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The greatest strength (of Schottel) are the employees of the company.

They are focused on the customer, “ with a shared passion and drive that is in the genetics of Schottel.

One such innovation is the Schottel EcoPel- safety margins. For the same drive torque, it ler (SRE), a thruster optimized for open sea is possible to have a more streamlined under-

Christian Strahberger and coastal operating conditions. The SRE is water gearbox housing, helping to increase designed with hydrodynamic insights from overall hydrodynamic propulsion ef? ciency.

Dr. Christian Strahberger took over as the Managing Director

CFD simulations and model tests, and it is Last but certainly not least, in 2015 Schot- of Schottel GmbH in 2016. Strahberger, 42, is an industry expert designed to be a ? exible and ef? ciency pro- tel commenced operations at a new plant near with a strong technical and intercultural background. After study- ” pulsor choice available in power ratings be- the company’s headquarters in Germany, and ing in both Germany and the United States to earn his doctorate in tween 1,000 and 5,000 kW, in both FPP and now offers customers a more rugged Rud-

Physics, he began working for Siemens AG in 2001 and later for

CPP variants. derpropeller courtesy of an optimized coating the mechanical engineering company Voith in 2009. While there

Central to the SRE is another Schottel in- process. he held several managerial positions. Most recently, he has been vestment in innovation, namely the HTG high The underwater elements of the propulsion serving as Chairman of the Board of Management for the Marine torque gears. HTG is designed as an ef? cient, unit are coated with several layers of hard, division of Voith Turbo Schneider Propulsion. He has extensive robust gearbox with low maintenance require- two-component epoxy resin, which according experience in the area of ship propulsion.

ments. Speci? cally the HTG enables bevel to the company is characterized by 2.3 times gears of the same dimensions to transmit up to greater abrasion resistance and approximately 15 percent higher drive torque with the same 60% greater adhesion.

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