David Brown Santasalo

Products / Capabilities

• David Brown Santasalo has supplied more than 10,000 gear systems to a range of land and marine applications globally.
• Highly reliable, assurance critical gearboxes for marine defence applications including surface ships and submarines.
• Main propulsion gearboxes.
• Lifting and jacking system gearboxes.
• Air Turbine Pump gearboxes.
• Ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
• Full range of gear types including single and double helical, spur, epicycle and bevel.
• High accuracy gears with optimised tooth geometry.
• Configurations to suit gas turbine, diesel and electric prime movers including CODOG, CODAG, CODLAG, COGAG.
• Gearbox repair – service, maintain, repair and upgrade any industrial gearbox.

Discriminators

• 100 years of experience supplying defence platforms.
• Proven designs based on longstanding experience in engineering for a wide range of marine defence applications.
• Super quiet, lightweight transmission systems that meet strict acoustic specifications.
• Built for ultimate reliability and optimised maintenance intervals.

Key Customers

• BAE Systems – All Type 26 Global Combat Ships. (including the RAN’s Hunter-class Frigates).
• UK MOD.
• Wartsila – US Navy oiler project.
• KMW – MIV 8×8.
• Lockheed Martin – Warrior/ Ampthill.
• GDLS – Scout SV – Power take off.

Quality Standards & Accreditations

• All gearboxes are manufactured to the highest standards including Lloyds, ABS, DNV, DEF-STAN and MIL-STD.
• ISO 9001:2015.
• ISO 14001:2015.