Cycloidal propulsion systems represent an innovative class of marine and aerospace thrusters that employ a series of continuously rotating blades to generate thrust in multiple directions. This design ...

Trinity Industries Inc.'s subsidiary Halter Marine has been busy, delivering the Garth Foss—the second of two 155-foot (47.3-m), 8,000- hp enhanced tractor tugs equipped with cycloidal propulsion ...

Drive components and systems company Voith’s cycloidal drive marine propulsion system, the Voith Schneider propeller, was chosen to power State-owned freight logistics company Transnet National Ports ...

Problems with a propulsion system led to last month’s crash of a Staten Island ferry, investigators said yesterday. The Andrew J. Barberi sets sail tomorrow on its first passenger runs since the ship ...

The fast-spinning, carbon-fiber-black cylinders of CycloTech’s cyclorotors are a far cry from the paddle-wheel cycloidal propellers of the early 20th century. But the principle behind this compact and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Federal investigators said yesterday that none of the Andrew J. Barberi's engine alarms sounded before the ferryboat malfunctioned on its approach to the St. George Ferry ...

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