A NEW LUBRICATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STERN TUBE BEARING

By monitoring oil film thickness, bearing metal temperature and propeller shaft speed etc, the external oil supply pressure was raised to the level necessary for getting a sufficiently thick oil film (125 microns) at the end of an aft stern tube bearing. The new system was tested in two 237,000 dwt tankers.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Presented at the Paris Conference on Supervision in Operation and Preventive Maintenance of Marine Machine Systems, May 4-6, 1977.
  • Corporate Authors:

    Bureau Veritas

    31 rue Henri-Rochefort
    Paris 17e,   France 
  • Authors:
    • Asanabe, S
    • Matsubobu, T
  • Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: 8 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00168189
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM