Metalock Brasil carries out repairs on vessel’s vibration damper seals and springs
Metalock Brasil has replaced the seals and springs in the shaft vibration damper of a vessel’s main engine in the port of Santos, on the Brazilian São Paulo State coast, the largest port complex in Latin America. The outer cover had to be removed, in view of access to the compartment through No. 1 cylinder […]
Metalock Brasil rebuilds internal chamber of inert gas generator for Greek vessel
A major Greek ship owner client of Metalock Brasil since the 1980s experienced a fault in the inert gas generator cooling system of one of his vessels, which has triggered problems in the inner chamber. The fault caused the chamber’s 316L grade stainless steel structure to shrink due to lack of cooling and other severe […]
Metalock Brasil carries out the replacement of vessel’s main engine bearing
Metalock Brasil technicians were called to attend a vessel in the port of Itajaí, a Brazilian port complex, located in the State of Santa Catarina. At the site, they verified the need to perform the substitution of the bearing, located between the numbers four and five cylinders of the main engine. Before starting the service, […]
Metalock Brasil performs cold repair
Metalock Brasil performed the cold repair on a Base 10000 that presented several faults, on behalf of a company of German origin, located in the interior of São Paulo State. Among the diagnosed faults were various castings in the lower part, faults in the oil tunnel and two ribs on the right side of the […]
