PrimeServ

Piraeus
Technical Service Team
Dry-dock of ME engines

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Save MAN resources and time:

By letting MAN PrimeServ Piraeus perform your dry-dock, you save a significant on-board work
load and delegate responsibility to MAN Energy Solutions to ensure your engine’s performance
optimization.

Service jobs for Main Engines

(ME-C and ME-B) during dry-dock

Maintenance of Hydraulic
Cylinder Unit (HCU) 5 Chain Drive Inspection 10

Introduction Maintenance of Hydraulic

Power Supply (HPS) 6
Safety system, UPS
and Tacho System Inspection 11

PrimeServ Piraeus Technical Service Team

We welcome you to the MAN family: We want you to perform your engine at its best.
As OEM, it is our highest aim to always find the best solution for more availability, safety
Engine Control System
and efficiency. To ensure that, PrimeServ Piraeus offers a lot of high quality products
and services. Furthermore, we always want to be close to you: With this useful booklet, (ECS) Inspection 7 Sea Trials 12
we want to be by your side and show you our services regarding the Dry-Docks
of ME-C and ME-B engines.

MAN Energy Solutions can provide you with the knowledge and expertise needed
on all engine types, designs and licensees. The dry-docking guide gives valuable input
to the execution of your 5-year plan.
MAN Energy Solutions is acknowledged worldwide as the engine designer of choice
for bulk carriers, tankers and container vessels of all capacities and sizes. Our customers
value the longevity, reliability and high quality of our low-speed engine designs.
The Technical Service team located in Piraeus is available to support you with technical
assistance on all aspects of your engine’s performance.
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Maintenance of
Hydraulic Cylinder
Unit (HCU)
All-important components

Description Benefits – Targets

Fuel oil pressure booster overhaul - Maintain your engine’s reliability

- Cleaning - Our experienced engineers are able
- Renewal of seals to carry out a complete evaluation of
- Suction valves and throttle valves inspection and replacement - if necessary your engine’s HCU with a minimum
- Plungers and Top Cover renewal if necessary expenditure of time
- Drain position’s check (action to be performed during trials) - The check-up will provide you with
Exhaust valve actuators overhaul detailed results about the operation
- Cleaning of each component of your engine’s
- Renewal of seals HCU
- Testing of non-return valves - End-up with targeted recommendations
- Inspection of all sliding surfaces
ELFI /FIVA valve on-board overhaul
- Cleaning
- Renewal of seals
- Evaluation of condition for all sliding surfaces using endoscopic camera
- Endoscopic inspection of the proportional valve (replacement as per running
hours)
- Cabling inspection and correction as per MAN recommendations
- Jiggling inspection through HCU events log
- Function test of HCU, both for fuel injection and exhaust valve operation
- Calibration of feedback sensor - if necessary
Accumulators’ overhaul
- Inspection of thread, membrane and relevant sealing ring replacement
- Nitrogen pressure check and adjustment
- Charging with Nitrogen - if necessary
Lubricators’ overhaul
- Cleaning
- Mechanical and electrical inspections
- Renewal of Solenoid valves, O-rings, sealing rings, non-return valves and
feedback sensors
- Inspection of Lubricating quills injection - Verification of Cylinder Lubricators proper Hydraulic Cylinder Unit (HCU)
operation through scavenge space for each cylinder
- Check of cylinder lubrication slow down function
- Evaluation of running surfaces of internal parts (plungers, actuating piston etc.)
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Maintenance of Engine Control

Hydraulic Power System (ECS)
Supply (HPS) Inspection
The driving power of your engine Taking care of your engine’s brain

