Scania, we obviously take full responsibility for this, but many of our all speed engine customers buy custom-made radiators because of space con- straints. In these cases, it is important that we can step in and help make sure that the radiator suits the engine and works well in the installation.” In addition to providing support to customers and sales staff, Application Engineering is respon- sible for maintaining a dialogue with manufactur- ers of radiators and gearboxes to ensure that the interface between their products and Scania’s is as smooth as possible. “We bring all the information that we collect from the market to our development projects,” continues Mr Holmberg, “so we have an important role as the link between our customers, other suppliers and Scania’s engine development operations.” New projects One example of where Pierre Holmberg and Erik Johansson have taken Scania Industrial & Marine Engines into unknown territory is the company’s collaboration with Swiss bus builder Hess. Hess produces custom-made busbodies and is currently working on an articulated bus in three sections for the Swiss market. Scania Industrial & Marine Engines is supply- ing engines as well as basic components such as radiators, catalytic converters and filters. What makes the installation unique is that the diesel engine powers an electric generator which, in turn, delivers power to the drive wheel. Electric power has been chosen as the hilly Swiss landscape requires that two of the buses three segments are self-pro- pelled, which is not possible with a conventional bus chassis. “So far, this project is one of a kind,” says Mr Holmberg. “But we see engine sales for custom-made buses as an interesting new segment.” While the main focus is on technical support, both Pierre Holmberg and Erik Johansson have exten- sive experience of sales as well as engineering and constantly strive for solutions that are commercially viable. As Mr Holmberg sums up: “We help find a solution for the customer’s application that provides a better end result at a reasonable cost.”■ 1 – 20073 Your personal engine shopper Today’s engines are becoming increasingly complex.Advanced electronic engine management as well as demands for low emissions,good fuel economy and high output,make the interplay between engine,electronics and auxiliary equipment vital.Scania Industrial & Marine Engines has cre- ated Application Engineering to help customers make the right choices. Story:Åsa Larsbo Photo:Carl-Erik Andersson Ready to help customers choose the right equipment: From left,Erik Johansson and Pierre Holmberg of the Application Engineering department at Scania Industrial &Marine Engines. Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 3
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=4">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 4 1</a> – 20074 Story and photos:Tommy Gardebring,Sjörapporten Fyrbjörn maintains t I t’s a hazy autumn day on Mälaren, Sweden’s third largest lake. Aboard Fyrbjörn, work begins at dawn. During routine inspections in the area, the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) has discovered that the depth as stated by the sea chart is no longer correct. It should be a minimum of 7.6 metres. However, several “peaks” of 7.3 and 7.4 metres have been detected and it is now up to the crew of Fyrbjörnto dredge the bottom and even it out. To do this, careful preparations have to be made. Fyrbjörnis manoeuvred into position while diver Tore Hellström puts on thermal gear under his dry- suit. The temperature of the water is around 10 degrees centigrade and he needs to stay warm while he is working. Once beneath the surface, Mr Hellström slowly makes his way across the seabed. Despite his head- lamp, visibility is low, and it is only by reading the Professional diver Tore Hellström pulls on his diving suit.His mission today is to mark where the bottom has silted up at Toppvik in Lake Mälaren – a job that will guarantee safe passage for shipping.Just another normal working day aboard Fyrbjörn,the Swedish Maritime Administration’s new work boat. Diver Tore Hellström prepares to go under- water. A unique vessel:Fyrbjörnis built to lift heavy loads while still being able to get her stern into very shallow waters. Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 4
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=5">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 5 1</a> – 20075 depth gauge on his arm that he can tell where he is. Once he reaches the “peaks”, he marks them out by fixing ropes to the bottom. At the other end of the ropes, plastic cans are attached which float on the surface and mark the spots. Moving sand and gravel Before the dredging starts, Fyrbjörn’ssmall service vessel, equipped with a multi-beam sonar system, is launched and speeds off to take readings of the depth.Fyrbjörnalso has two derricks, a large one to launch the service vessel, and a smaller one for the mechanical dredger. The jaws of the dredger open and soon bucket after bucket of sand and gravel is moved. Diver Hellström remains under- water, directing the operation. The Swedish Maritime Administration oper- ates some 130 vessels – from pilot boats to ice- breakers – and takes delivery of around three new vessels each year. Fyrbjörnwas built by a Danish shipyard and, in accordance with the SMA’s specifications, she is equipped with two Scania 16- litre engines. “We chose Scania for this vessel mainly becauseof