MAN B&W 7L32/40 crankshaft damage was reported by one of our client operating large fleet of container services in USA. RA Power Solutions deputed two technicians on board the vessel to Boston, United States of America with necessary tooling and on site crankshaft grinding equipment. The deputation to Boston Port, USA within 24 hours of information was possible as all our technicians have a valid USA visa and seamen book.

Damaged Crankpin of MAN B&W 7L 3240 Engine	Damaged Crankpin of MAN B&W 7L 3240

Main observations of MAN B&W 7L32/40 Crankshaft Damage

1. On boarding the vessel at Boston Port, USA, our technicians inspected the damaged crankshaft.
2. To their surprise all the seven crankpins had deep bearing line marks, rough surface on checking of dimensions, and ovality ranging from 0.20MM to 0.26 MM was observed which is considered to be on the higher side. In case of three crankpins journal radius fillet profile of both side was damaged.
3. All the seven crankpins of MAN B&W 7L32/40 were subject to MPI for crack detection, No crack and abnormality was observed.
4. Hardness was checked and observed within limits as stipulated in the manual of MAN.

The Crankshaft details are as follows:

Action taken by RA Power Solutions for the successful repair of the Crankshaft of the MAN B&W 7L32/40

• The Ship management due to the prior commitment was not able to hold the vessel even for a day for the execution of onsite crankshaft repair. They requested that the repair of crankshaft is to be executed only while the sailing of the vessel.
• The RA Power Solutions with more than 44 Years of experience have the specially designed equipment, which can undertake the grinding of crankpins even while the sailing of the vessel. This is possible due to the construction/design of the equipment.
• The vessel was sailing from Boston to various ports in the United States of America upto port of Panama.

• It was a challenging task to execute the repair while sailing and in a limited time period given by the ship’s owner.
• RA Power Solutions technicians executed the grinding of all seven crankpins having a standard diameter of 290.00 MM. All the crankpins were undersized by 0.5 MM and polished.
• After Grinding, the tolerance of the crankpin diameter was maintained within 0.02 MM with a surface finish of less than 15 RA value.
• A team of technicians from Poland was on the vessel and assembled the units in the shortest time possible.
• The MAN B&W 7L32/40 was successfully put into operation during the presence of our technicians. Our team disembarked at the port of Panama.

RA Power Solutions Pvt. Ltd. with 44 years of experience is the most renowned company in Asia, extended onsite crankshaft repair services up to 700 MM Diameter. We are also the manufacturer onsite crankshaft grinding machines, which are modified according to the site requirement.

Crankpin Polishing of MAN B&W 7L 3240	Crankpin After Grinding and Polishing

For more details, onsite crankshaft repair on vessel, onsite journal machining services and in situ crankshaft grinding please email us at rajshahani@rapowersolutions.com, or info@rapowersolutions.com, or call us at +91 9582647131 or +91 9810012383.