Soft starters for Passenger vessels

Genesis- Royal Caribbean
Motor ratings: 11kV, 5MW
Bow Thruster

It is not surprising to find that the world's largest passenger ship is equipped with Solcons' soft starter for the 5MW bow thruster. The engineers designing the Royal Caribbean knew to depend on Solcons' long term reliability for supplying this important device.

Passenger vessels spend a lot of time maneuvering at dock while simultaneously ensuring passenger comfort. The high inrush current associated with motor starting would require oversized generating capabilities. When the marine architects and engineers were designing the Royal Caribbean Genesis class passenger vessels, they turned to Solcon for the most dependable soft-starter available to ensure continuous performance under intensive and adverse conditions of constant vibrations, temperature variations and corrosive environmental conditions.

Soft-starters on the bow thrusters eliminate the initial torque surge on the shaft, the voltage drop associated with starting large motors and reduce wear and tear from the mechanical system.