Voith Turbo BHS Gears

Surpassing the limits.
This moves us.

Fair. Reliable. Innovative.
This is our promise to our customers.
And it is the demand we place on
ourselves in the Paper, Energy, Mobility
and Service markets.

Paper Energy Mobility Service

Maxima 40 CC:
The world’s most powerful single-engine
diesel-hydraulic locomotive. Introduced 2006.

Fair Cooperation

Voith banks on a consistent partnership
and on long-term, trusting cooperation.
Long-standing customer relations, some
more than 100 years old attest to this fact.
We abide by our promises and will never
let our customers down.

Reliable Actions

Voith means continuous, dynamic growth
with solid returns and annual sales of
4 billion Euros. Our customers can be
confident that we will continue to support
their objectives – even in years to come –
with integrative and competent cooperation.

Innovative Thinking

For 140 years Voith has stood for
inventiveness and innovation: with around
400 new patents per year, with substantial
investments in R & D and from the
professional accomplishments of our
37,000 employees around the world.

The air at the top gets thin very quickly …

Home of high-performance gears
… at the high end

In oil, gas, chemicals, power generation, automotive, aerospace, steel, minerals …
wherever speeds and torques push the limits of what is technically feasible, one
name stands out: Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe. For over 75 years, plant engineers
and operators have known that BHS gear units, couplings and rotor turning gears
mean reliable power transmission at the highest level. Our know-how and ability
to work closely with our customers let us scale the highest peaks, again and again.

… when requirements change and
you need to move fast.

Partners on the journey responsible for what, and continues throughout
We strive to be a reliable partner and to form the project. Our closeness to customers helps
long-lasting business relationships. Cooperation us react quickly to changes, even as the delivery
begins on day one, with decisions about who is date approaches.

… when requirements change and
you need to move fast.

For high-end speeds and torques
Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe is the leading gear
manufacturer for high-end industrial applications.
But as a systems supplier, we offer more than
top-quality gear units, couplings and rotor turning
gears. Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe also provides
all your load and vibration analyses, and other
complex gear calculations, from a single source.

Outstanding organisational and IT structures help us
reach peak performance.

Highlights and Company Data

■ History: more than 75 years of accumulated
engineering know-how.

■ Gears and related products for the turbo
transmission market (above 3 000 min-1)
since 1932.

■ Products: parallel-shaft gears, integral and
planetary gears, couplings and rotor turning
gears.

■ References: 17 000 gear units with a total
installed output of more than 70 000 MW;
more than 1 000 couplings; more than 1 000
rotor turning gears.

■ Power: 1–80+ MW; Speed: up to 80 000 min-1.

■ Best supplier awards: including Mitsubishi
Heavy Industries, Japan 2005, and Hitachi
Plant Technologies, Japan 2006.

■ Head office: Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe GmbH,
Hans-Böckler-Straße 7, 87527 Sonthofen,
Germany.

1932 1954 1960 1960 1965
First planetary gear based First parallel-shaft gear Rotor turning gear with Gear couplings Reference speeds of
on the Stoeckicht principle swivelling pinion >100 m/s and outputs of
18 MW

Where we come from
… milestones are measured in megawatts

Our customers know where they want to go. And we know the way. To make
sure we achieve our joint goals, we have a clear strategy: long before we sell a
product, we plan carefully how best to meet our customers’ specifications.
Handling resources responsibly during design and manufacture is a matter of
course for us.

1970 1980 1985 1996 2001
Diaphragm couplings Parallel-shaft gears with an Integral gears with a wheel
Integrated compressor stages Reference speeds of output of 80 MW diameter of 3 000 mm

for parallel-shaft gears; >200 m/s

Multi-pinion integral gears

75 years of innovation know-how, accumulated over more than
From designing the first planetary gear with the 75 years, allows us to venture into higher and
Stoeckicht load distribution principle, to delivering higher output ranges. BHS products, services
the world’s largest integral gear (42 tonnes, and solutions have been contributing to the
circumferential speed >170 m/s, output 28.3 MW), commercial success of our customers and end
the history of BHS is an uninterrupted sequence users for a long time.
of technical milestones. Our engineering

1970 1980 1985 1996 2001
Diaphragm couplings Parallel-shaft gears with an Integral gears with a wheel
Integrated compressor stages Reference speeds of output of 80 MW diameter of 3 000 mm

for parallel-shaft gears; >200 m/s

Multi-pinion integral gears

From vision to tradition and couplings drive the world safely, efficiently
We are driven by our own visions, and by those and with respect for the environment, helping
of our customers. We strive to put these visions to protect precious resources. We are constantly
into practice – dynamically, imaginatively and looking to surpass existing technical limits –
enthusiastically. Our high-performance gear units turning visions into traditions.

