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Lifetime of
Occasion Connecting Rods
Our medium-speed engine types are successfully used
in ships and power plants worldwide. There are engines PrimeServ Customer Information
which have been in service as long as 25 years or more.
No. 344 / April 2015
Many of these engines have already reached more than
100,000 operating hours.
Concerns
During their operation, diesel engines are subjected to MAN Diesel & Turbo four-stroke engines:
certain stress which inevitably leads to aging and wear. V28/33D, L+V32/40, L+V32/40CD,
This also applies to the connection rods. L+V32/44CR, V35/44G, L+V40/45,
L+V40/54B, L+V52/55, L+V48/60,
Experience L+V48/60B, L+V51/60DF, L58/64
Field experience and measurements have shown that the Filing Advice
Assembly group / work card 030
maximum ovality value of the big end bearing bore is
reached at a component operating time of approximately
100,000 running hours.
Relative movements between the contact surface and
the bearing can either cause a plastic deformation of the
big end bearing bore directly, or the ovality value can be
exceeded due to fretting and several reworks according
to our PrimeServ Customer Information “Fretting at
Conrod Bearings” (CUS275).
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE PrimeServ PrimeServ PrimeServ
Head office (& postal address) After Sales Augsburg After Sales Technical After Sales Commercial
Stadtbachstraße 1 Stadtbachstraße 1 Stadtbachstraße 1 Stadtbachstraße 1
86153 Augsburg 86153 Augsburg 86153 Augsburg 86153 Augsburg
Germany Germany Germany Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 821 322 0 Phone: +49 (0) 821 322 3509 Phone: +49 (0) 821 322 1499 (24-h-hotline) Phone: +49 (0) 821 322 1799 (24-h-hotline)
Fax: +49 (0) 821 322 3382 Fax: +49 (0) 821 322 1530 Fax: +49 (0) 821 322 3838 Fax: +49 (0) 821 322 3574
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Recommendation
Please note that the ovality measurments can only be taken with completely assembled and tightened
connecting rods (big end bearing body and conrod depending on engine type). If the maximum value is
exceeded, we recommend to refurbish the conrod in one of our PrimeServ workshops. Below please find
the maximal permitted values for ovality.
Max. operating
Engine types lifetime ovality
V28/33D, L+V32/40, L+V32/40CD, L+V32/44CR, V35/44G
L+V40/45, L40/54B, L+V48/60, L+V48/60B 0.04 mm
L52/55, L+V51/60DF, L58/64
V52/55 0.02 mm
Furthermore we recommend to exchange the connecting rods latest at 100,000 running hours by new ones.
Contact
Should you have any queries, our Technical Service will be pleased to be of assistance:
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
86224 Augsburg
Tel.: +49 (0) 821 322-4063
Fax: +49 (0) 821 322-3838
E-mail: primeserv-aug-technical@[Link]
Stefan Eefting Jörn Holst
Vice President Senior Manager
After Sales After Sales Technical
Please forward this information to your technical operating personnel and
remember to inform us of the current operating hours of your MAN Diesel & Turbo engines.
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