OT: Large Transplant?

#1 17th-June-2006, 18:41

You guys are always transplanting engines. How about this one?

http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
<http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Eccsshb/12cyl/>

Regards

Richard

#2 17th-June-2006, 19:07

> You guys are always transplanting engines. How about this one?
>
> http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
> <http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Eccsshb/12cyl/>
>
>

Whats the CO2 emmission level; bet the R Tax is a bit hefty :-))

#3 18th-June-2006, 00:45

RichardB wrote:
> You guys are always transplanting engines. How about this one?
>
> http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
> <http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Eccsshb/12cyl/>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Richard

5 and a half MILLION pounds feet of torque, Jeezuz, would love to see
the size of the halfshafts........

Dave

#4 18th-June-2006, 15:53

Dave R wrote:
> RichardB wrote:
>> You guys are always transplanting engines. How about this one?
>>
>> http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
>> <http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Eccsshb/12cyl/>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Richard
>
> 5 and a half MILLION pounds feet of torque, Jeezuz, would love to see
> the size of the halfshafts........
>
> Dave
>
The shafts on big ships I've seen are over 1 metre diameter.

Steve

#5 18th-June-2006, 16:20

On 2006-06-18, Steve <steve@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> wrote:

> The shafts on big ships I've seen are over 1 metre diameter.

You can see a drive shaft coming out the back of the engine on one of
the pics on the web page, from the scale of the chap near it I'd say
it probably comes up to his waist.. It's a big 'un.

Despite all that the engine looks very simple, and if it wasn't for
the occasional chap standing on it, it'd look like an old vintage car
engine!

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#6 18th-June-2006, 22:02

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:41:21 +0100, RichardB
<rDOTbush@btconnectDOTcom> wrote:

>
>You guys are always transplanting engines. How about this one?
>
>http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
><http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Eccsshb/12cyl/>

This is a page update - sadly they seem to have left out the pictures
of the ladders going down into the casing. Pretty impressive all the
same, though.

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#7 19th-June-2006, 01:04

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:53:53 +0100, Steve wrote:

>>> You guys are always transplanting engines. How about this one?

Thinking of transplanting how do they get an engine from the works to the
boat it is destined for? 2,300 tonnes is not particulary portable...

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#8 19th-June-2006, 01:18

Dave Liquorice wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:53:53 +0100, Steve wrote:
>
>>>> You guys are always transplanting engines. How about this one?
>
> Thinking of transplanting how do they get an engine from the works to the
> boat it is destined for? 2,300 tonnes is not particulary portable...
>
I would guess it is transported in bits and assembled on site - although
some awful big bits get transported by road, usually in the wee hours of
Sunday morning. Another alternative would be the factory is along side a
dock and it can be directly loaded onto a ship - the shipbuilding yard
would certainly have facilities for handling weights of this size.
JD

#9 19th-June-2006, 05:14

JD wrote:
> Dave Liquorice wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:53:53 +0100, Steve wrote:
>>
>>>>> You guys are always transplanting engines. How about this one?
>> Thinking of transplanting how do they get an engine from the works to the
>> boat it is destined for? 2,300 tonnes is not particulary portable...
>>
> I would guess it is transported in bits and assembled on site - although
> some awful big bits get transported by road, usually in the wee hours of
> Sunday morning. Another alternative would be the factory is along side a
> dock and it can be directly loaded onto a ship - the shipbuilding yard
> would certainly have facilities for handling weights of this size.
> JD

I used to work for a shipping company many years ago ... the engines are
fully assembled at the factory (often Switzerland for the Sulzers, as
far as I recall) then dismantled & assembled into the ships after launch
- launch weight is obviously kept as low as possible.

Karen

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#10 19th-June-2006, 05:31

Karen Gallagher wrote:

> JD wrote:
>> Dave Liquorice wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:53:53 +0100, Steve wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> You guys are always transplanting engines. How about this one?
>>> Thinking of transplanting how do they get an engine from the works to
>>> the boat it is destined for? 2,300 tonnes is not particulary portable...
>>>
>> I would guess it is transported in bits and assembled on site - although
>> some awful big bits get transported by road, usually in the wee hours of
>> Sunday morning. Another alternative would be the factory is along side a
>> dock and it can be directly loaded onto a ship - the shipbuilding yard
>> would certainly have facilities for handling weights of this size.
>> JD
>
> I used to work for a shipping company many years ago ... the engines are
> fully assembled at the factory (often Switzerland for the Sulzers, as
> far as I recall) then dismantled & assembled into the ships after launch
> - launch weight is obviously kept as low as possible.
>
> Karen
>
That confirms what I would expect.
JD