SUBMERSIBLE MOTORS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT AND SERVICE0 pages
SUBMERSIBLE MOTORS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT AND SERVICE
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
BRUSH HMA Submersible Motors
BRUSH HMA has many years valuable experience with
the design and manufacture of submersible motors used
in the dredging industry dating back to the mid 1970’s.
This experience has been built up over the years and has
now set BRUSH HMA up as a major supplier to the main
Dredging companies
Motor Designs
BRUSH HMA’s AC submersible motors are specially
designed to suit customer’s requirements.
Special attention has been paid to the design of a sturdy,
rugged motor with:
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Low maintenance requirements
Very high reliability
Expected service lifetime of over 30 years
The motor can be adjusted in speed, power and
torque by means of a frequency converter
A BRUSH 2.6MW submersible motor with natural cooling arrangement
supplied to Boskalis for the Prins der Nederlanden vessel.
Low speed designs are available up to 6.5 MW leaving
out the need for a gearbox to improve the reliability of the
underwater drive system. Specifics for the design are:
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The BRUSH submersible motors have a generous
overload margin with solid lamination, winding and
rotor design
The BRUSH submersible motor is oil filled and
therefore no re-greasing of the bearings is required.
The oil filling also prevents from condensation of
water in the motor
The motor will be supplied with bearings to cope with
the pump impeller forces and are designed for 30,000
running hours as a minimum
Cooling of the motor can be either by natural cooling
or forced cooling both by the surrounding seawater
The Prins der Nederlanden at sea.
The following instrumentation is available:
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Stator temperature measurement
Bearing temperature measurement
Oil temperature measurement
Shaft speed measurement (redundant)
Pressure difference transmitter Seawater / Oil
Water leakage detection in auxiliary connection
boxes
Furthermore options are available for:
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Exchangeable drive shaft
Factory load test
Horizontal and/or vertical execution
A BRUSH 4MW submersible motor with forced cooling fitted to the
Gerardus Mercator vessel, supplied to Jan de Nul.