their well-developed service network in the area we operate in,” says Stig Hellstrand, Fleet Manager at Sjöfartsverket. Crew comforts The boat is normally manned by a crew of four. She sleeps up to ten comfortably, and the roomy kitchen table seats 12. The crew live and work on board for 14 day-shifts with 14 days off in between. Since she was delivered from the Hvide Sande shipyard in Denmark in the summer of 2006, Fyrbjörnhas been thoroughly put to the test. For example, she has navigated the shallow Kalix archi- pelago in northern Sweden, setting up navigation masts. During these operations she has proved to be more than up to the task for which she was built – to maintain and improve the safety of the sea lanes. “If we were to mention one small problem it would be that she rocks rather heavily in hard weather,” says Captain Glenn Svensson. “However, to build a vessel of this size that is able to navigate in shallow waters, you have to compromise on some things. We all feel this is a successful compromise.” On this particular day, Fyrbjörn’swork is done when the service vessel has checked the depth and confirmed that enough sand and gravel has been moved to restore the bottom to its original depth. The buoy, previously moved to redirect shipping away from the shallow areas, is put back in its orig- inal place and boats can now safely pass Toppvik with sufficient water under their keels.■ the sea lanes The Swedish Maritime Administration Swedish waters include some 6,300 nautical miles of sea lanes,ranging from commercial channels to waterways mostly used by pleasure- boat traffic.These are all maintained by the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA). Operations near sea lanes and navigational aids include supervision and maintenance of the breadth and depth of the lanes as well as the supervision,operation and maintenance of nav- igational aids such as beacons,buoys and spar buoys. SMA is also responsible for pilotage,ice- breaking,hydrographics,maritime search and rescue andmaritime safety inspection The service vessel is launched from Fyrbjörnwith the help of a derrick. Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 5
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=6">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 6 S</a> an Pedro, 170 km northwest of Buenos Aires, is known for the high quality of its fruit, mainly oranges and peaches. Part of this production is exported to Europe along with wheat, beef and dairy products. The flow of cargo vessels in and out of the San Pedro harbour, on the Paraná River is therefore intense. But the harbour is also home to a different kind of ship: sand dredgers that sail up the river look- ing for the golden sand that lies hidden beneath the brown waters. The Bassi family owns Arenera del Puerto, one of the leading companies in the industry which has been operating out of San Pedro for more than 45 years. Their dredger, Juan Francisco, 30 metres long and with a capacity of 130 tonnes, makes five or six trips upriver every day. But Juan Francisco’sold 200 hp engine was unable to provide the necessary power to take full advantage of the growing demand for sand, a result of a construction boom in Argentina. “We decided to repower her with a 12-litre Scania marine engine, which can produce 360 hp at 1,800 rpm,” says Pablo Bassi, one of the com- pany owners and the man responsible for main- taining the boat. At the front end of the engine, there is a special crankshaft that powers two pumps. During the extraction process only one pump is at work, suck- ing up the sand from the bed of the river and mixing it with water in order to make it flow. Once in the hold, the sand sinks and the water flows back into the river through floodgates. To unload the sand, both pumps are used. One sucks water from the river and the other pumps the sand and water mix up to four silos located on the quayside, 40 metres away. Pablo Bassi explains why the company chose to repower the ship with a Scania engine. “In our view, Scania is the leader in marine engines and we decided to buy a Scania engine because of the quality and the prestige of the brand. Since then, 1 – 20076 Juan Franciscodredges for the golden sands hidden under the murky waters of Argentina’s Paraná river. The mine trucks of Bigotti & Zanier S.R.L have been hard at work in the open pit mines in the Argentinian province of Cordobá for decades. New lease of life forHEAVY VETERANS The fate of a 78 year-old sand dredger and a dozen mine trucks,still in operation after many decades of hard work,had to be decided: repower or scrap.Eventually,the owners’ choice fell to giving them a new lease of life with Scania engines. Story:Daniel Jatimliansky Photos:Sebastián Pappalardo and Silvio Serber Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 6
