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84Maritime Reporter & Engineering News TECHNICALPRODUCTS Weather Charts for Raytheon Anschütz ECDIS Raytheon Anschütz is offering an integrated weather chart overlay for the Synapsis ECDIS. Taking the special needs of navigation into consideration, the layer was developed in close cooperation with meteorological experts of the German sea weather provider WetterWelt. With the new feature Raytheon Anschütz combines sea chart and weather chart in one display. All weather parameter, which are important for navigation, are presented as values or symbols on a separate layer and can be switched on and off any time. The system can show all available weather forecasts for the next days, which is a great help for route planning under the aspects of safety, travel comfort and fuel consumption. In addition to the current weather condi-tions, the weather forecast for the next few days can be played as an ani- mation. The parameters which can be displayed include the mean wind with direction and speed as well as gusts, wave height, wave direction and swell, period intervals of waves and swell, current, air pressure, weather condi- tions and air temperature. The navigator can flexibly define which of the data he wants to have displayed in which situation and which limits he would like to set. If individual weather values exceed the preset limits, the values are shown graphically as weather warnings. www.raytheon-anschuetz.com Medium Voltage Power Drive Technology Wärtsilä launched its new Medium Voltage Power Drive, that will enable the delivery of electro and automation sys- tems for large, electric propulsion ves- sels, such as drilling rigs and tankers, large passenger and cruise ships, various offshore service vessels, as well as com- pressors and pumps for the oil & gas in- dustry. The Medium Voltage Power drive is designed for marine applications. De- velopment work began in 2009, and has been carried out at Wärtsilä's R&D facil- ities in Norway. Pilot sales are scheduled to begin this year, with an internal pilot to be installed in early 2013 and an external pilot later in that year. The Wärtsilä Medium Voltage Power Drive is based on press-pack IGBT (In- sulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) technol- ogy with 3-level PWM inverter control. The modular design has large overload capacity, integrated gate driver boards, and a plug-in bus bar connection. The unit can be used as a control device in various marine propulsion and thrusters applications, as well as in large fans, pumps, compressors and hoists. To- gether with Wärtsilä's patented Low Loss Concept, the introduction of this next generation of medium voltage power drives brings increased efficiency and re- dundancy to the larger marine electric propulsion market. It also has the added benefit of reduced weight and space re- quirements.Alutech 400 and 500LaunchedAlu Design & Services (Alu Design) isre-launching two of its core product of- ferings with enhanced design and pro-duction standards. The result: better seating at costs of up to 20% less. Fromtoday, the Alutech 400 and Alutech 500 are available in aluminum made from pressurized die-casting. This production technique greatly reduces the productweight, makes the 400 and 500 even more robust than their predecessors and, crucially, allows Alu to offer the chairs with a reduced price tag.www.alu-design.no Rustibus Expands Tool Line Rustibus are looking to enter into the industrial hand tool market with a new chain drum hand tool that is operated byusing 110V, making it as dependable as our current walk behind equipment. In 2012 the company introduced an ATEX EX approved product line for descaling rust in the marine industry. All certifica- tions apply to this new product line which is now black in color as opposed to the usual red color of the machines.Email: [email protected] www.rustibus.com Spot Welding Pedestal All the benefits of the C300 robotic system now available in a stationary pedestal system. The 100% servo-driven, water-cooled system has an adjustablegun height, intuitive user interface and does not requirecompressed air. The gun can be disas-sembled from theframe then con-verted for use on a robot making it acompletely versatile system. Email: [email protected]