Crankshaft Repair of MAN B&W 6L 16/24 In Malaysia

Major accident took place in the case of Auxiliary Engine MAN B&W 6L 16/24 on board a vessel owned by a leading Malaysian shipping company. The photographs of the damaged engine block and crankshaft were shared with RA Power Solutions.

Considering the serious damage to the Auxiliary Engine MAN B&W 6L 16/24, a team of three (3) technicians was deputed, which consisted of a Senior Metal Stitching Engineer and Two (2) technicians to repair the crankshaft.

The vessel was boarded by our technicians in Pasir Gudang. Following are the main details of the engine:

1. All the crankpins were inspected dimensionally, and line marks and ovality were observed on all the crankpins. The standard diameter of crankpin was 130.00 MM.
2. All other parameters, like hardness, and crack detection by MPI, were found within limits.
3. On visual inspection of the radius fillet of two (2) crankpins was found damaged.

1. The Engine Block window seating area of Unit number #04 (Port Side) was found badly damaged.
2. The Cam Case was also found broken.

Few Photographs of damaged Cam Case are given below:

i. Considering the damage, all six (6) crankpins diameter was reduced from 130.00 Mm to 129.50 MM, maintaining the tolerance of 0.02 MM.

A copy of the report indicating the final dimensions is pasted below:

ii. The broken engine block was repaired by Metal Stitching Process. The new pieces of casting were metal stitched as shown in the photographs.

iii) The Undersize bearings were also supplied by RA Power Solutions.

iv) The Engine was commissioned in the presence of our technicians and performance was found satisfactory.

We have been regularly executing on site crankshaft repairs and In Situ Crankshaft Grinding in Dubai, Fujairah, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq, Togo, Malta, Freetown, Egypt, Malaysia, Iran, Indonesia, Vietnam, Jordan, etc.

For more details of the Damaged Engine Block by Metal Stitching Process, please email us at info@rapowersolutions.com or Call at +91 9582647131, or +91 9810012383.