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Variable pitch propeller for ships (adjustable)
VEEMMAXIFOIL VEEM Propellers

The Maxifoil® system is a radical new design that provides further efficiency gains over VEEMKaplan and VEEMSkewplan designs. The Maxifoil design utilises a multi-element propeller where the key to the efficiency gain is due to the overlapping blade arrangement.

Secondary blades operate in pre-accellerated flow aft of the main blade and when combined with reduced pitch main blades (which are inherently more efficient themselves), a propulsion system results that commonly yields thrust improvements of between 10 and 15% over existing Kaplan propellers.

The secondary blades also improve reversibility due to the re-direction of flow over the trailing edge of the main blades.