TECHNOLOGY REVIEW - Camelot Technologies Group

EASY APPLICATION
An important design principle of the Wärtsilä
32 is to build as much auxiliary equipment as
possible on the engine. This goes for lube oil
and water pumps, lube oil cooler and filter,
engine control and monitoring. Application
work is thus reduced to a minimum. However,
the engine still needs connections to the
plant or ship control system. The trend is
increasingly towards standardized modules.
To make full use of this from the installation
cost point of view, the engine should support
smooth interfacing. The Wärtsilä 32 comes
in a number of standard options, e.g. a
turbocharger at either end of the engine and
one- or two-stage charge air cooling, without
sacrificing the easy interfacing principle.
EASY MAINTENANCE
Efficient and easy maintenance is incorporated
into the design. In combination with the long
intervals between overhauls, the hours spent
on maintenance are reduced to a minimum.
The lube oil filtration is one good example.
Hydraulics are used for pre-tension of the
cylinder head screws, all the connecting rod
screws, and the main bearing screws. The
distinctive Wärtsilä feature with individual
hydraulic jacks for each main bearing is of
course adopted. The unique fuel line design
enables injection pump exchange with a
minimum of work with less risk of error.
The multiduct arrangement allows the
cylinder head to be lifted without removal of
water pipes, while the slide-in connections
on the manoeuvring side allows it to be lifted
without removal of oil or air pipes. The water
pumps are easy to replace thanks to the
cassette design principle and water channel
arrangement in the pump cover at the free end
of the engine. There is greater accessibility to
all the above components thanks to a minimal
number of pipes and an ergonomic component
design.
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