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provide maximum comfort, but additionally, they Sener has launched the new FORAN release
offer a wide viewing area and provide protection to V60R3.0, with important developments which allow
the ears and neck, as well as just the face. the complete ship design in a collaborative and
The area in front of the mouth is larger for a good integrated environment. As a consequence, Sener
flow of fresh air, this feature will also ensure there is with a clearly defined strategy, focused on innovation
no build up of carbon monoxide. The hard hats are and customer requirements, is always looking ahead
available in a choice of colours, these being yellow, to situate FORAN as the reference in the marine
white, blue, green and red. CAD/CAM sector, both in naval and commercial
areas using state-of-the-art technologies.
Contact ESAB, Hanover House, Queensgate, Britannia
Road, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 7TF, UK. Contact Sener, Severo Ochoa 4, Parque Tecnológico
Tel +44 800 3893152 de Madrid, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain.
Fax +44 1992 788053 Tel +34 918 077 000
E-mail info@esab.co.uk www.sener.es
www.esab.com
CAD/CAM
Propulsion
Veth for new
Aveva launches
passenger vessels
FEM interface
Aveva has announced the release of its Aveva Hull
German-based Premicon has ordered six new passen- Finite Element Modeller (FEM), a new addition to
ger vessels at the Volkswerft in Stralsund, Germany. the Aveva Marine portfolio which accelerates and
For the last five of the six ships they decided to use simplifies the stress analysis of ship structures.
Veth Z-Drives and Veth Compact-Jets. Aveva Hull Finite Element Modeller has been
The order concerns the development of passen- developed in collaboration with leading shipbuilders
ger vessels for the shipping company Premicon in to overcome analysis problems. It applies sophisti-
München. The intention exists of three orders as cated, rule-based methods to ensure the rapid ideali-
well as three options for identical cross liners. Five sation of structures created in Aveva Hull Structural
of these six ships will be equipped with each a contra Design, to faithfully represent the essential character-
rotating Veth Z-Drive type VZ-800A-CR and a Veth istics of the physical design while ensuring accurate
Compact-Jet type CJ-1000. and computationally-efficient analysis in third-party
The Veth-Z-Drives are also exceptionally quiet. FEA programs.
By using the best spiral tooted gear wheels with Commenting on this important new release,
a minimum of resistance the units are very quiet. Stéphane Neuvéglise, Aveva’s product marketing
The sound can be reduced even more with flexible manager for Aveva Marine said: “This product meets
suspension and/or contra rotating propellers which a widespread demand in the shipbuilding industry,
is the case with the ships for Premicon. Main naviga- which must meet stringent international regula-
tion area for the 135m long ships will be the Rijn, tions while faced with severe competitive pressure to
the Donau and the Main-Donau-Channel. The four achieve ever lower costs and shorter delivery times.
deck-ships with up until 110 double huts will be ready “Aveva engineers have worked closely with our
for delivery between 2010 and 2012. collaboration partners to develop an extremely
powerful and easy-to-use application which is already
Contact Veth Propulsion, P.O. Box 53, 3350 AB meeting or exceeding expectations on a number of
Papendrecht, The Netherlands. different projects. Users have consistently reported
Tel +3178 615 22 66 achieving 30-50% reduction in direct man-hours
Fax +3178 641 11 69 for FEA, as well as valuable gains in design quality,
E-mail info@veth.net timescale and avoidance of construction rework.”
www.veth.net Aveva Hull Finite Element Modeller is available for
immediate deployment in an Aveva Marine environ-
CAD/CAM ment and may be used effectively on all types of
Sener upgrades
commercial or naval vessel designs, or other floating
structures.
FORAN
Contact AVEVA Solutions Ltd, High Cross, Mading-
The Spanish company Sener has recently launched ley Rd, Cambridge, CB3 0HB, UK.
the new CAD/CAM marine System FORAN release Tel +44 1223 556655
V60R3.0, with new developments in all disciplines Fax +44 1223 556666
that considerably improve the performance during E-mail name@domain.com
the ship design process. www.aveva.com
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