History of Machinery Division
Our division was inaugurated as a marine machinery works which manufactured a range of machinery as well as main engines for KHI's ships. Keeping pace with KHI's steady 100-year development, our division has extended its business both for marines and for land, manufacturing vessel propulsion systems, large-sized power generation facilities, and so forth.
1907
Started the production of marine steam turbine with technology introduced from the Curtis (U.S.A.) and the John Brown (U.K.).
1911
Made the license agreement on production of diesel engine with MAN (Germany).
1921
Started the production of the FIAT-type diesel engine for submarine.
1956
Started the production of controllable pitch propeller with technology introduced from the Esher Wyss (Germany).
1958
Developed the large-sized transonic wind tunnel, followed by the development of supersonic type, hyper-supersonic type and the one for automobile.
1964
Developed the "U-Plant", the high-performance marine steam turbine.
1965
Delivered the first GM Blower.
1967
Delivered the first side thruster.
1969
Started the production of high-pressure multi-stage centrifugal compressor with technology introduced from the Cooper Bessemer (U.S.A.).
1972
Started the Prime Mover Division.
Delivered the first aeration blower to a government agency.
1976
Delivered Japan's first LNG carrier turbine.
1979
Produced the axial top pressure recovery turbine for blast furnace.
Started the production of gas turbine main engine for warship with technology introduced from the Rolls Royce (U.K.).
1980
Produced the natural gas compression module for offshore platform.
1982
Produced the 11m in diameter of controllable pitch propeller, largest in the world.
1983
Started the production of B&W type marine diesel engine.
Installed a super-large-sized NC planomiller at the machining shop.
Completed the first Rexpeller azimuth thruster.
1986
Made the technical cooperation with the Brown, Boveri & Company (Switzerland) on large-sized gas turbine for power generation.
1987
Started the production of MAN B&W type marine diesel engine at the Hanshin Diesel Works, Ltd. under KHI's license.
Started the production of water jet propulsor.
1990
Delivered the aero-derivative gas turbine for power generation for the Osaka Petro-Chemical Industries, Ltd..
Produced the 75 MW of steam turbine (650mm blade length) for Mizushima Works, the Kawasaki Steel Corporation.
Installed a Maag-made large-sized ultra-precision CNC gear grinder at the machining shop.
Kawasaki-MAN B&W diesel engine production reached a cumulative total of 2,000,000 horse power.
1992
Established the Kawasaki Gas Turbine Research Center, Ltd..
1993
Produced MAN-B&W-10L80MC Mk5 (46,700PS) marine diesel engine.
1995
Established the Wuhan Kawasaki Marine Machinery Co., Ltd., a joint venture with the Wuhan Marine Machinery Plant (China).
Developed the ultrasonic cleaning system for air filters.
1996
The sum of side thruster orders passed 1,000 units (1 million PS).
1997
Delivered the blast furnace-firing combined cycle power plant for the Baoshan Iron & Steel Corp. (China), first time in the world.
1998
Completed the steam turbine for geothermal power plant (2000KW).
Received the order of the blast furnace-firing co-generation power plant (90MW) from Mizushima Works, the Kawasaki Steel Corp..
1999
Renamed the division as the Machinery Division.
Completed the road tunnel ventilation system for Minatojima Tunnel, Kobe City.
2000
The Jet Engine, Precision Machinery Divisions, and Machinery Division were merged to form the Gas Turbine & Machinery Company.
2001
Delivered a large-scale propulsion system for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology's deep sea drilling vessel, Chikyu.
2002
Launched the KICS-5000 Kawasaki Dynamic Positioning System.
Developed the Podpeller, a propulsion system with a built-in electric motor.
2004
Delivered the first MAG Turbo Blower.
Kawasaki-MAN B&W two-cycle diesel engine production reached a cumulative total of 10,000,000 horse power.
2005
Completed the first Kawasaki-MAN B&W electronically controlled marine diesel engine.
Installed an ultra-large, ultra-precision gear grinder.
Diesel engine production reached a cumulative total of 20,000,000 horse power.
2006
Completed the Kawasaki-MAN B&W 12K98ME, an electronically controlled marine diesel engine (93, 360 PS).
Developed the world's most efficient 8-MW class gas engine. Started construction of a demonstration plant.
Became the first ever to achieve a cumulative production total of 100 LNG carrier turbines.
2007
Kawasaki Green Gas Engine achieved the world's highest electric generation efficiency, at 48.5%.
Production of side thrusters reached a cumulative total of 3,000 units.
Started operation of a Kawasaki Green Gas Engine-equipped demonstration power plant in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture.
2008
Constructed a production facility for side thrusters at the Harima Works.
Delivered total 50th Gas Compression Module.
2010
Delivered the first URA turbine.
Completed Kobe Power Center with 50% of the electrical efficiency.
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