Arguably there is no more important piece of the vessel’s drive train than the propeller. If propeller geometry is out of whack, either from inaccurate design or a strike in the water, the results, if ...

TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) - Weighing in at a mere 22 tons, a giant ship propeller has been installed in front of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, which is taking shape in Toledo's Marina ...

Naval Group manufactured a new-generation propeller via a metal 3D printing process, mounted on a tripartite minehunter.This propeller is 2.5-m in diameter, supported by five 200-kg blades. The ...

They can weigh up to 150 tons, and it's not uncommon for them to measure nine meters or more in diameter: the ship propellers on huge tankers, container ships and cruise liners are invisible giants.

February 23, 2023: Advances in technology often occur by accident, when you were looking for or developing something else. Such was the case with a new propeller design that sought to reduce the ...