
1973-1986: The era of international expansion |
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| 1973 |
| New generation of city transit and bus transmissions utilizing the torque converter as a retarder. |
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| 1975 |
Manufacture of high-capacity cardan shafts for locomotives. Voith retarder R130 for coaches and trucks. |
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| 1977 |
Delivery of the first heavy-duty universal joint shafts for rolling mills. Delivery of Voith-Schneider-Propeller systems to the world's largest double-ended ferrries in New York. Each ferry capable of carrying 6 000 passengers. |
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| 1978 |
| Itaipu: Entire engineering and participation in the delivery to Brazil of 12 of the 18 Francis turbines for the most powerful hydro power plant of the world. Output: 13 000 MW. |
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| 1980 |
Presentation of the first Turbo Transmission for large shovel loaders and dump trucks in the USA. Delivery of high-performance gear units for 29 MW gas turbines. |
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| 1982 |
| Order for the world's widest fine paper machine (9 450 mm) to Union camp in the USA. |
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| 1983 |
| Delivery of the first blowers for gas desulphurization plants in fossil fuel fired power stations. The takeover of Appleton mills in Appleton USA completes Voith's entry to the paper machine clothing industry. |
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| 1985 |
Completion of the world's largest Yankee dryer - 125 tons from a single casting. First VORECON multi-circuit variable-speed drive in Crailsheim. |
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