A look at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2022
by Diesel International 21 Sep 2022 00:41 NZST
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At Cannes Yachting Festival 2022 MAN and the V12X, Rolls-Royce and methanol, FPT and hybrid, Volvo and AS Labruna.
At the 2022 edition of the Cannes Yachting Festival we experienced two things we are used to: the mugginess and the buzz among the stands.
Cannes 2022: lots of people and news. MAN V12X
Obviously we're going to take about the engines' makers news, of which we show you a short review, starting from MAN Engines. The Lion throws down the gauntlet to Caterpillar and mtu, raising the V12 power bar from 2000 hp to 2200 hp. "We are opening up new opportunities for shipyards with this next generation of engines. The MAN V12X can not only top existing applications, but also power new larger yachts and superyachts," states Reiner Roessner, Head of Sales at MAN Engines. According to the German company, Among other things, the wall thicknesses of the crankcase have been increased at significant points, its bolt connection between the upper and lower parts of the case has been optimised and a new crankshaft with larger bearing diameters has been installed. A great deal of attention is also paid to the findings from numerous test bench trials with correspondingly long running times and the experience gained from trials at customers on the water. In addition, findings from the E3872 stationary gas engine developed in parallel complement the development.
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