History

Sep. 1924

• Itawaza Foundry established to begin manufacturing ship propellers

Mar. 1961

• CPH manual hydraulic controllable pitch propeller announced

Dec. 1961

• CPA power-driven hydraulic controllable pitch propeller announced

Oct. 1963

• Company name changed to Kamome Propeller Co., Ltd. and new plant built at current location in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama

Mar. 1964

• CPE electric remote-controlled controllable pitch propeller announced

May. 1966

• TF side thruster with fixed pitch propeller announced

Apr. 1967

• CPR controllable pitch propeller with built-in reduction gear announced and patents obtained in five countries outside Japan

Jun. 1974

• TC side thruster with controllable pitch propeller announced

Aug. 1976

• CPC150 10,000-horsepower controllable pitch propeller delivered

Feb. 1979

• CPCM developed. Small-sized controllable pitch propellers begin to be widely used

Apr. 1981

• Skew blades adopted for controllable pitch and fixed pitch propellers

Jul. 1981

• Announces K-7 Rudder high lift flap rudder

Jul. 1982年

• Delivers 3000th controllable pitch propeller

Jul. 1985

• Joystick control system - MACS developed and announced

Mar. 1987

• TCA new-type side thruster with controllable pitch propeller announced

Aug. 1987

• Optimum Propulsion Control System - PRO-CON21 released

Oct. 1987

• Feathering controllable pitch propeller system developed and exported together with integrated operation control systems

Jan. 1990

• Delivers 4,000th controllable pitch propeller

Feb. 1990

• Omni-Thruster water jet thruster delivered

Mar. 1992

• TFA new-type fixed pitch propeller released

Jul. 1993

• Partnership established with Fixturlaser AB and laser precision measuring system released

Oct. 1998

• ISO9001 certification obtained for quality management systems

Jun. 1999

• 15,887-kilowatt (21,600-ps) controllable pitch propellers for roll-on/roll-off ships delivered

Aug. 1999

• Optimum Propulsion Control System - PRO-COM CX-300 developed

Jun. 2000

• DS Series side thrusters compatible with dynamic positioning systems developed

Jan. 2001

• CPC-N improved-type controllable pitch propellers for small ships developed

Jan. 2003

• CPC-170BF for high-speed roll-on/roll-off ships delivered

Mar. 2004

• Hub cylinder type controllable pitch propeller developed

Apr. 2004

• Joystick Control System - MACS-KM developed

Sep. 2004

• TCB new-type thruster with a controllable pitch propeller released

Apr. 2006

• Controllable pitch propellers for hybrid contra-rotating propulsion systems delivered

Feb. 2008

• Delivers 3,000th side thruster

Oct. 2010

• Delivers 1,000th K-7 rudder

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