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=7">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 7 1</a> – 20077 the outstanding service we have received from the people at Buenos Aires Camiones, our local deal- er, has proven that we made a very good choice”. Rocks,dust and heat Far from the green orange fields of San Pedro and the damp environment of the Paraná River, Scania engines mounted on the Terex mine trucks of Bigotti & Zanier S.R.L. are hard at work in the torrid and dusty open pit mines of the Province of Córdoba. The Terex trucks are old machines with a load capacity of 60 tonnes and a height of more than four metres. They were built several decades ago, with 16-cylinder, 600 hp engines. When the serv- ice life of these engines came to an end, Bigotti & Zanier decided to repower with Scania V8 engines. Comments Rubén Zanier, founder and president of the company: “Scania engines work better and have higher torque. It is a new generation engine with better fuel economy”. Four out of the company’s 12 Terex trucks have already been repowered and, according to Mr Zanier, the rest will follow. “For the price of one engine I get an almost new vehicle which will work a long time. The only other alternative would be to scrap it.” To work in the dusty and hot environment of a limestone open pit mine places great demands on the engines. Therefore, reliability, good service and availability of spare parts are key. Bigotti & Zanier find what they need at Grandes Camiones, the Scania dealer in Córdoba. “Scania’s aftersales serv- ices was a decisive factor behind our decision to work with them,” concludes Mr Zanier.■ Rubén Zanier,founder and president of Bigotti & Zanier,mine truck operators in Cordobá. With the help of a 12-litre Scania engine,the sand is pumped up and mixed with water to make it flow. Pablo Bassi,one of the owners of Arenera del Puerto,with his father,founder and president Hugo Bassi. Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 7
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=8">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 8 T</a> he Scania and Yanmar partnership in Europe and the USA has now been extend- ed to Latin America. According to the agreement, which took effect in May 2006, Yanmar’s marine engines ranging from 720 to 900 hp will be produced by Scania, based on Scania’s standard marine engines for workboats and incorporating Yanmar technology for the powering of top class pleasure craft. The Scania/Yanmar (SY) engines will be produced at Scania’s production facility in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. “We are now working with the same part- nership worldwide,” says Celso Torii, Director of Scania Industrial & Marine Engines in Latin America. “But there is one difference. The pleas- ure boat market in Brazil is growing by more than 10 per cent annually and that means that Scania will increase its sales in the marine segment in Brazil with the SY line.” Historically, Brazil has been the biggest market for Scania Industrial & Marine engines. In 2005, total sales amounted to 2,050, while in 2006, it had increased to 2,110. Outstanding performance The SY engines are intended for pleasure boats over 42 feet. “The SY line is designed with all the Yanmar technology for high performance marine engines and will be produced by Scania following their well known excellent standard of quality”, comments Kouji Furumiya, President of Yanmar do Brasil. At the beginning of this year, the very first boat powered by SY engines hit the waves off the beautiful island of Florianópolis, in southern Brazil. The luxurious Phantom 500 HT, with two SY engines of 720 hp each, is a brand new product from Schaefer Yachts. The company is run by Márcio Schaefer, a former sailor turned boat designer, with more than 800 boats in Brazilian waters as well as the world over, even in Scania’s native Sweden. Schaefer’s decision to use the SY engines was based on their outstanding performance in com- bination with a reduced size. The original draw- ings for the Phantom boats specified two 9-litre engines of 575 hp each in the same space that now accommodates two 12-litre, 720 hp SYengines. The result is considerably more power without having to increase the size of the engine room.■ The very first pleasure boat powered by Yanmar engines produced by Scania in Latin America is a luxurious Phantom 500 from Brazilian boatbuilder Schaefer Yachts. Story:Mauricio Jordão Photos:Wallace Feitosa and Schaefer Yachts Scania-Yanmar partnership Kouji Furuyima,President of Yanmar do Brasil (left) with Celso Torii, Director of Scania Industrial & Marine Engines in Latin America. Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 8
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=9">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 9 1</a> – 20079 Ö rnsköldsvik is beautifully located on Sweden’s High Coast, a Unesco world her- itage site some 550 km north of Stockholm. With premises on the outskirts and some 1,200 employees, BAE Systems Hägglunds is its native town’s largest private employer. From humble begin- nings as a furniture maker in the 19th century, the company made a brief foray into the manufacture of aircraft for training purposes before going into what would become its main activity – military vehicles – in 1957. At the beginning of the 1980s, Hägglunds start- ed the development of a new range of combat vehi- cles for the Swedish Army, Combat Vehicle 90. The first deliveries were made in 1993, and since then, a total of 1,170 vehicles have been contract- ed to the Swedish armed forces as well as to five other countries. At present, CV 90 projects are underway for the Netherlands and Denmark, 184 and 45 vehicles respectively, to be delivered over the next few years. Scania engines prescribed Right from the start, CV 90 vehicles have been equipped with Scania engines. The first vehicles delivered, weighing around 22 tonnes, used 14-litre engines, but since the weight of the vehicles has risen with an increasing need for armour protection, they have now upgraded to Scania’s 16-litre V8. “A combat