WILTON-FIJENOORD DOXFORD ENGINE
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2008
- Wilton-Fijenoord was the first DOXFORD ENGINE builder on the European Continent.
This is a 6-cylinder DOXFORD for the "ms CAMARQUE" a French oil tanker.
DOXFORD: cylindere bore 700 mm, Horsepower 7750 - Авто та транспорт
@douro20
Those are the RUBBER hoses conveying cooling *water* to the upper pistons, and sometimes, the ****ing hoses woud come off their bottom (plate level) fittings, and if you were REAL quick, you could run up the ladders, grab the hose end flailing around like a demented viper, ignore the stream of HOT water spraying all over you, shove the rubber hose back on its fitting, and then tighten the Jubilee clips up a bit more to KEEP the bloody things where they belonged.
Fun, eh?
When they where running these machines let running in the Wilton Fijenoord factory it was not allowed to do chirugerie in the hospital near by the Wilton Fijenoord shipyard because you could feel it in the hospital and surrounding of the shipyard! For my Wilton Fijenoord museum I picked up the Doxford model which was made by the Wilton Fijenoord school and was missing for 22 years! 🙂🎉🎊
@herbgarratt That's exactly what an old ships' engineer, now in his 80's, told me, and once turbo chargers for big conventional diesels became reliable, the Doxfords and their kin passed into history without too much regret from the engineers.
The only time at sea I ever woke up was when #1 unit broke a side rod top end bolt, and the upper piston was in the process of starting to climb out of the bore, allowing the transverse beam to bash the bottle guide tie bars....97 times a minute.
In my jeans, I went down below, to find the 2nd (duty) engineer in the frig flat, charging the gas, UNAWARE that it was happening!
I tapped him on the shoulder, semi-dragged him out, and pointed up from the middle level (Port) to what was happening.
Those damn cooling hoses...
@peteacher52
He was right.
There was *almost* ALWAYS 'somehting to do' to a Doxford, once in port.
As an engineer on these six leg Doxfords, they worked well but by todays technology a bit too large and outdated,, good fun though and the sound was like music, mv Baharistan, mv Turkistan, Strick line uk
Ex Port Line engineer….still wish I was back there…..Doxfords….some Port Line ships had 2….aaaaaahhhj.
Those cooling hoses …
The way the braces securing the oil tubes move it looks almost as if the engine is shaking out of control from some angles...
Yes, you are right, but there are no more new ones, only a very few old ones;
Regards
Alfons, also DEFA member
souvenirs de jeunesse
@herbgarratt
That must had been one very lengthy and VERY expensive job to repair it.
Dit Filmpje moet ook op de FaseBook pagina van Wilton Fijenoord te zien zijn. Is dat mogelijk
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Jawel, gebruik maar met naamsvermelding !
@@averheijden bedankt! Zal ik doen!
What is the pipe stuff flapping around on side ?
For cooling the upper piston.
Doesn't this take me back.
My first ship was fitted with a 5 cylinder Doxford.
Average speed 97 rpm.
We slept next to the engine room casing. After a couple of days you got used to it. Only a change of speed would wake you up.
Mooi filmpje van mijn motor.
@douro20
They were no pleasure to maintain, and repair, I assure you!
Why?
completely mysterious. Don't even know what I'm looking at.
This was a Propulsion engine for a Merchant Navy ship, a Doxford engine with opposed working pistons
one of those needlessly complicated, expensive, unreliabledesign that killed British engineering.
These remarks, only with the knowledge of today, in the past it was a break through owing to the long piston stroke (2,30 Meters)
In it's day it was amazing and powerful, did you invent something better and have any qualifications ?
@@billsmith305 The man is a former marine engineer who has lots of experience with Doxford's
Not the case,ship owners of the day chose the most efficient economical reliable engines on the market,Doxfords +HW BWs served this purpose.