By: Thomas Yoon Corrosion causes a lot of problems in maintenance. Machines get worn out, structures become weakened, appearance gets tarnished and metals like iron do not last as long as we wanted them to. Yet not every wearing of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hull The hull is the main body of the ship that floats on the water. In order to provide the maximum space to store cargo, the hull is constructed with a rectangular cross section. The fore and aft centerline […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Opening boiler manhole safely Mabuk, the cadet engineer is given the task of opening up the manholes in a steam boiler so that the other marine engineers can do the Boiler Inspection later on.Mabuk can do it safely if you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Troubleshooting Centrifugal Pumps Because most of the pumps on board ship are centrifugal pumps, we will examine the symptoms and common causes of centrifugal pump problems here. Centrifugal pumps work, as the name suggests, on the centrifugal forces acting on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stopping water completely The housing of a general service seawater pump is badly corroded. Mabuk intends to patch up the corroded parts by using plastic steel repair kit compound. But the valve servicing this pump cannot be closed properly. Most […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cylinder Liner Crack “We just have a scavenge fire in our main engine and now the cylinder liner is cracked!” Bad news! We are in the middle of the ocean and we have a cylinder liner crack. The engine cannot […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Leaking Sea Water Pipe! Mabuk’s ship is in danger of flooding! There is a seawater pipe that is leaking badly. If left unattended, the pipe may burst with grave consequences. Mabuk the Cadet Engineer has to solve this problem very […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Have you tried to find a solution for Mabuk? How do you repair the thin walled seawater pipe to the electrical generators if you cannot patch it with electric arc welding? If you have given up, or you want to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our reader, Fred Thibodeau of J.S. Barry Industries, has contributed an alternative solution to help Mabuk out. He can be contacted at: leakmaster1@aol.com Thank you, Fred! First, Mabuk did some measurement to to find out the actual diameter of the leaking […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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