vehicle needs about 20 hp per tonne to serve its purpose in all terrain,” explains Henrik Lindgren, senior purchaser at BAE Systems Hägglunds. “As our latest models weigh over 30 tonnes Gross Vehicle Weight, we now need an engine of 810 hp.” “We are very happy with our long collaboration with Scania,” he continues. “Basically, they deliv- er excellent engines and together we have been very successful in the marketplace.” Limited space The Combat Vehicle 90 is a tracked vehicle, armed with a cannon. It carries a crew of three, commander, gunner and driver, and has room for seven additional soldiers. It is designed to perform in tough terrain and hostile combat environments and protect its crew and soldiers against a wide spectrum of threats such as cannon fire, mines, handheld antitank weaponry and chemical weapons. The conditions it is made for place tough demands on BAE Systems Hägglunds as well as its suppliers. “One requirement is a vehicle that is as low as possible,” relates information director Håkan Karlsson. “This limits the space in the engine chamber, and for that reason we are using dry sump lubrication with the oil tray next to the engine rather than a traditional lubrication solution.” According to Mr Karlsson, military customers are typically large, powerful and very knowledge- able. “They specify everything carefully, and the process from inquiry to order is normally very long, throughout which we work closely with our sup- pliers to come up with the best product.” The original CV 90 was developed for the Swedish defence forces and today’s standards are set by international operations. Swedish CV 90s are currently serving in Liberia under the UN flag, as are Norwegian vehicles in Afghanistan. Where the new Dutch and Danish vehicle will serve remains to be seen. They will, however, no doubt serve their countries well.■ From furniture to combat vehicles When Johan Hägglund started his small woodworking company in 1899,little did he know that some 100 years later,that same company would be a leading supplier of defence equipment.Today,BAE Systems Hägglunds has delivered military vehicles to more than 40 countries worldwide. Story:Åsa Larsbo Photos:BAE Systems Hägglunds BAE Systems Hägglunds’ Managing Director Jan Söderberg (left) with Robert Sobocki from Scania Industrial &Marne Engines at Hägglunds’ premises. BAE Systems Hägglunds’ Combat Vehicle 90 is designed to perform in tough terrain. Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 9
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=10">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 10 </a> 1 – 200710 N orsk Scania can boast an experienced industrial and marine engines team. Marketing director Olav Eidsheim has been with Norsk Scania’s engine department since 1970 and his colleague, Odd Ivar Opsahl, recently celebrated 20 years of service. “When I first started working here, Scania had as many as 30 dealers in Norway,” recalls Mr Eidsheim. “I suppose that the thought behind that was the more dealers, the more sales, but it didn’t really work like that.” So the number of dealers was reduced and nowadays sales in Norway are carried out either directly from Norsk Scania or through Nogva, its partner in the marine business. “We began working with Nogva in 1983,” says Mr Eidsheim. “They had a long history of deliv- eries to the Norwegian fishing fleet and we made a trial agreement with them to deliver our 8- and 11-litre propulsion engines. That year we had sold eight such engines and were pleasantly surprised when Nogva placed an order for 30!” Eventually, Nogva became the dealer handling all business with the shipping industry. Today, about half the engines delivered to this market is for propulsion, the other half is used to power onboard generator sets. Many engines are delivered to fer- ries, which can use up to four 16-litre engines for propulsion. In the new gas ferries, the engines are used in generator sets, as well as back-up engines. In addition to shipping, another large customer group in Norway consists of manufacturers of con- crete spraying equipment often used for grouting or reinforcement in construction work. Export opportunities Norsk Scania’s engines department has also always taken advantage of any export business that has come its way. For example, a couple of years ago, a used Norwegian ferry with five Scania auxiliary engines onboard was sold to Egypt. “Now, every year we get an order for parts from the shipper. They know we have what they need, so they continue to buy from us in Norway,” says Mr Eidsheim, who emphasizes the importance of hav- ing a parts warehouse in Norway. However, by far the most interesting export sale Mr Eidsheim has made, was in Vietnam. The Swedish development agency had built a paper mill in North Vietnam and needed boats to haul the raw material to the site. “A young Swedish engineer worked on the project and contacted the Scania factory in Södertälje. They explained we had extensive experience of propulsion engines in Norway and he got in touch with me,” says Mr Eidsheim. In 1995 the first engine was delivered and in two years, Norsk Scania and Nogva delivered 32 propulsion engines to Vietnam. From time to time, orders for parts still come in. These days, its biggest export market is Croatia where Norsk Scania mainly delivers engines to a partner building emergency generators for large ships. “We started deliveries in 2006 and have orders for 37 engines to be delivered until 2008,” says Mr Eidsheim, who is expecting 2007 to be a busy year. “Most of our current sales are genera- tors for supply boats. In addition, we sell a lot to fish farms which use our engines for propulsion of their catamarans.” The engine department has a large order stock. In 2006, 259 Scania engines were delivered to Norway and Norsk Scania expects a turnover of NOK 27 million, plus parts, for 2007. Not bad for a department of only two people.