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2016
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Power
to Grow
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Dutch yacht builders are currently dominating the global yachting industry. Dutch yacht equipment manufacturers are following in their footsteps. WhisperPower is one of them.
Performance, quality, durability and safety are the key ingredients in our super silent systems for Commercial and Recreational vehicles. We offer standard and customized power
Smart off grid power solutions. WhisperPowers customers requiring grid independent power, benefit from our progressive system innovations. Renewable energy sources are our
solutions to vehiclemanufacturers and the aftermarket. We operate on a worldwide basis, ensuring service and support at anytime anywhere.
first choice when it comes to achieving our clean and low emission systems.
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2016
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Issued by
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Contents
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Silence is
Golden...
Edition 01-2016
Power to Grow
Power
to Grow
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Cover page
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Power to Grow
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Funcionality first
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Steeler yachts,
Old hand, new ball game
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Parntnership in development
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InnovationCluster Drachten
helps to perform better
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News
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Marine
Commercial
Editorial
15%
The power
Starting a business has
gradually become the
story of my life. Since
the nineteen eighties
I have founded eight
companies which have
all been a success.
5%
Land/o grid
45%
Marine
Recreational
25%
Mobile
10%
Hybrid
to Grow
Hybrid Technology
Our hybrid technology basically comes down to
the fact that we provide energy to locations where
there isnt a connection to the grid, in an extremely
durable and often more economical manner. This
is something we also apply to propulsion systems
for yachts and small commercial vessels. We ensure
that the diesel engine runs as little as possible
and draws energy from a battery bank charged by
solar power or wind turbines. Should the engine
need to be started because the energy cant be
provided by the sun, wind or the battery bank, our
hybrid technology ensures that the engine runs at
the right speed and delivers maximum power. This
means that no energy is wasted as happens with
conventional systems where diesel engines are
mostly only partly loaded.
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WhisperPower scores
with new school
Tekst: Laurens van Zijp Photos: Frans Foekema
A neatly packaged generator set sits on a pallet in the headquarters of WhisperPower in Drachten. Ready for shipment. On
the label, an address in the United Arab Emirates. Silent evidence
of WhisperPowers international activities, a company operating
worldwide and who, in recent years, recorded a sales growth of
tens of percent. Under the heading new school, the company
has taken the next step in the field of mobile power.
Worldwide network
5 Manufacturing
still exists in the
Netherlands: generators being assembled
at WhisperPower in
Drachten.
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WhisperTouch
This advanced read-out monitoring and control device was recently
launched by WhisperPower, available in 5, 7 and 10 inch. It provides
the boat, land or vehicle owner with an overview of the energy management and enables the operation of equipment. The touch screens
can also be connected to other onboard equipment, including the
fuel gauge or the navigation system.
64 Testing facility
for hybrid systems
up to 500 kw power.
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Innovation cluster
The Drachten Innovation Cluster (ICD) is a collaboration between the province of Friesland, the
municipality Smallingerland and a dozen technical businesses in Drachten. The aim is to put the
region on the map as the centre of the high-tech
manufacturing industry, attract highly educated
personnel and exchange knowledge and experience. www.icdrachten.nl
6 5500 m2 premises
close to the Motorway from Amsterdam to Bremen.
Demonstration vessel
WhisperPower has an effective means of showing their products to water sport enthusiasts: the demonstration vessel Independence. This Sturir CS 555, built at Volharding Staveren Shipyard, is equipped with varying
different systems. The engine room is set up with a number of systems including: a Genverter 2, three working DC Power Cubes 24/150, run in parallel, ensuring that the batteries are charged quickly through the Genverter generators. An AC PowerCube 24 / 14 000 inverter with 14 kVA to make sure there is a constant 230 V
/ 50 Hz voltage. Isolation transformers, a Piccolo and a standard 25 kW generator with PTO (Power Take-off).
Last spring, the Independence made a tour around key ports.
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4 The robust
connectors are
clearly visible on this
AC Powercube 7000.
Martijn Favot:
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Benefits
We use the most advanced and modern
components for our power electronics.
We design systems that can handle high
power easily.
We integrate Redundancy in all our
AC PowerCube inverters.
Our products are rock solid.
3 AC Powercube
24/14000.
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Stijn de Wit:
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Hybrid system
Length Overall:
Maximum Beam:
Draught at full load:
Maximum Speed (approx):
Engines:
Guest Accommodation:
Accommodation for Crew:
Fuel Oil Tank Capacity:
32,2 m
7,05 m
2,00 m
28 knots
2 x MTU 16V2000M93 - 2434 HP
8 People
4/5 People
8.300 l
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1.) SL 106
2.) HY - GEN 150 - 6
3.) A
C PowerCube
10 kVA
3 x 380 VAC
4.) D
C PowerCube
2 X 4.3 KW
5.) N
aviop
Automation
Hans Webbink
A born entrepreneur
with a fighting spirit
3 Hans Webbink;
With 13 boats under
construction at the
moment and over 30
produced over the
last 4 years, we must
be doing something
right.
5 Steeler NG 43
Semi-displacement
yacht.
S
4 Winner of 2015
European Yacht of
the Year.
5 A Panorama
yacht in production
at Steeler Yachts in
Steenwijk (NL).
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Hans Stacey
Innovation at Starin BV
Hans Stacey is a famous name in the rally world. In 2004 he drove his first
Paris - Dakar rally in a DAF truck. He went on to drive this rally 3 times with
his own MAN truck team and later with the MAN factory team up until it was
relocated from Africa to Latin America. In 2006 he finished 2nd in the Dakar
rally. In 2007 he was the last Truck class winner the original Dakar in Africa.
