"joevan" wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:36:19 GMT, "Tuppence"
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"joevan" wrote in message
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Had to replace the crankshaft and it was a big job.



The crank sitting in the bedplate of a 10 cylinder Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C
turbocharged two-stroke ship's diesel engine. Photo taken at the Aioi
Works
of Japan's Diesel United Ltd.

I once worked on Sulzer engines but nothing as big as this.

Regards,

Tuppence

Wow, what an interesting job to be involved with. I have a number of
pictures of that engine, I think the largest ever. It is now in a ship
and I heard that it is really fuel efficient. One big engine vs 2
smaller ones.


Largest ever diesel engine (so far) is the 14 cylinder version of this
engine installed in the Emma Maersk and, as you say, it is amazingly
efficient.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4...r_14RTFLEX96-C

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_M%C3%A6rsk

http://www.jtashipphoto.dk/jtashipph...mma_maersk.htm



Regards,

Tuppence