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will result in much higher risk of catastrophic failures. Additionally,<br />

end users want to save time on maintenance, and to reduce<br />

skill requirements of their maintenance teams; all resulting in<br />

higher risk. Thus, to reduce maintenance constraints and mitigate<br />

associated risks, engine builders are looking for methods to monitor<br />

bearing conditions. Not only high-speed and medium-speed<br />

engine builders are concerned, but also low-speed engine builders<br />

(although low speed engines do, historically, show high reliability<br />

of their bearings). To satisfy this increasing demand, a new sensor,<br />

called TB3, has been designed for monitoring the temperatures<br />

of moving parts inside the engine, such as the connecting rod big<br />

end bearings. Design of the TB3 sensor boasts short response time,<br />

easy installation, simple maintenance and low cost in order to<br />

be standardised on series engines above 200mm bore. The TB3<br />

sensor is based on the well-known SAW (surface acoustic waves)<br />

technology, which has been specifically engineered and patented<br />

for serving the purpose of measuring the temperature of moving<br />

parts inside engines. Compared with other commercially available<br />

protection devices, the TB3 sensor is a technological breakthrough<br />

allowing wireless signal transmission up to 1m distance inside the<br />

engine. The sensor system is made of several dynamic sensors fitted<br />

on the moving parts, and only one large antenna fixed to the<br />

crankcase wall inside each cylinder compartment. The large antennas<br />

are directly communicating with the ECU by simple connection<br />

to the CAN bus line existing on the engine, thus reducing the<br />

cost of wiring system outside the crankcase. The paper will review<br />

today’s bearing challenges and protection devices. After a quick<br />

look at wireless sensors, it will describe TB3 sensor hardware and<br />

software technologies, and expected advantages on industrial engines,<br />

in regards to installation design, service, and safety.<br />

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Future HFO/GI exhaust valve spindle<br />

Uffe D. Bihlet, MAn Diesel & Turbo SE, Denmark<br />

Harro A. Hoeg, MAn Diesel & Turbo SE, Denmark<br />

State of the art for exhaust valve spindles for large two-stroke<br />

heavy fuel diesel engines is currently either a fully forged Nimonic<br />

80A version or a cost-effective version based on an austenitic<br />

valve steel weld coated by a specially hardened Inconel<br />

718 seat hardfacing and Inconel 625 disc coating. These three<br />

alloys, originally developed more than 50 years ago for the gas<br />

turbine and process industry, show comparable corrosion resistance<br />

at usual heat load. The general trend in engine design<br />

is steadily pushing combustion chamber component temperatures<br />

towards higher levels and the hot corrosion resistance of<br />

these alloys is currently being tested to the limit. Furthermore,<br />

operation on LNG will bring new challenges. Indeed, it would<br />

appear that there is much room for improvement as no focused<br />

alloy development has been performed aimed at the special<br />

conditions found on the thermally and mechanically stressed<br />

parts of the exhaust valve spindle. In the present work, new<br />

coating alloys, meeting the requirements for the future valve<br />

spindle, have been developed by combining literature study,<br />

service experience, experimental data and numerical thermodynamic<br />

calculations. This paper describes the considerations<br />

and results of this alloy development as well as the details of a<br />

required new production technique for manufacturing a compound<br />

product by the hot isostatic pressing (HIP) technology,<br />

which has been developed with advanced finite element method<br />

(FEM) modelling.<br />

Viscosity controlling<br />

Heat<br />

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systems is proud to offer you the new and improved Viscomaster. The team of Viscomaster,<br />

Controller and Steam valve will manage the right viscosity for your engine. Whether there<br />

is fuel blending or pure fuel, our viscosity system keeps it at the preset viscosity.<br />

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