Marine Slow Speed 2 Stroke Sulzer Diesel 8RT flex 96 C B

[@krtonks]

Yes been there and got the t shirts .loved the engine room...the work and environment..engineer 20 years on several different main eng .and generators.thus little walk around brought back many memories I'm sure alot of us oldies remember the pipe systems as well .I know I do

[@JeffOnboard]

Hey thanks for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed watching the video I am actually in Spain now and two more days from now I will be joining another vessel here close to Gibraltar

[@phillrose8594]

I served my time on Sulzer engines in the early 80’s at Clark Hawthorn in Wallsend, England. Superb machines

[@johnsmith9246]

I love these video, it makes you appreciate how difficult life must have been when they had steamships.

[@JeffOnboard]

I worked steam a lot when I started. Yes much harder

[@blueherc]

Thank you, thank you! I was a marine engineer too, working on cargo ships til 1972. The sound is the best music to my ears even after all these years! My first love was the sea!

[@JeffOnboard]

Will, thanks for your comment y friend and watching. I wish you all the best brother.

[@MrShagCarpet]

I could watch this all day.. Love this kind of stuff!!

[@jlo13800]

This is one of those giant mega 2 stroke with access doors on the crank case! Imagine the suction and pressure in there!

[@a.k.a.the-hat3042]

You are the Scotty and the O’Brien of the real world, great to see things that most people don’t even realize exist keeping their world moving all around them.

[@JeffOnboard]

Thanks. Thank you for watching

[@richardbarry04553]

Ships like these are such marvels of the modern world - it’s incredible the amount of work that has to go into designing and building them

[@2flyabove]

Thank you so much for making and sharing this awesome video of the main engine. Such an engineering and maintenance marvel to behold !!! I sure wouldn't want to be having to change one of those huge pistons or cylinder liners. They're enormous!

[@JeffOnboard]

Yes I've been on ships before where we did it and it is a lot of work

[@janvisser2223]

It’s a routine job which you do with the whole engine room staff. The tools are made for the job and OK to handle. Starting with the job at 08.00 (tools made readily available before start) the job for changing a piston is normally finished at 17.00

[@zhubajie6940]

A thing of beauty.

[@JeffOnboard]

thanks for watching

[@jlo13800]

These can run methanol so what if you mix in some nitromethane and switch to castor 927 maxima 2T oil and see if there is a power gain. Make and fit a natural gas torch fired glow plug and now you got a giant nitro glow 2 stroke of mabey 135000 hp.

[@wolfenstien13]

That displacement is incredible.

[@sgsantosmb4142]

Aí é meu mundo. Amo o setor das máquinas.

[@JeffOnboard]

Sim, eu não gostaria de trabalhar em nenhum outro departamento. Eu amo coisas mecânicas e máquinas também.

[@sundhukumar]

Thanks bro....well maintained clean engine room....

[@amtrakharry]

Hi. I just found this video of the "engine room" Thanks...

[@JeffOnboard]

So glad you found it and hope to see you back for more...Ship vlogs will all be in one playlist

[@АлександрДельфин-ц7п]

Thank you so much for making

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

Sulzer was bought by Wärtsilä a long time ago: www.dieselduck.info/machine/01%20prime%20movers/rt_flex/2005%20RTFlex96C%20Update.pdf www.wartsila.com/marine/build/engines-and-generating-sets/rta-and-rt-flex-low-speed-engines

[@Hercules718]

Your videos are so cool. Thanks.

[@jefferyb.3406]

Ty so much

[@ktoectbkto]

Hey Bull, which one is this, looks like Maersk Montana.

[@JeffOnboard]

yes it is and actually I go back there for 1 trip relief job October 21st.

[@glenchild2029]

Great insight, thanks for posting.

[@JeffOnboard]

Thank you for watching!!

[@doddmichelleespanola620]

I like Sulzer engines simple system, under piston needs cleaning and quite messy but very simple to maintain.

[@pcmcobra]

pretty cool. a voice over of what all of that stuff is and does would be great.

[@jefferyb.3406]

I was actually thinking the same thing today I could either do a voice over or when we were in Port and it is more quiet I could just walk around the engine room and talk about and point out a lot of the main things... which do you think would be better personally

[@JeffOnboard]

I did it and it will be posted on here soon. TY for the suggestion

[@fatimaali7539]

I love the ship's engines ☺always want to learn more

[@JeffOnboard]

Yes it is interesting.....these engines are monsters

[@CharlesReece-nr2wr]

Every time I see one of these beautiful ships foundering I imagine all that technology and workmanship going to the bottom...a shame!

[@1irlmike]

Thanks!!!!

[@jefferyb.3406]

Hey guys a lot of people said they were interested for me to point out one a lot of the things are in the video so I will do another video showing the entire engine room really soon and I will say what a lot of things are or do a voice over like another reviewer suggested

[@cck0728]

Excellent video. At 5:23 , is this a "spare piston"? Thanks for your valuable time.

[@janvisser2223]

Yes, the shot begins with the flanged connection of the piston rod with the crosshead, and then upwards to the overhauled piston rod gland and finally to the piston itself.

[@piergianninota4656]

Ex chief engineer

[@CrueHead18]

Ever been on wärtsilä ship?

