Hedemora Diesel is a trademark for the Swedish company Hedemora Turbo & Diesel AB in

Hedemora Hedemora is a Urban areas in Sweden, town in Dalarna County and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 7,273 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a Stad (Swede ...

Dalarnas län Dalarna County () is a county or ''län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to t ...

(a county in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

). It is a spinoff from Hedemora Verkstäder. The company used to produce

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s for ships,

locomotive A locomotive is a rail transport, rail vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, Push–pull train, push–pull operation has become common, and in the pursuit for ...

s, and

oil rigs An oil rig is any kind of apparatus constructed for oil drilling. Kinds of oil rig include: * Drilling rig, an apparatus for on-land oil drilling * Drillship, a floating apparatus for offshore oil drilling * Oil platform, an apparatus for offshor ...

along with backup generators for

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s. The company later shifted its focus to supplying existing engines with spare parts and services. In February 2006, Hedemora Diesel was bought by the Australian company Coote Industrial Ltd. In February 2016, the company name was changed to Hedemora Turbo & Diesel, to include the manufacturing, design authority, parts and service supply of HS Turbochargers, that were acquired from Turbomeca in 2009.

Ships with Hedemora engines

Submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...

s in Sjöormen class submarine ** ** ** ** ** *

s in Västergötlands-/

Södermanland class submarine Södermanland ( ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latinized form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a historical province (or ) on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanland and Uppland. ...

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Collins class submarine The ''Collins''-class submarines are Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ''Collins'' class takes its name from Australian Vice Admiral John Augustine Collins; each of the six submarines ...

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Locomotives with Hedemora engines

* T45 -

Diesel locomotive A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover (locomotive), power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is con ...

, built by

ASEA ''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'' ( English translation: General Swedish Electrical Limited Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company. History ASEA was founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås ...

. 5 st. *Experimental locomotive built by AB Motala Verkstad for

LKAB Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) is a state-owned Swedish mining company. The company mines iron ore at Kiruna and at Malmberget in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and has been 100% state-owned since the 1950s. Th ...

mine train *Some replacement engines of TCDD DE24000

Oil rigs with Hedemora engines

* Eldfisk Tor (

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) Northern Producer semi-submersible operated by Enquest.

References

External links

Hedemora Diesel AB
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Engine manufacturers of Sweden Companies based in Dalarna County