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David Brown Santasalo

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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.

Contact


Dean Leydecker
Managing Director
13 – 19 Franklin Avenue, Bulli, NSW, 2516
T: +61 2 4283 0300
M: +61 478125394


Email: dean.leydecker@dbsantasalo.com
Web: www.dbsantasalo.com


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