Azimuth Thruster
AssemblyUnderwater-mountable steerable thruster, ~5.5 MW, with an electric drive motor, slewing gear and a four-blade fixed-pitch propeller in a nozzle. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.
Azimuth Thruster parts and their functions
10 top-level parts · 361 parts in total · full bill of materials below
| # | Part | Qty | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Propeller Blade | 4× | Nickel-aluminum-bronze blade of the thruster propeller, running in a thrust-augmenting nozzle. |
| 2 | Thruster Nozzle | 1× | Thrust-augmenting nozzle |
| 3 | Slewing Bearing | 1× | Azimuth slew ring |
| 4 | Stator Assembly 3 parts | 1× | Stationary part of an electric motor: a slotted laminated core wound with copper coils that produce the rotating magnetic field. |
| 5 | Rotor Assembly 4 parts | 1× | Rotating member of an electric motor: a laminated steel core carrying permanent magnets or conductor bars, pressed onto a shaft that delivers the torque. |
| 6 | Helical Gear Pair | 3× | Bevel and slewing gears |
| 7 | Ball Bearing | 8× | Deep-groove radial ball bearing. |
| 8 | Oil Seal | 6× | Spring-loaded rotary lip seal that keeps lubricant inside a housing and dirt out where a shaft passes through, sized to DIN 3760. |
| 9 | Hydraulic Cylinder 4 parts | 2× | Steering drive |
| 10 | Control & I/O Board 4 parts | 2× | A populated circuit board running a machinery package: a bare board, microcontroller and the passives and connectors around it. |
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Bill of materials for Azimuth Thruster
10 top-level lines · 25 rows shown · 361 parts total · indented to 3 levels| # | Item / sub-assembly | Part no. | Qty/assy | Ext. qty | Parts | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Propeller Blade | drillship-prop-blade | 4× | 4 | · | part |
| 2 | Thruster Nozzle | drillship-thruster-nozzle | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 3 | Slewing Bearing | drillship-slewing-bearing | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 4 | Stator Assembly 3 parts | stator-assembly | 1× | 1 | 3 | assembly |
| 4.1 | Stator Core (laminations) | stator-core | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 4.2 | Copper Winding | copper-winding | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 4.3 | Slot Insulation | stator-insulation | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 5 | Rotor Assembly 4 parts | rotor-assembly | 1× | 1 | 19 | assembly |
| 5.1 | Rotor Shaft | rotor-shaft | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 5.2 | Rotor Core | rotor-core | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 5.3 | Neodymium Magnet | neodymium-magnet | 16× | 16 | · | part |
| 5.4 | Ball Bearing | ball-bearing | 1× | 1 | · | part |
| 6 | Helical Gear Pair | gear-pair | 3× | 3 | · | part |
| 7 | Ball Bearing | ball-bearing | 8× | 8 | · | part |
| 8 | Oil Seal | oil-seal | 6× | 6 | · | part |
| 9 | Hydraulic Cylinder 4 parts | drillship-hydraulic-cylinder | 2× | 2 | 8 | assembly |
| 9.1 | Cylinder Barrel | drillship-cylinder-barrel | 1× | 2 | · | part |
| 9.2 | Piston Rod | drillship-piston-rod | 1× | 2 | · | part |
| 9.3 | O-Ring Set | oring-set | 4× | 8 | · | part |
| 9.4 | Oil Seal | oil-seal | 2× | 4 | · | part |
| 10 | Control & I/O Board 4 parts | drillship-control-board | 2× | 2 | 150 | assembly |
| 10.1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 2 | · | part |
| 10.2 | Microcontroller | mcu | 1× | 2 | · | part |
| 10.3 | SMD Passive (R/C/L) | smd-passives | 140× | 280 | · | part |
| 10.4 | Connector | connector | 8× | 16 | · | part |
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Where the azimuth thruster is used
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🇨🇳Foxconn
foxconn.com ↗
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Shenzhen, CN | Electronics contract mfg | 1,000 pcs | 6–10 wks |
| flex.com ↗ | Singapore | Electronics contract mfg | 1,000 pcs | 6–10 wks |
| dixoninfo.com ↗ | Noida, IN | Electronics contract mfg | 1,000 pcs | 6–10 wks |
| bydelectronic.com ↗ | Shenzhen, CN | Electronics contract mfg | 1,000 pcs | 6–10 wks |
| venture.com.sg ↗ | Singapore | Electronics contract mfg | 1,000 pcs | 6–10 wks |