Description Benefits – Targets Description Benefits – Targets

- Replacement of proportional valves - Optimizes the operation of your HPS - - Visual inspection of the cabling - It is essential for an ME-C/ME-B
(@20.000hrs) the driving power of your engine - Inspection of MPC cabinets and their engine that all cabling & electronic
- Replacement of high pressure flexible - Ensures proper and trouble free proper isolation from the external components are inspected in order to
hoses (@32.000hrs) operation of all the hydraulic system environment ensure safe operation of the vessel.
- Accumulators’ overhaul of ME Engines according to MAN - Inspection of junction boxes and their The engine, which is electronically
- Engine driven pumps’ function test specifications proper isolation from the external controlled, consists of lots of
and calibration of swash plate - Hydraulic system’s integrity environment equipment and network cables
feedback sensor - Inspection of power distributor channel and communicates huge amount
- Operational inspection of system’s - Inspection of Local Operation Panel of control data signals
pressure relief valves - Inspection of Auxiliary Blower remote - Sensitivity of electronic components
- Adjustment of start-up pumps’ functionality requires thorough inspection, care and
pressure relief valves - if necessary - Inspection of PMI system maintenance. It is recommended that
- Testing of hydraulic pressure build-up - Inspection of Tacho and amplifiers’ all boxes and cabinets of electronic
time cabling and termination components are properly sealed from
- Trace and rectification of any possible - Inspection of start-up pumps’ remote the external environment, preventing
leaks functionality dust and humidity from affecting the
- Checking of Startup pump’s remote / Hydraulic Power Supply (HPS) proper operation of electronics Multi Purpose Controller (MPC)
manual operation mode - Secure engine’s proper operation
and avoidance of electrical/electronic
related alarms
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Chain Drive Safety system,

Inspection UPS and Tacho
Reliable and safe engine operation System Inspection
Optimizing engine performance

Description Benefits – Targets

Inspection and function test
- Chain drive visually inspected - Overall inspection and evaluation of safety system
- Inspection of chain condition of the chain drive system
- Check of rollers freely movement - Recommendations according to MAN Description
- Inspection of gear case guidelines and your engine’s specific
- Inspection of all sprockets and gears, data - Testing of slow down and shut down alarms
measurements to be taken - if necessary
- Inspection of guide bars
- Check of tightening
- Check of oil injectors
Inspection of UPS system and insulation
- Measurement of chain’s length
- Inspection of step-up gear Description

- Check of insulation level in between UPS and Ship’s ground

- Handling of low insulation and electrical noise issues and rectification of
any abnormalities – where possible

Chain Angle encoder

Maintenance and Inspection

of Tacho System
Description Benefits – Targets

- Check Encoders Adjustment, verifying the proper triggering angle at 0º, 45º, 90º, - Optimized timing of your engine with
135º, visually and through Tacho Function Test while turning the engine with the significant results in performance and
turning gear consumption
- Inspection of Reference Sensor at the flywheel and clearance measurement - Recommendations and guidelines
- Inspection of working condition of both amplifier boxes, amplifier test passed to the crew for proper
- General inspection of the Tacho system for loose bolts and screws arrangement and adjustment of the
- Preparation of ready to plug MSA back-up signal Tacho system for future use and
reference
- Secure proper operation of UPS
system and insulation
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Sea Trials
We are with you

Check the engine condition prior Benefits – Targets

to start:
- Optimized engine setting will result
- Starting test in Local, ECR and Bridge in reduced operating costs, better
including slow turn and air run function performance, more efficient operation
- Monitoring of all signal values in - Guidelines passed to the crew for
CoCoS-EDS program proper balancing of the engine
- Adjustment of fuel quality offset - Cylinder lubrication recommendations
- Tacho Function Test according to MAN Service Letters
- Adjustments on/through
PMI - if necessary

Start the engine:

- TDC calibration (requires extensive Sea trials, Performance adjustments

and evaluation
running of M/E above 50% MCR Load)
- Balancing of the engine, performance
adjustments
- Test on different loads and
performance evaluation
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Service report:
Upon finalization of dry-dock project, a comprehensive report of the jobs carried out is provided, including
recommendations based on large service experience of MAN.
The final report is an objective and documented analysis giving you the actual picture of the engine and its condition.
The report explains any issues and, where required, recommends possible improvements and spare parts.
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185 38 Piraeus
Greece

Phone: +30 210 45 87 900

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All data provided in this document

is non-binding. This data serves
informational purposes only and is not
guaranteed in any way. Depending
on the subsequent specific individual
projects, the relevant data may be
subject to changes and will be assessed
and determined individually for each
project. This will depend on the particular
characteristics of each individual
project, especially specific site and
operational conditions.
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