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Power demand
Clearance between tip and hull kW
Pressure pulses
Submerge in ballast conditions
(mainly for oil tankers)
Rev. speed of direct coupled low
speed engine (seldom)
In few merchant ships propeller
reaches below ship base line
(excpetion GTS Finnjet 0.5 m)
To the right traditional
thumb rule
3%
10 %
LPP / m
T/m
B/m
250
0.8
20
200
0.7
60
50
15
LPP / m
40
150
30
B/m
0.6
10
100
20
T/m
10
CB
0.5
50
10000
20000
30000
50000 dwt
Vessel
speed kn
30
25
20
16
15
15
14
10
13
5
2
2000
5000
10000
40000
80000 dwt
8.5
8.0
7.5
30
25
20
Propeller
diameter
m
7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
15
10
5
2
50
60 70
SHAFTLINE
One or several intermediate shafts and one propeller shaft.
Generally horizontal line, sometimes rising to foreship direction.
Shafts in twin propeller ship are seldom parallel.
Shaft diameter calculated on class equation. Material and ice class
influence here.
Sterntube includes propeller shaft bearings. Practically always plain
bearings with either water or oil lubrication.
Seals at both sterntube ends. They allow relatively large shaft
movements. Tightness in confirmed when pressure difference between
inside and outside remains inside limits (about 0.4 bar).
Shaftline must be removable for inspection and replacement of seals
and bearings. Withdrawal either inside or outside.
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Sterntube
Bulkhead
located inside
protective tube
Flangeless coupling
Aft seal
5
10
11
12
13
Fore seal
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Connection to
cold water line
Header
tank
Pressure
line
Sterntube bearing
Oil
tank
Header tank
fill pumps
Transfer pump
to storage tank
Ventilation Ventilation
Compressed air supply
Pressure control
Aft seal
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Bearing
Fore seal
Oil return
Conus
Face seal
Oil feed
Internal liner
Assembly support
Hydraulic pressure
stretches the screw and
simultaneously reduces
the external diameter. In
this state the nut is
installed.
At relief of oil pressure the
screw is expanding and
compresses to the flange
bores. The hydraulic tool is
then removed.
Bore and screws machined
with
tight tolerances.
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Nut
Sterntube bearing
No bearing metal lining in
the way of oil feed channels
N
P
A
R
F
5
2
20
45
A
200-299
300-399
400-499
500-699
700-900
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B
min. 28
min. 30
min. 33
min. 36
min. 40
C
*
*
*
*
*
D
4
4
4
4
4
F
25
25
25
25
25
J
35
40
45
50
55
K M
N
10 80 95-240
10 80 170-340
10 80 245-440
10 110 290-515
10 140 410-785
O P
R
25 3 70-100
25 3 105-135
25 3 140-170
35 3 175-205
35 3 245-315
Propeller
Hydraulic nut
Threaded
end
section
Protective
coverl
Oil supply
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Chromium
protective
liner
12
10
8
6
4
2
60 40
Astern
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20
20
40
60
Ahead
Mechanisms
Connecting rod
Crank-pin
Slot-pin
In the OD box
Piston movement
In
Indication
Rotating
shaft
Ahead
OD-box borders
Ahead
Blade
2.
Fastening screws
3.
Sealing ring
4.
5.
Hub frame
6.
Piston
7.
Cylinder
8.
Protection cover
9.
Feed valve
m
Gap is positive when
opening in the lower
side is bigger that in the
upper side = n - m
n
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Main piston,
here bowltype directly
connected
to cross
head.
Thrust bearing
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Roller bearing
located close
to the bevel
gear wheels.
Servo valve
allows high
pressure oil to
fore or aft side
on main piston
Runko-osa
Air channel
Air cooling
Hydraulic slewing
motor
Shaft seal
mainentance in
drydock
Voith-Schneider propeller
Voith-Schneider is the only maker or vertical shaft propellers, so
called trochoid propeller. Two vertical shaft propellers are still a
popular solution for tugboats, even if expensive and heavy
construction. Low acoustic emission is asset in naval craft.