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Amarineenginecomprisesofseveraltypesofbearingswhichsupporttherotatingandreciprocating
crankshaft,camshaft,andcrossheadoftheengine,enablingthemarineenginetoperformthedesired
operationofpowergeneration.Itisveryimportanttomaintainagoodqualityandquantityoflubricating
oiltoallthesebearingsinordertoavoidbreakdownoftheengine.

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Themainbearingofamarineenginesupportsthelongrunningcrankshaftthroughouttheenginelength.
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Theclearancemeasurementofthemainbearingdeterminestheamountofweardownthebearinghas
beensubjectedto.Therearevarioustypesofmethodsadoptedbydifferentmarineengine
manufacturerstomeasuretheclearanceofmainbearingofmarineengine.Followingaresomeofthe
mostprominentmethodsusedonboardshipstomeasuretheclearanceofmainbearing:
1)BridgewithDepthGauge
ThismethodisusedinSULZER2strokemarineengineswherethebearingsshellisremovedalong
withthekeep(thebearingshellislinedwiththekeep).Afterthatabridgeisfittedoverthetopofjournal
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pin,fromporttostarboard,makingabridgeoverthecrankshaftwithtwoendssupportedonthecross
girder.

Asimpleverniertypedepthgaugeistheninsertedintheholeprovidedonthebridgeandthescaleof
depthgaugeisrestedonthecrankshaftpin.Thetotaldepthonthescaleismeasuredandcompared
withthepreviousreadingandthereadinginthemanualforcalculatingtheweardownofbearing.
InoldmodelSULZERengines,acollarisprovidedinthebearingshellalongwithasmallhole.Thus
withoutremovingthekeep,thebridgeisfittedadjacenttothekeepandthedepthgaugeisusedfrom
theholeprovidedintheshelltomeasuretheshellweardown.

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2)BridgeWithFeelerGauge
Insomeengines,afterremovingtheshellandthekeep,thebridgeisinstalledasexplainedintheabove
point.Also,inplaceofdepthgauge,afeelergaugeisusedtomeasuretheclearancebetweenthe
journalpintopandthebridgebottom.Thebridgeusedhereisdifferentintermsofheightandthegap
betweenthepinandthebridgeisverylessascomparedtothatofthebridgeusedintheabove
mentionedmethod.

3)TelescopicorSwedishFeelerGauge
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InengineslikeMANB&W,thisisthemostcommonmethodusedtomeasurethebearingclearanceof
thetopshell.Inthismethodthereisnoneedtoremoveanyconnectionorkeepformeasuringthe
clearance.

Thetelescopicgaugeisinsertedbetweenthegapofthecrankwebandthebearingkeep.Whenthetip
reachestheshelltop,thefeelerisinsertedbetweentheshellandthepintochecktheclearance.

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4)DialtypeDepthGauge
ThismethodisusedinnewMANB&Wengines(SMCC)whichdoesnotrequirethetopkeeptobe
removed.Thelubeoilpipeconnectionscrewholeisinthebearingkeepwhichcanbeaccessedfrom
theholeonthebearingshell.

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Thedialgaugeisinsertedinthisscrewholeandthereadingistakenastheclearanceforuppershell.
ForcompletebearingoverhaulprocedurepleasedreadProcedureforRemovingMainBearingof
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