Onsite Grinding of Crankshaft of MAN B&W STX Engine Model 5L16/24

RA Power Solutions was approached by a company based in Vietnam advising the damage of the crankshaft of MAN B&W STX Engine Model No. 5L16/24.

The ship management advised that in case of MAN B&W STX Engine Model No. 5L16/24 the manufacturer of the engine does not allow the grinding of the crankpin, in case of any accident or damage. They recommended replacement of the crankshaft with a new one.

RA Power Solutions with 44 years of experience in repair of the crankshafts of popular make and model of engines advised the ship owners that we cannot reject the crankshaft due to a minor fault. In Fact, we have executed number of repairs of crankshaft of MAN B&W STX Engine Model No. 5L16/24 reducing the diameter, even up to 5.00MM and saving the crankshaft from rejection.

1. On arrival, our technicians inspected the Crankpin number #04 and observed an ovality of 0.52 MM.
2. All the parameters like hardness, crack detection by MPI method and Visual Inspection were undertaken, no problem observed except the radius profile from some areas was found damaged.

For more information regarding crankshaft grinding services, onsite crankshaft repair, and in situ crankshaft grinding please contact us at rajshahani@rapowersolutions.com or info@rapowersolutions.com or call us at +91 9582647131 or +91 9810012383.