Cruise Ship Crankshaft

On the other end propeller is fitted which pushes water and hence moves the ship.

Cruise ship crankshaft. The crankshaft from a cruise-ship diesel engine can be replaced in as little as 12 hours during a scheduled harbor stop and without cutting the watertight bulkheads thus not impacting operations. This engine takes 4 cycles to complete the transfer of power from the combustion chamber to the crankshaft. I hope this gave a small peek into some of the challenges of the shipping industry.

A 4 stroke engine can be installed on the ship to produce electrical power and also to propel the ship usually in small size vessel. All marine vessels such as fast ferries cruises RoRo vessels etc. October 23 2017 Cruise Industry.

The new crankshaft is seven meters long and weighs 12 tons the cruise line said and replaces what TUI called a defective crankshaft. Wartsila 12V46 Length of crankshaft 9 meter Weight of crankshaft. Crankshaft Exchange On The Ms Zaandam Cruise Ship Youtube Ship Engine Crankshaft Engineering Marine Engineering Diesel.

TUI Cruises Mein Schiff 6 has been fitted with a new crankshaft for one of its four Wartsila engines at a wetdock in Germany. Zaandams old crankshaft was damaged at the bearing points from wear. See the massive shaft of the engine running at high RPM.

The main difference is that instead of the engine and pistons being connected directly to the crankshaft and propellers it is connected to a generator to generate electricity. The unique grid design of cruise ships. One V8 engine that had somewhere around a 24 piston was on its second since I hired in rebuild and someone screwed up on the oil system and it ended up with a dry start and killed the crank.

The vessel was kept in operation throughout the process and was restored to full capability in a highly cost effective and efficient manner. The biggest difference between the engines in the refinery and ones in a ship was filth. Watch ALE Heavylift performing a crankshaft exchange on ms Zaandam in Uruguay.