INVITATION – Next generation Blending-on-Board @ Danish Maritime Fair 2016
October 5, 2016
Come visit Maersk Fluid Technology at the Copenhagen-based maritime fair
Danish Maritime Fair is approaching and Maersk Fluid Technology will for the first time have a booth exhibiting the latest generation of Blending-on-Board lubrication optimization systems, as well as offer hands-on sessions with our state-of-the-art scrapedown XRF analyzer and a preview of our new online lube-oil consumption monitoring system.
- When: October 25-27
- Who to meet: The Maersk Fluid Technology technical & commercial team
- Free Tickets: Click here
When visiting us, take the chance to:
- Learn about innovative 2-stroke engine lubrication solutions
- Perform an accurate scrape-down analysis – Bring your own scrape-down sample or borrow one of ours
- Try our “augmented reality” blender investigator
- Stay for a while – there’s Danish beer on tap !
We are looking forward to seeing you at the Danish Maritime Fair in Copenhagen!
Tanker Shipping & Trade: Blending-on-Board is ok for newer engines from MAN Diesel & Turbo
August 9, 2016
In their June/July 2016 issue, Tanker Shipping & Trade brought a story regarding MAN’s confirmation of “Blending-on-Board” being OK for for MAN Mark 8 and Mark 9 engines, based on MAN statement given at Chevron Marine Lubricant’s seminar September 2015.
Read the full story at Tankershipping.com or download it here.
See our next-generation Blending-on-Board at SMM 2016
July 26, 2016
With current industry concerns about cold corrosion, and the need to adjust fuel sulphur levels to meet emissions limits, the importance of using cylinder oil of the correct alkalinity level has never been greater. Experience in some of the world’s largest fleets has proved that BOB is a simple, low-cost, flexible, reliable and environmentally-friendly method of achieving this. |
Run at minimum recommended cylinder lubrication regardless of fuel sulphur content. Sune Lilbaek, Head of Sales at Maersk Fluid Technology, explains: | “The BOB system added to the existing lubrication system and after installation it will no longer be necessary to adjust cylinder oil feed rates is needed regardless of the sulphur content in the fuel oil. When switching from traditional lubrication oil to our future-proof blending system, experience with the current 200 installations has proved that it will be possible to achieve lubrication at or close to the lowest allowed consumption of lubricant as specified by the engine manufacturer. This results in the cylinder lubricant from the BOB system always matching the sulphur content in the fuel. It is no longer necessary to increase lubricant supply to counter corrosive wear or fouling – instead the concentration of BN and other additives are adjusted on-the-fly, creating a fit-for-purpose cylinder oil at same or better quality than a standard fixed-BN cylinder oil. Being able to match lubricant with the fuel in use translates to proven reductions of up to 50% in consumption. Once the system has been set up, on-board engineers will merely need to enter the sulphur content of the fuel in use and the system will automatically blend a cylinder oil matching the fuel sulphur – the process can be fully automated and does not require interaction from the operator. “ |
Best of all – BOB is easily retrofitted to existing vessels Utilising the in-use system oil for blending is a clear-cut win for the engine As the oil used for blending down the concentrate is taken from the in-use system oil, system oil is frequently replenished with new stock. This prevents the oil quality deterioration that otherwise takes place for any system oil. As a result, anti-wear and detergency properties are as for a new oil and on top of this, the system oil viscosity is maintained and waste system oil disposal and oil cleaning energy consumption is reduced by up to 80%. Experience has shown that by maintaining the original viscosity of the system oil, friction losses are reduced and fuel consumption has proven to be cut by up to 1.5%. Cleaner system oil has, in addition, a positive impact on wear of components and maintenance of separators and filters. Taking into account the reduced fuel and lubricating oil consumption and lower waste oil disposal costs, payback times of less than two years can be expected. Read the full press release at our media partners Press Release library |
Maersk Tankers orders 12 Blending-On-Board systems for medium-size MAN Diesel & Wärtsilä 2-stroke engines |
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