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ABB launches small turbocharger range
ABB Turbo Systems has launched a new range of small turbochargers for high flow rates and high pressure ratios. The TPS..-F33 range consists of four different turbocharger sizes and is capable of pressure ratios as high as four-point-seven to one (4.7:1). The range features an aluminium alloy compressor wheel with ...
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KBB to test fourth HPR
KBB is preparing to commence testing of the fourth and final model in its new range of HPR turbochargers. The fourth model ? the HPR5000 ? will be available for engine tests in the second quarter of next year, says the company. The first two models in the series have ...
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Toward 100,000 hour bearing life
ExxonMobil has taken two steps to better address the lubrication needs of turbochargers. It has reformulated its premium synthetic turbocharger lubricant, Mobil SHC 600 Series, and it is advocating the use of a separate lube system. A 1,000 hour TOST test of the new formulation SHC 600, generated 1/10 the ...
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Higher pressure from Napier
Napier Turbochargers is performing validation tests on two high-performance turbochargers capable of a boost pressure ratio of five and a half to one (5.5:1). The product, labelled the 8-series, has been developed for "a customer whose business is mainly marine," according to Napier. "There is a movement towards even higher ...
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Fierce but compatible
Fierce competition between MAN and ABB for their share of the large turbocharger market has not prevented a measure of compatibility, if unintentional, being demonstrated in their products. This is borne out by an example from the Tru-Marine service station in Singapore, of a fire damaged filter/silencer unit on a ...
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First big MET in ?good condition?
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries says the first application of the world?s largest commercially available turbocharger is performing to expectations. "The turbocharger was opened up for inspection after 2,500 hours of service and this confirmed good condition," says Keiichi Shiraishi, team manager of MHI?s turbocharger design department in Nagasaki, Japan. The turbocharger, ...
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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 ...
