When talking about shipboard purifiers, it’s easy enough to infer an application. It’s a little harder to explain clarifiers. Granted, both devices perform fuel oil cleaning duties. They “purify” the...
Mechanical seals and hatch covers for the marine industry are built to protect ships from an assortment of fluid mediums. From airborne saltwater sprays to pipe fed shaft lubricants, the...
What is an Anti-fouling system? In the maritime industry, this is a device, paint, or surface coating that stops ships from becoming floating biofouling platforms. The devices and coatings prevent...
Cathodic protection systems stop metal parts from corroding. That’s an invaluable alloy safeguard, especially when we know rust is always threatening our finest marine and industrial systems. After all, water...
A hospital switches over to its standby generator so that critical care services can continue. Over at an airport, the runway lights remain on so that they can guide an...
Incremental power deviations have existed on marine vessels for a long time. A call for Ahead-Half Speed or Full Speed Ahead fires the memory so that we recall an age...
Heavy-duty shaft bearings are durable and dependable mechanisms. Unfortunately, even a high-performing piece of equipment simply won’t last long if it’s starved of its lubricating agent. Kemel shaft bearings deal...
May 23, 2017 Yanmar Co., Ltd. Yanmar Co., Ltd. is collaborating in the development of a tugboat*1 which uses LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as fuel with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL)....
There are faint signs that practically cry out “system failure” when a diesel engine is teetering on the edge. When the indicators are identified, a complete overhaul will redress the...
Large shipping vessels act as a sort of barometer for human progress. Before machines, long oars propelled ships. Then, during the industrial revolution, steam engines powered drive shafts in the...
Contemporary diesel engines are advanced pieces of equipment. Likewise, their fuel sources are formulated from advanced hydrocarbon blends, so that ignitable energy source won’t become a waxy mess when the...
Marine engine design is an ever-evolving engineering craft. The goal is to build a power transmitting architecture that treats its prime moving innards as a compact powerhouse. The durable EY33...
Two different cooling mediums keep compressors working, even when their machine parts generate copious amounts of heat. Yanmar air-cooled and water-cooled compressors make use of both branching fluid solutions. Still,...
The pecking order on a shipping vessel is fairly easy to determine. There’s the main engine, which is also referred to as the primary propulsion system. This massive machine turns...
Marine propulsion systems are designed to launch seagoing vessels across rough waves. Granted, a powerboat crossing a choppy lake does need some two-stroke horsepower to safely navigate wild waters, but...
The city-at-sea aphorism we’ve described in previous articles brings the duties of onboard vessel equipment into sharp focus. These prime movers aren’t allowed the luxury of a land-based connection. There’s...
Mitsubishi VOS ballast water treatment systems are designed to stop the spread of invasive marine organisms. Certainly, every large seagoing vessel needs to pump in ballast to provide floating stability,...
Before we describe the Mitsubishi VOS ballast water treatment system, let’s learn a little about marine vessel stabilization. During our discourse, we’ll mention hull compartments, water intake valves, and ship...
Dry-docked marine vessels slip into specially excavated shore berths when below waterline repairs are scheduled. In draining the water from the dock, the hull of the ship is exposed for...
If we were to say that Yanmar propulsion engines are built to the highest engineering standards, the truth of this statement would ring out long and loud across the seagoing...
Let’s take a break from finely engineered marine products for a moment. Today we’re talking about sponsorship, the patronage of a high-profile racing star, for we’ve hitched our wagon to...
Compressed air is employed in countless specialist applications as a safe power source. The pneumatic force animates hand tools and painting equipment, then provides the impetus for electricity-free control systems,...
On land, electrical generators are marginalized. They’re important, of course, but mostly as “backup” devices because landlocked structures have access to grid-connected power. Marine vessels obviously don’t connect to this...
Massive engineering projects haven’t physically linked the continents, at least not yet, but a virtual bridge does connect distant international shores. It’s a water-borne overpass, one created by marine engineers...
