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Web-based turbo doctor
Turbo Service International has launched a web-based turbocharger repair service. The website, located at www.turbo chargerbreakdown.com, is designed for use by onboard satellite communications systems and consequently features no graphics or unnecessary data. Causes, remedies and solutions to problems are provided for 152 types of ABB, MAN B&W and Mitsubishi ...
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Castrol launches new oil to meet demand
Castrol Marine?s response to the higher demands being placed on turbocharger lubricating oil is the introduction of Aircol SR68. It is a synthetic oil formulated from a polyalphaolefin base. Castrol says it gives enhanced thermal and oxidation stability leading to extended oil life, reduced friction, lower bearing temperatures and extended ...
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Elliott becomes TSI
Elliott Turbomachinery has sold its turbocharger division to Cooper Cameron Corporation. Cooper Cameron has slotted the business into its Cooper Energy Services division alongside its existing turbocharger interests. The combined entity now operates as Turbine Specialties, Inc (TSI). Richard Yonker has carried over his former role as manager of operations ...
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Just hot air?
There can be no doubt that there have been considerable problems with turbochargers, particularly compressor wheels. Christian Lützen from AP M?ller and Curt Christensen from the FORCE Institute highlighted a number of these problems at this year?s CIMAC Congress in their paper Turbocharger Failures, a Law of Nature or Neglect. ...
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Odfjell engineers express confidence in ME engine
Norwegian shipowner Odfjell is optimistic that the world?s first electronically controlled two-stroke diesel engine, installed onboard its 37,545 dwt chemical tanker Bow Cecil, is potentially an attractive and practical proposition. The ship?s crew, and in particular the engineers, have so far expressed their complete confidence in the mechanical electric (ME) ...
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Crewcall keeps crewmembers in touch
Those who go to sea, whether for work or holiday, have always suffered from poor and slow communications facilities when trying to maintain contact with friends and relations ashore. This situation is about to undergo a dramatic change, says UK-based AND Group, with the introduction of ANDcrewcall, a state of ...
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Dalian trio ready to run
Faced with the need to modernise its roro fleet, Stena RoRo decided to base the design of its new vessels on the 1998-built Sea Centurion. This is the only completed example of the original 4-Runner type, delivered from the now defunct Italian shipyard Societa Esercizio Cantieri. The resulting design is ...
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Patchy workloads for repair businesses
East coast ship repairer Forgacs is close to confirming agency arrangements throughout Asia to position itself as a competitive alternative to yards in Singapore and Hong Kong. Forgacs joint managing director Peter Burgess said Asian based ship managers had shown a willingness to dock at an Australian facility and a ...
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Researchers in motion link with China
Western Australian based researchers are collaborating with the Marine Design & Research Institute of China (MARIC) to examine ship motion behaviour in volatile weather conditions. Curtin University?s Centre for Marine Science and Technology is employing computer modelling to develop more advanced theories to predict heave, pitch and roll motions in ...
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Versatile newbuilding for Dag Engström
Flexibility is the name of the game in the short-sea trade. While most owners claim their roro newbuildings are state-of-the-art multi-purpose vessels, it is unusual to come across a design which is truly an ?all in one? design concept. A new 13,000 dwt freight roro vessel, ordered by Swedish shipping ...
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Shipbuilding cluster nears completion
Australia?s most concentrated shipbuilding region will gain a significant boost to its infrastructure when the A$200 million ($104 million) Jervoise Bay Marine Industry complex becomes operational in mid 2002. The complex, which neighbours the Henderson shipbuilding strip, is being set up as a one-stop venue for large ship fit outs ...
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Strip or seal?
Now that the IMO has decided to allow owners to seal-in TBT antifoulings instead of removing them altogether, the question is; how do you go about getting it done? While the legislation is new, the problem is not. Paint companies say that they have been tackling this problem for a ...
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Tribon web site adds Hamworthy KSE
Technical drawings and specifications for Hamworthy KSE?s compressors and sewage treatment plant are to be included on the Tribon Solutions web site, www.tribon.com. The company?s pumps and inert gas plants will also be added at a later date. The site links shipyards and owners with marine equipment suppliers and provides ...
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Polish bulk carrier order for Hamworthy KSE
Hamworthy KSE is supplying sewage handling systems for seven open-hatch bulk carriers to be constructed at Stocznia Gdynia for US-based forest product company Westwood Shipping Lines. The 44,000g vessels are replacements for Westwood?s current carriers, and are designed to carry containers as well as timber and paper products. Hamworthy KSE ...
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Shock proof enclosures for Indian Navy
IAC has won the contract to supply acoustic enclosures for a series of new frigates being built at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai for the Indian Navy. In addition to containing the noise emissions of the Wärtsilä diesel generators on the new vessels, the enclosures are designed to withstand severe shock ...
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Integrated system for surface and subsurface craft
The Seadevil (Seaborne Navigation System/Doppler Velocity Log) has been jointly developed by Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation and RD Instruments. It is a navigation system designed for surface and subsurface craft, including remotely controlled underwater vehicles. It is enclosed in a 457 x 228mm cylinder weighing 27kg in air (16.8kg ...
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Gunnebo extends lifting point range
New from Gunnebo is a rotating lifting point (RLP) which can turn freely through 360deg. and swivel 180deg. and is equipped with an open D-ring to allow the attachment of large lifting elements. It is part of the company?s GrabIQ series of multifunctional components for lifting. The unit which, says ...
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New cage material gives higher load
NSK says the combination of a new cage material and an increased roller complement has enabled it to produce a cylindrical roller bearing which offers up to 20% higher load capacity, quieter operation (up to 7db lower) and lower temperature running than conventional bearings of the same size. The company ...
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Skimoil introduces two EatsWaste systems
Skimoil has introduced two new waste minimisation systems. The RM97 Wiseash/Eatstrash marine batch incinerator is designed to handle the solid wastes produced on workboats and offshore rigs. The cart-mounted unit will burn oily wastes including filters, rags, absorbents, waste oils and other non-hazardous materials including paper, cardboard and galley wastes. ...
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Ultrasonic bolt stress meter
The MAX from Sonatest is an electronic stress meter designed to measure the actual clamp load produced by tightening a bolt or thread fastener. It uses ultrasonic energy and is designed for applications where the clamping force requires monitoring over the service life of a bolt or where the measurement ...
