- New engine platform to serve locomotive, marine and power
generation markets
- Engine to provide improved fuel efficiency and lifecycle costs
- Launch customer Kazakhstan Temir Zholy to receive the new engine in
2019
BERLIN -- (Business Wire)
GE
Transportation (NYSE:GE) announced today at InnoTrans
2018 a new high-speed diesel engine program, which will serve the
locomotive, marine and power generation segments. The engine platform
will provide improved fuel efficiency and reliability, as well as lower
lifecycle costs.
“This new, high-speed engine will be a game changer for our customers,”
said Dominique Malenfant, Vice President of Global Technology for GE
Transportation. “They will enjoy reduced operating costs and increased
availability with this engine. It will generate annual savings for
customers of up to $12,000 in diesel and $4,000 in services.”
Compared to similarly sized locomotive engines, GE Transportation’s
high-speed engine will offer a 5 percent better total cost of ownership.
It will be 5 percent more fuel efficient, saving customers more than
6,000 gallons of diesel per year. The engine also will reduce
maintenance costs by 10 percent and provide 184-day service intervals.
Overhauls will be on 10-year intervals.
“We are leveraging our expertise and technology in the medium-speed
engine segment to create a smaller, power-dense engine platform for
products such as shunters and light-weight locomotives,” said Malenfant.
“This new program will open up new segments for our business.”
The combination of a powerful engine at a smaller size and weight makes
the platform ideal in regions like Asia, Africa, South America,
Australia and New Zealand, which require lighter locomotives. Kazakhstan
Temir Zholy (KTZ) will be the first to use the new engine to power the
300 shunter locomotives ordered earlier this year. GE Transportation
will deliver the first shunter to KTZ in 2019.
“GE technology is the primary driver for developing Kazakhstan’s rail
industry,” said Kanat Alpysbayev, Chairman of KTZ. “The high-speed
engine will provide our new shunter fleet with the performance and
maintainability needed to conduct our operations in a cost-effective
manner.”
GE Transportation is developing the platform for application in multiple
segments. The company is designing the high-speed diesel engine in 12-
and 16-cylinder configurations with a maximum-rated horsepower of 2,500
and 3,300 respectively. At 7.40 lbs. per horsepower, the design will be
40 percent more powerful per pound compared to a medium-speed engine. It
also will be digitally ready with remote prognostic capabilities to
improve performance and reliability. Additionally, the engine design
will meet the emission standards for both the European Union’s Stage III
A/B and the International Union of Railways’ UIC Stage I/II.
The core architecture of the engine platform was jointly developed with
GE Distributed Power, incorporating decades of high-speed engine
experience across the Jenbacher and Waukesha product lines. GE
Distributed Power is targeting a serialization of the technology to
introduce a range of stationary gas engine operating potentially as soon
as 2020.
Visit the GE
Transportation InnoTrans 2018 webpage to learn more about this
week’s announcements, demos and displays. The GE Transportation booth is
located at Hall 3.2, Stand 401.
About GE Transportation
At GE
Transportation, we move the world and improve the world. We are a
global technology leader and supplier of equipment, services and digital
solutions to the rail, mining, marine, stationary power and drilling
industries. Our innovations help customers deliver goods and services
with greater speed and savings using our advanced manufacturing
techniques and connected machines. GE Transportation is headquartered in
Chicago, IL, and employs approximately 9,000 employees worldwide.
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