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PROPULSION UPDATE

Folk Drives For

Efficient Maneuvering

Medium and high-speed diesel engines with narrow operating speed ranges can result in vessel speeds that are too high at engine idle. To reduce ship speed, such as when docking or handling fishing nets, opera- tors are forced to continually shift from ahead to neutral, or ahead to astern, resulting in potentially inefficient methods of speed control.

Figure 3 — Reduction drive shown "unfolded." Pinions A and B both engage low- speed (propeller-shaft) gear at all times, but only one transmits torque at any time.

Figure 4 — Crash reversal maneuver at 900 rpm on a tuna seiner, with engine torque-up system.

Continuous-slip drives and torque-application controls fix that and enhance the operating speed range of modern propulsion sys- tems.

The case for this solution is presented in this paper by Timothy

Vail, project engineer, Marine Engineering Group, The Falk

Corp. By controlling the hydraulic pressure on the ahead or astern clutch, a continuous-slip control marine drive system pro- vides closed loop speed control which increases the propeller shaft speed range from engine idle (Continued on next page)

Australian Mooring

Specialist Wins Contracts

Melbourne, Australia-based mooring specialist Harbour and Marine Engineering Ptd.

Ltd. was recently awarded a contract to supply an integrat- ed jetty monitoring package for a new LPG berth being con- structed for the Port of Bintulu in Sarawak, East Malaysia.

The equipment will include quick release mooring hooks, an emergency remote release system, vessel load monitoring and a laser docking system.

The company has also won an order to manufacture ten 650T safe working load capacity chain stoppers for 100-mm diameter stud link chain. The units will reportedly be installed on Tanker Pacific's

FSO vessel Deep Blue.

For more information

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ENGINE SPEED INCREASES

WHILE UNDER INCREASING

LOAD DUE TO ASTERN

CLUTCH ENGAGING WHILE

THE SHAFT BRAKE IS ON ••/'

ENGINE SPEED (RPM>

PROPELLER SPEED (RPM>

ASTERN CLUTCH PRESSURE

SHAFT BRAKE PNEUMATIC SIGNAL

AS SHAFT BRAKE IS RELEASED.

THE PROPELLER SHAFT ACCELERATES

UNTIL CLUTCH LOCK-UP IS ACHIEVED 700.0 650.0 600.0 550.0 500.0 450.0 400.0 350.0 300.0 250.0 £00.0 150.0 100.0 50.0 • 0.0- -50.0 -100.0 -150.0 -200.0 -250.0

ENGINE SPEED DECREASES AS

SHAFT BRAKE IS RELEASED

AND PROPELLER SHAFT LOAD

IS APPLIED..

ENGINE SPEED FALLS UNTIL JUST - ABOVE ENGINE IDLE SPEED, AT WHICH , POINT ASTERN CLUTCH LOCK-UP OCCURS •pre FAIJC CORPORATION

MARINE ENGINEERING GROUP

TIMOTHY VAIL 20 TIME (Seconds) 900 RPM CRASH REVERSAL UTHJZINO

THE FALK ENGINE TORQUE-UP SYSTEM

CLUTCH

TRANSFER GEARS

PINION A

LOW SPEED

PINION B

INTERNAL

HYDRAULIC

SHAFT

BRAKE

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