■ A well travelled team The engine department at Norsk Scania can look back on a long and successful history.Throughout the years,its two employees have supplied engines not only to Norway,but to customers in Croatia,Egypt and Vietnam. Story and photos:Torstein Magelssen Norwegian two-man-show:Sales Engineer Odd Ivar Opsahl and Marketing Director Olav Eidsheim. Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 10
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=11">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 11 </a> 1 – 200711 Scania reports record volume, earnings and cash flow in 2006. Order bookings showed accelerating growth during the fourth quarter, +44 per cent. From the end of the first quarter of 2007, the annual production rate will be raised to 80,000 vehicles, up 25 percent compared to the first quarter of 2006. Scania expects demand for heavy trucks to remain strong in Europe throughout 2007. Industrial and marine engine sales also reached a record high in 2006, with 6,500 engines sold and the company’s strategy for continued growth is aggressive – sales are to increase to 10,000 engines by 2010. The strat- egy includes reinforcing the company’s own sales and service network and continuing co-operation with specialised dealers. Record year-end report A V8 for Stage IIIA BAUMA, to be held in Munich, Germany in April this year, is the world’s largest industrial exhibition. At this year’s show, Scania will be presenting its 16-litre V8 engine, ready for Stage IIIA/Tier 3. With this new addition, Scania is now able to offer a complete range of industrial engines that comply with Stage IIIA and Tier 3 emission regulations. With a highly efficient modern engine range consist- ing of 9-, 12- and 16-litre engines, Scania is prepared to meet the future. “With our customers’ demand for compact engines in mind, we decided at an early stage to focus on further improving the combustion process itself, and thereby as far as possible avoid add- on systems like EGR and SCR,” says Yngve Skog, Sales Manager at Scania Industrial & Marine Engines. Germany’s 2,000th Scania has delivered its 2,000th engine to Germany through its German distributor ScanDiesel GmbH in Bremen. The engine delivered in December, 2006, is a 12-litre industrial engine and was supplied to Burkhardt GmbH, where it will be used in a stationary set for heating and power supply. ScanDiesel GmbH was formed in 2000 and has been work- ing intensively since the start to establish Scania industrial and marine engines on one of the world’s leading industrial markets. ScanDiesel supply mainly industrial engines to demanding customers within the industrial segment, such as engines for generator sets and agricultural equipment. According to Rainer Dierks, Sales Director of ScanDiesel, the reason behind the success is that “we aim to give our customers a high level of technical support throughout the whole lifecycle of the engine.” Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 11
<a href="/v5/viewer/files/Default_s.aspx?gKey=41r956b5&gInitPage=12">07-01 Diving in to GUARANTEE SAFE PASSAGE Sida 12 </a> T hough Scania can trace its roots back to 1891, it was not until 1902 that the company offered an engine specifically for marine use, producing what was then an impressive output of 6 hp to 24 hp – hardly an awesome level of power by today’s standards. However, it must be remembered that these were still pioneering days for the internal combus- tion engine, even on wheeled modes of transport; the Ford Motor Company was yet to be established and a 75 km road race in Sweden was won in six hours and eight minutes. Shortly after the First World War, the company had established its reputation in marine propulsion, receiving an order for 18 marine engines to power patrol boats for the Swedish customs service. Lean reputation Investment in carburettor research gave the com- pany a reputation for the fuel-efficiency of its engines. Subsequent decades brought further inno- vations to the range. The first diesel engine appeared in 1936, boasting six cylinders and 120 hp, the first direct injection unit appeared in 1950, the turbo-charged engine in 1960 and a 14-litre inter- cooled 347 hp giant was unveiled in 1972. The characteristic innovation continues into the 21st century; at the London boat show in 2002 the company showcased a marine dedicated 16- litre, twin turbo 800 hp engine. At the same show in 2004, the latest innovation – the 12-litre marine engine with EMS was launched. With such an illustrious history of innovation and proven sea-fairing pedigree, it seems Scania can look forward to many more years at the fore- front of marine propulsion technology.■ No. 1,2007 Scania marine engines – 105 YEARS AT SEA Scania marine engines celebrates its 105th anniversary in 2007.The world may have changed in many ways since 1902,but the need for effective and reliable propulsion at sea has remained constant. Story:Rob Naylor Photo:Scania Archive Scaniapower_1_2007 07-02-22 18.00 Sida 12