2002 2004 2006 2007
Single-disc diaphragm
World’s largest integral gears Hydrodynamic sliding bear- Improved branched gear couplings

(WGC 5–330) built so far for ings with high specific speeds units for power generation

PTA production and low temperatures

19 000 references show our success

The history of Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe is the
success story of a company that has been
manufacturing high-end products for many
decades: we have been building gear units and
similar products for high-speed applications
above 3 000 min-1 since 1932. Through more
than 19 000 projects, our gear units, couplings
and rotor turning gears have proved them-
selves all over the world.

Where others hit their limits …

We start at the limits
… on power and speed

To stay in control at power ratings up to 80 MW and speeds up to 80 000 min-1,
we have to know what the market needs: high-quality, reliable products which give
operators continuously high plant availability. To stay ahead of increases in
plant and equipment size, we are always opening up new performance horizons
for our gears and couplings. The exquisite quality and dependability of our
products truly deserve the label “World Class”.

BHS products set standards worldwide parallel-shaft gears, integral gears with flanges
17 000 gear units installed worldwide with a total for direct connection of compressors or expanders,
output of more than 70 000 MW speak for them- horizontal and vertical planetary gears, diaphragm
selves: companies choose BHS products because couplings and rotor turning gears do not just meet
they want top performance. Our free-standing the highest standards – they set them.

See the full picture, get the best quality BHS products meet all the relevant
Best materials, state-of-the-art technology and
designated suppliers – take all these into account industrial standards, including DIN, ISO,
and the quality will be right. We make sure to
update our production facilities continually, and AGMA and API.
we use the internationally-recognised OHRIS Chemical analyses, ultrasound surveys, dimen-
system to manage health and safety. And for real sional checks … we carry out around 20 different
competitive advantage, our R&D division works types of tests to make sure that our products
closely with renowned research institutions meet both internal and external quality require-
to create the next generation of technology. ments. Certifications including DIN EN ISO
That way, the demands of our customers are not 9001:2000, DIN EN ISO 14001:2005 and
just met but surpassed. DIN EN ISO 3834–2:2006 do the rest. And since
ambitious goals need outstanding partners,
we rely on a small number of designated suppliers,
keeping the most important core skills in house.

… we venture into ever more demanding territory.

Reliability 250 000 operating hours, and counting
Power train components for
complex compressor, pump, fan Lifetimes of more than 250 000 operating
and generator applications must hours are not unusual for our products.
combine ever-increasing levels This reliability is no accident. All BHS products
of performance, sophistication are subject to a continuous improvement
and reliability. process. We bring new developments to
market only once they have met both internal
Simulation and external quality demands, including
Our highly-developed extensive tests in-house and in the field.
simulation processes and
unparalleled production
know-how are the ingredients
for technically-advanced
products.

For Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe, customer orientation
starts with the very first enquiry …

Whatever your goal
… our service-oriented team will support you

The true value of a pledge is only revealed when it is claimed – especially when
it comes to service. To us, fair and open communications are the basis for
long-lasting success. And because good customer relations develop only through
mutual trust, we are careful to make only promises that we can keep.

… and continues long after delivery.

To us, customer focus means: they will never be left in the cold. We revolve
around our customers, and they revolve around
We never let our customers down us. Absolute reliability, consistent product
Our customer relationships are characterised optimisation, continuous improvement of
by trust. Customers trust the performance of our corporate processes, extended services and
products, they trust the competence of our intensive cooperation are the watchwords.
employees – and most important of all, they know

… and continues long after delivery.

Rapid service and support deserve to be called “Best in Class”. And as
Our customers expect maximum plant availability usual, we go further than most. Our closeness to
and the best return on investment from their the customer, with only one contact wherever
power trains. With rapid support and tailor-made possible, reduces “friction losses” and contact
service contracts, we make sure these expec- times, allowing projects to be handled quickly.
tations are met. Only suppliers who commit And our worldwide sales network ensures that
themselves without compromise, react quickly in we can be contacted around the clock in almost
any situation and always do the right thing any country.

Custom service programs open new perspectives for
the success of Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe customers.

No limit to your requirements?
No limit to our services
n Consultation
n Assembly and commissioning
n Alignment
n Check-ups
n Noise and vibration measurement
n Trend and online monitoring
n OEM spare parts
n Revisions and repairs
n Retrofits
n Maintenance contracts
n Customer training

Products for a trouble-free plant
At Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe, customer service
is a long-term commitment. With our tailor-made
solutions, innovative service programmes
and global presence, we make sure your plant
runs trouble-free.

Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe GmbH

Hans-Böckler-Straße 7
87527 Sonthofen
Germany

Mailing Address:
PO Box 12 51
87516 Sonthofen
Germany

tel +49 8321 802-0
fax +49 8321 802-689

www.bhs-getriebe.de
[email protected]

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