In 2008 he and the MAN team were the winner of the Central Europe Rally
and the Trans Orientale rally from St.Petersburg to Peking.
6 Hans Stacey;
Through a new
innovative injection
method, multiple
leaking pipe
connections or
longitudinal cracks in
sewer pipes can be
filled-in in a day.
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YachtControl
Based on trust
WhisperPower has professional engineers on staff,
skilled and experienced in their fields. However, as
so much has had to be developed in a short space
of time, WhisperPower has also collaborated with
specialized companies where needed to bring in
supporting key skills and experience. One such
company is Yachtcontrol from Hattem, with whom
the company has had a successful and good
cooperation with for several years.
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Louw: Together, we
develop the readout
screens for the
various systems that
WhisperPower sells.
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Combimac:
ombimac, based in
Emmen, is a specialist
company in the field of
the development and
production of electric motors,
permanent magnet alternators
and industrial fans. The company was founded in 1919 and
moved to Emmen in 1956, during
Innovation strength
Customers come to us with technical challenges, products that have never before been
made: think of dimensions, efficiency, shock resistance, for example for navy ships, durability etc. We are asked to find the very best top solutions. Meeting these requirements
is our strength and our innovation. It is also the reason for our existence; when another
company cannot make something, often we can. Despite a decline in the offshore sector,
we remain positive about the future.
the Far East and Nato related countries. We only produce products
on request and in 2009, WhisperPower came to us with a request to
make high quality electric motors
based on permanent magnet
technology which can also act as
an alternator / generator. Since
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Commercial director
at Combimac.
55Permanent
Magnet electrical
motor of 150 kW, all
home-made.
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Local expertise
A powerful, dynamic
group of companies
Joost Krebbekx is a senior consultant in the field of Innovation
for Berenschot, a management consulting firm based in Utrecht.
Joost Krebbekx
Holmer Doornbos
Innovatiecluster Drachten
production takes
place accordInformatie
over het cluster
ing to given specifications. These
en de activiteiten van het cluster
companies design and produce
their own products and services
meaning there is a real manufacturing industry here.
What are your plans for the
future?
We want the Cluster to grow gradually with 2 to 3 companies joining
per year from the northern region,
say from within one hours drive
from Drachten. We will look at
whether the company in question
is active on an international level,
if they themselves are creative and
whether they meet our high tech
criteria. With this vision, we see
the Cluster growing in to a powerful, dynamic group of companies.
WhisperPower is proud to be one
of the thirteen innovative companies forming the ICD. It is a publicprivate partnership that has been
active since 2011 and continues
to expand and strengthen bringing
together extensive knowledge and
experience.
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Innovation efforts
Sustainable solutions
At WhisperPower we are driven by a distinctive challenge: our
products are only seen as perfect when you can neither see nor
hear them. With this in mind, all our innovation efforts are geared
towards creating silent and vibration-free electrical power systems.
Those that do their work without interruption. That take advantage
of renewable energy sources to reduce emissions and
He explains:
Before we, WhisperPower, could start this project we
had to obtain our offshore license, which we did. We
went on to supply the first system in 2014. It ended up
being a kind of fast tracked engineering project as
NAM wanted to install the system within a very short
time frame. Their main objective was to reduce the
costs by having 24/7 surveillance rendering the need
for staff on a boat close to the platform obsolete. Furthermore, they wanted to reduce the fuel and maintenance costs of the generator system. We put a 12 kW
solar panel system together, mounted on a frame, to
charge 2 x 1500 Ah 2 V Gel cells and a 1 x 1000 Ah set.
The WhisperPower 10 kW, 24 VDC to 230 VAC inverter
system powers the entire AC network and includes accurate remote system monitoring. During low energy
generation days, for example during the winter, a back
up diesel generator automatically charges the battery
if the DC voltage is too low. The system works perfectly
and considering the harsh circumstances, holds up
very well. We are now preparing additional similar
systems for the same customer
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Nautic Africa
Germany
Our marine activities are growing as well. Shipbuilding companies like Fassmer GmbH (Berne,
Northern Germany) use WhisperPower generator
sets for their redesigned 28 m Search and Rescue
vessel (SAR). This new 28 m rescue vessel and its 8 m
daughter boat placed astern, are constructed as selfrighting vessels and built completely from marine
aluminium. With a maximum speed of 24 knots and
a high-performance propulsion system, this 28 m
Search and Rescue vessel is well-equipped for safe
service in the German Bight. A SQ 27, 27 KVA, 1500
rpm, GL certified generator provides the power.
Pleasure boats is another emerging market for WhisperPower. Participation with the main boatshows
(Hanse Boatshow, Boot Duesseldorf, Interboot,
Ancora) is helping to spread the name and demonstrate the extended portfolio. Companies like Hanse
Yachts have selected WhisperPower systems for
their new 675 sailing yacht. These systems provide
worldwide plug-in facility, full comfort even with
limited shore power and zero- emission power to
operate the airconditioning.
International
Commercial vessels, high-end recreational vessels and off-shore platforms carry an enormous amount of electrical and electronic devices
that require a safe and non- stop power provision. WhisperPowers
Supreme professional battery chargers combine three vital functions.
Smooth, ripple free multiple step battery charging, a power supply function to buffer DC appliances in a direct way and a complete alarm and
monitoring device for the entire 24 VDC system. In early 2016, 40 and
60 Amp models will be introduced with 80 and 100 Amp versions following later that year. Lower power units from 15-30 Amp will follow. All
models are produced to operate on a 90-265 VAC / 50-60 Hz input and
will be fitted with three separate outputs.
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