ENGINE ROOM Pictures of the technical jobs which keep the ship moving. | |
 | Helicopter view of the main- and auxiliary engines. |
 | Piston 2 overhaul. |
 | Exhaust valves of the B&W main engine. |
 View of the engine room.  FIAT B757S main engine, 9800 PK. Fitting new X-head bearings.  Fuel cam and reversing mechanism.  Cleaning the indicator cock before taking diagrams.  Carter inspection.  Sulzer RND68, cleaning the scavenge ports. Normally this is done through the scavenge system, here the cylinder cover insert was removed to change the gasket.  Measuring the cylinder liner. Diameter= 750 mm maximum allowable wear up to 756 mm.  The scavenge ports + piston rings.  Another kind of dirt in the filters, this is Lagos, Nigeria. The filter has to be cleaned every day. Normally it is checked once a month.  Cleaning the propeler during inwater survey at Caracas bay, Curacao  Fuel pump plunger. 6 cylinders are pumping 30 tons of fuel per day at 111 revolutions per minute.  View of the piston-underside. You see the piston rod, telescopic pipes of the piston cooling and behind the head some scavenge air valves.  This is a fuel pump roller and guide  Helsinki 25 december. Lots of work cleaning the filters  Fuel pump and hydraulic actuator of exhaust valve.  Main engine values during passage of the panama canal.  4de wtk bezig met de ketelwater test. | |
