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MAAG Gear Wintherthur History

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Historical data

1913	Foundation of the MAAG Gear-Wheel Co. by the Zurich engineer Max Maag, Dr. ing. h.c. His aim was not only to supply gears of superior quality and precision, but also to design and build gear production machines.
1989	Foundation of the MAAG Gear Co. Ltd. which started operation on 1 January 1990
1997	F.L.Smidth, the largest Danish industrail engineering group, integrates the new MAAG Gear AG as an independent company. FLSmidth's own gear manufacturing arm MAAG Gear A/S at Copenhagen, Denmark, becomes a member of the MAAG Gear AG group.
2000	The MAAG Gear AG group now includes a gear manufacturer in Elblag, Poland. MAAG Gear Zamech Sp.z.o.o. was acquired from ABB.
2003	After being located for nearly a century at Zurich, MAAG Gear AG moved production facilities and offices successfully to the new location in the Sulzer Industry Park in Winterthur.

Pioneering achievements

1919	Delivery of a gear set (spur gearing) to Atelier Chantiers de Bretagne, for the cole freighter < S.S. Thorium>. Power of the steem turbine 1100PS at 3500 rpm, number of propeller revolutions 70 rpm.
1929	Marketing of high speed gear units with case hardened and ground gears.
1956	Production of first dual tandem articulated marine propulsion gear unit with single helical, hardened and ground gears for installation in a merchant ship.
1959	Toothed coupling engageable and disengageable at standstill for transmitting 73,530 kW at 428 rpm.
1963	Completion of the development and trials of the MAAG synchronizing clutch.
1964	Production of the most powerful high speed gear unit in the world for transmitting 62,500 kW at 428 rpm.
1965	Commissioning of the first MAAG synchronizing clutch for power station use in Belgium.
1966	The world's first heavy duty, two stage planetary reduction gear unit for a cement ball mill drive transmitting 4,400 kW at 740/14 rpm.
1975	Supply of first synchronizing clutch for CODOG marine gear.
1981	Heavy duty planetary gear unit for cement mill drive transmitting 8,100 kW at 960/13.6 rpm.
1986	Launch of MAAG planetary gear units for roller presses.
1990	Launch of new TRIPAC series of gear units for mixers and roller mill drives. Delivery of first MULTICOM gear unit for multiple compressors.
1996	Delivery of first HET gear unit. Power 78,000 kW Speed: 5413/3000 rpm.
1997	The world's largest vertical heavy duty planetary gear unit for raw mill drive transmitting 5,500 kW at 990/21 rpm.
1998	The world's largest marine gear unit with aluminum casing, installed in Fincantieri's MDV 3000. Total power transmission: 71,480 kW
2000	Launch of new standard gear type SG for driving generators, compressors and pumps.
2002	Launch of MAAG Lateral Gear Drive (LGD) as an alternative to central drives for large cement ball mills. Supply of the first CODAG gear system for installation on navy ships. Launch of the world's most powerful high speed planetary gear unit for transmitting at 37,3 MW at 4850 rpm input speed.
2004	Launch of the first DPPV gear unit for 1,5 MW wind turbine on Orkney Islands.

Address

MAAG Gear AG
Sulzer Allee 46
P.O. Box 65
CH-8404 Winterthur, Switzerland
Tel. +41 (0) 52 262 88 88

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