[@logobot]

What kind of backup power do you guys rely on? I'm surprised there's only one engine, then again I am thinking more from a cruise ship standpoint. Great videos, you're making me consider a 180 degree career change that will unlikely happen, but at least I've considered!

[@JeffOnboard]

Basically there is a emergency diesel generator and there is an emergency power board with essential equipment powered by the emergency generator until main power can be restored

[@adamrexter1759]

The pipe coming out from the front of the exhaust valve. What is it’s purpose and where does it lead to?

[@maestrovso]

He mentioned they are hydraulic lines (2 each) in another video. I infer they actuate the exhaust valve. No camshaft like conventional engines we are accustomed to.

[@gestoriaradicacionradicaci9315]

2.50 min. I saw electric motor,could be the standby scavingair blower?many thank for the video,I love the Marine engineer profession

[@lancevisser8050]

Another Great one :) -about a third into video, there is a large Cylinder (I think, because of the Piston ring grooves) is that a spare or busted?

[@JeffOnboard]

Spare piston and when we would use it just pop on some rings...Quick job

[@jameskinglion]

can you show you boilers and are they watertube or firetube

[@jefferyb.3406]

The ship is diesel powered we just have a small boiler 4 basically manhwa import and we use the economiser Force team won we're sailing but I will do a good and during walk around and include the boiler maybe next week I will make it and try to get it posted soon

[@johann5633]

Say in an emergency engine reversing situation & you were running at slow ahead, approx. how long would it take to stop & reverse the engine so that it could get up to speed for effective prop reaction? I retired from steam 40 years ago so am are familiar with forward & reversing turbines. Diesel propulsion looks fun though I don't think steam engine rooms required as much auxiliary machinery as present day diesel.

[@Rob-uf9yp]

Nice video, on 8:10 I see that the engine is from 2006 and have a usefull life of 10 years. Is it not usefull anymore?

[@jefferyb.3406]

Rob it is still useful as long as it is maintained properly I guess that's just what the manufacturer guaranteed from the beginning but yes engines last a lot longer than that

[@janvisser2223]

I found it a very strange plate too. Never seen such a text in my 42 years running around in E.R.’s

[@davidschick6951]

2:46 what does SWLIT mean?

[@GregorMcHardy]

Safe Working Load of 1 tonne.

[@janvisser2223]

😅 confusion started with the “I” instead of a “1”

[@78a67h]

Another great video. Slow speed diesel like this I suppose means direct drive to the prop without the use of a reduction box. As you have a fixed pitch prop for astern do you hydraulically reverse the engine or do you have a reversing box?

[@rayg9069]

Direct reversing engine, on the shot of the tacho showing run speed it was running 93 RPM Ahead, the engine runs either way.

[@timmione3521]

Nice video keep up the good work. Where did you go to school?

[@JeffOnboard]

I entered the industry in 1990 and trained at the school in Piney Point, Maryland . www.seafarers.org/jobs/ua.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hall_Center_for_Maritime_Training_and_Education

[@timmione3521]

Matt & Jeff much congrats i have been a heavy equip mech since 1979 really enjoy your work. I know many grads from Mass maritime. Would like to hear some of your stories!

[@MoMo-xb7nr]

Do you do sea trials before deployment. I was just wondering🙃

[@jefferyb.3406]

No because the ship is always deployed except for when it goes to the shipyard every 5 years the ships that generally do sea trials are the government ships that are in ready Reserve fleets which is called reduced operational status

[@MoMo-xb7nr]

Oh wow. That’s amazing. Do you dry dock for maintenance? I’m so ready be salty again. Hahahahah

[@jefferyb.3406]

@@MoMo-xb7nr yes generally ships every 5 years come out of the water for a dry dock.

[@tinaturner134]

I wonder if Jeff went to Australia??

[@jefferyb.3406]

Not yet, nope, lol

[@miroslavradonjic9187]

Hi, nice video. I am second engineer on ZIM container ship. What is your rank on board?

[@deezlpwer07]

What is your job title??

[@stevenhaha3064]

How does this engine start？

[@jefferyb.3406]

Air starting system

[@jfmaniac5118]

I am curious... with a regular small gas engine, small spark plugs, small pistons. seeing how big the pistons are here, what does it take to ignite the fuel ? just a lot of pressure and temperature ? or is there a spark involved as well somehow?

[@JeffOnboard]

You are correct it is a diesel and uses the heat of combustion....Highly compressed hot air you got it :)

[@fatimaali7539]

I really enjoy the videos that u post .... do all ships belong to certain classes for example (EEE) / Panamax what class of ship do u work on and what do u love most about her ?

[@JeffOnboard]

The ship I am on now, Maersk Montana is a G class. I am actually now on vacation and my son and I who does the channel with me are amusement park hopping currently at Kinds Island in Ohio.....We will be posting that stuff and more till I go back to work in October......I guess what I do like is that the room I live in on board is real nice and lots of space and also the engine room is not too too huge so easier to walk.....I will post more starting October from the ship so if anything you would like to see I will do my best......

[@rommelvalladarez7227]

Same as 6RT FLEX 58T WARTZILA..

[@nightshift5201]

1,809 litres displacement per cylinder. Wow.

[@bosudesums514]

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[@LFieb]

Yes

[@heavydutyrepair64]

Low speed diesel engines

[@heretichunter74]

Gas Turbine way better.

[@jlo13800]

Lacks the low end torque