Biggest coupling ever for CRP drive on VLCC

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The biggest torsional elastic coupling ever built is currently on its way from Austria to Japan. The coupling, which has an outer diameter of 2.8m, a weight of 36.3t and comprises more than 2,000 individual parts, is for a drive line with contra-rotating propeller on a VLCC that IHI Marine ...

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