DRY DOCK - RUDDER WORK

RUDDERS ARE GENERALLY OF

FRAMEWORK AND SHEET METAL
CONSTRUCTION AND THEREFORE
THEY HAVE TO BE CHECKED FOR
CORROSION, WEAR AND CRACKS. THE
RUDDER WEAR DOWN IS A MEASURED
TO INDICATE EXCESSIVE WEAR IN THE
STEERING GEAR SYSTEM
PARTICULARLY THE RUDDER CARRIER.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IS THAT
FOR RAM SYSTEMS EXCESSIVE WEAR
CAN LEAD TO BENDING MOMENTS ON
THE RAMS. THE READINGS TAKEN ARE
OFFERED FOR RECORDING BY THE
CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY.
TRAMMEL
THIS TAKES THE FORM OF AN 'L' SHAPE
BAR OF SUITABLE CONSTRUCTION.
WHEN THE VESSEL IS BUILT A
DISTINCT CENTRE PUNCH MARK IS
PLACED ONTO THE RUDER STOCK AND
ONTO A SUITABLE LOCATION ON THE
VESSELS STRUCTURE, HERE GIVEN AS
A GIRDER WHICH IS TYPICAL. THE
TRAMMEL IS MANUFACTURED TO SUIT
THESE MARKS AS THE CARRIER
WEARS THE UPPER POINTER WILL
FALL BELOW THE CENTRE PUNCH
MARK BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
WEAR DOWN.
RUDDER CLEARANCE
PADS ARE WELDED TO THE HULL AND
RUDDER. A CLEARANCE IS GIVEN
( SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE
JUMPING CLEARANCE). AS THE
CARRIER WEARS THIS CLEARANCE
WILL INCREASE.

PROCESS OF REMOVING A RUDDER
(STEP BY STEP):
THE ACCESS PANELS IN THE RUDDER
ARE CUT OUT AFTER THE SHIP IS IN
DRY DOCK. THE RUDDER IS HELD IN
PLACE WITH CHAIN FALLS AND THE
RUDDER STOCK IS THEN REMOVED
ALONG WITH THE MECHANICAL
CONNECTIONS INSIDE THE SHIP. THE
RUDDER STOCK IS THEN LIFTED OUT
THROUGH HOLES IN THE SHIPS DECKS.
THE RUDDER IS THEN LOWERED AND
TILTED UNTIL THE PINTLE PIN IS FREE
OF ITS BEARING SURFACE IN THE
RUDDER HORN. THE RUDDER IS THEN
REMOVED AND SET UP VERTICALLY IN
A WORK BAY. THE PINTLE PIN NUT
ACCESS PANEL IS REMOVED AND THE
PINTLE PIN NUT IS REMOVED. THE
PINTLE PIN IS THEN REMOVED.
USUALLY THE PINTLE PIN IS VERY
LOOSE IN THE PINTLE PIN BORE AND
THAT IS USUALLY THE REASON THE
RUDDER IS BEING REMOVED.
CLEARANCES OF UP TO !" INCH HAVE
BEEN FOUND WHERE METAL#TO#METAL
INTERFERENCE FIT SHOULD EXIST.
SHOWN BELOW ARE SOME DRAWINGS
INDICATING THE COMPONENTS AND
THE STEP BY STEP PROCESS OF
DISASSEMBLING OF THE RUDDER$
FIGURE. SUPPORTING THE RUDDER
WITH CHAINFALLS.
FIGURE %. REMOVING THE RUDDER
STOCK NUT.
FIGURE &. MOVING THE RUDDER AND
PINTLE PIN ASSEMBLY AWAY FROM
THE SHIPS HULL.
FIGURE ". REMOVING THE PINTLE PIN
AND NUT FROM THE RUDDER.
FIGURE '. USING A TIGHT WIRE
ARRANGEMENT TO DETERMINE THE
CENTER OF THE TAPERED BORES.