Azimuth Hydraulic Podded Drive
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Podded Hydraulic Azimuth thrusters are fixed pitch propellers
in open wheel configuration or with nozzles. They may be
optimized for vessel speed or for maximum bollard thrust.
L-Drives are available for vertical electric motor input from
250 to 3,000 HP.
Azimuth Hydraulic Podded Drives
Hydraulic L-Drive thrusters are thru-hull azimuth thrusters
using Thrustmaster's exclusive hydraulic podded propeller drives.
They are available in a range from 75 to 2,000 HP with either
open propeller or with nozzle. The hydraulic power system
is normally supplied by Thrustmaster and may be configured for
our hydraulic pump driven by a customer furnished diesel engine,
which may be placed at any convenient location in the vessel.
Hydraulic piping or hoses connect between the hydraulic pump
and the thruster.
The hydraulic drive provides fully proportional propeller
speed control and is very forgiving when hitting obstacles in
brown water applications.
Thrustmaster Brownwater Applications
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Azimuth Hydraulic Podded Drives
AutoCAD Drawings
Notice, all drawings are typical only, and can be adjusted
to meet your application needs. We can vary the propeller size
and leg length to best meet the vessel configuration, user preference
or speed versus thrust requirements.
Please note that these drawings are for illustration purposes
only. Please contact your Project Manager about details for your
specific application.
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