How'd ya like to be the guy who has to get out and jack up the trailor to change a flat!

 

That is a 300 ton crankshaft .Havi sent me a link with some info on it .The crank & rod journals are 38 " in dia. and 16" wide .My head hurt after reading the fact pages .Beyond comprehension .Needed some tall bottles of golden liquid to calm the grey matter !!

 

funny, i just got this emailed to me last night... here are the details per the email, if anyone wants me to forward the email to them PM me with their account and i'll send it.


The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works ofJapan 's Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken. It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them. The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version.
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Fuel consumption at maximum power is 0.278 lbs per hp per hour (Brake Specific Fuel Consumption). Fuel consumption at maximum economy is 0.260 lbs/hp/hour. At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.
For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range.
Even at its most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour.

The internals of this engine are a bit different than most automotive engines.
The top of the connecting rod is not attached directly to the piston. The top of the connecting rod attaches to a "crosshead" which rides in guide channels. A long piston rod then connects the crosshead to the piston.
I assume this is done so the the sideways forces produced by the connecting rod are absorbed by the crosshead and not by the piston. Those sideways forces are what makes the cylinders in an auto engine get oval-shaped over time.
Installing the "thin-shell" bearings. Crank & rod journals are 38" in diameter and 16" wide:

 

That thing is absolutley radical, amazing what mankind can build...By the way I'm in my mock up stages right now..lol

 

That kinda truns my crank

 

Hey Links....What is the HP to weight ratio?

 

0.0236 hp/lb
(108920/(2300*2000))

102 rotations per MINUTE, 6120 revs PER HOUR, 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour.( .27 gallons per rotation). at full power..

Sam

 

well i think ive seen just about both extremes now. i just got done building a two cylinder compressed air engine in my college machining class, measures about two by three inches total. and now this. and a lathe big enough to turn the crank on that would require one gutsy operater wow. who wants to help me put it in a pinto. lol

 

By my count there are 14 wheels on each side under it, my best guess is that there are currently 7 (or 14) pinotos under it now.

 

I think I recognize the new Hyundai logo in there.

 

Holy crap! The crankcase has built in ladders!

 

That's so they can daisy chain the buckets to carry the oil out when doing an oil change.

 

maybe napa will carry parts for it

 

Can you imagine throwing a timing chain on that thing - blub blub blub!

 

dain i got all excited when i seen it !!!!!!! the wife come peeking 'round the corner, she thought i was drooling over one of those sites !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!