OPERATING

INSTRUCTION
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Service, Wärtsilä Nederland B.V.
Engine section Engine type Ref. Date Issue Document No. Page
General arrangement 18V38A Service 21.02.2008 02 OI38/8706/25 1(7)

18V38A Instructions for alignment of

flexible mounted engines
Subject Final alignment procedure and no-go criteria.
(Supplement of Technical Bulletin TB38/8706/09)

Recommendations 1. Check the engine alignment at 2000, 4000, 8000, 12000,

16000, 20000 and 24000 running hours. At 24000 running
hours renewal of all elements.
2. Check the creep of the rubber mounts by measuring the
height between engine block and girder at regular times.
3. Adhere to the recommendations in this Technical Bulletin
"Introduction of new flexible elements and longitudinal
positioning blocks"
4. Maximum permanent set of the elements after 24 hours
(unloaded) is a minimum height of 133 mm.
5. The engine vibration condition indicates whether the
elements should be replaced or not.

Instructions
In addition to Technical Bulletin TB38/8706/09, see for final
alignment procedure and no-go criteria the following pages 2
u.t.i. 7. Use also the following drawings (enclosures):

• 8706DT946 Installation of the new elements with

positioning blocks.
• 9501DT321 Engine girder modification for longitudinal
position blocks.

Applies to All 18V38A engines with ABB generator and Vulkan Rato-S-
coupling.

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1. Alignment criteria for initial alignment

The new alignment criteria can be found in the table below.

Adjustment limit No go criteria Remarks

1.1 Radial Alignment +0.2 ± 0.2 mm -1.0 mm Vertical plane
1.2 Radial Alignment 0 ± 0.2 mm. ± 0.5 mm Horizontal plane
1.3 Build-in size 155.4 ± 0.8 mm No gap between position block
1.4 Angular Alignment 0 ± 0.1 mm 0.3 mm

1.1 Radial alignment - Vertical plane.

To eliminate influences of growing of the flexible mounts caused by temperature rise during running

the alignment must be done with a warm engine at final alignment check.

During running at full load the engine raises 0.4 mm

Maximum creep of the elements during the first 8000 running hours 25 % or 3mm
16000 running hours 5 % or 1mm
24000 running hours 5 % or 1mm

If the radial alignment in the vertical plane is set with an offset of 0.2 mm (generator 0.2 mm lower.

Final alignment criteria: +0.2 ±0.2 mm. (Engine higher than Generator)

1.2 Radial alignment - Horizontal plane.

In the horizontal plane the engine runs around zero, and no offset is required.
Alignment criteria: 0-±0.2 mm.

1.3 Axial displacement.

The engine moves 2.5 mm towards the generator at full load, caused by the resulting forces against
the engine due to lubricating oil, cooling-water pressures and shortening of the "Vulkan" coupling.
The gap of the axial position blocks must be set at 0 mm (in the situation: engine stopped).
Alignment criteria with gap position block of 0 mm: 155.4 ±0.8 mm.

1.4 Angular of axial alignment

No off-set is applicable. The adjustment limit 0 ± 0.1mm No-Go 0.3 mm
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2. Alignment procedure of 18V38 engine with ABB generator and

Vulkan-coupling
2.1 Steps before starting alignment
Before alignment with new elements the engine should be resting on the flexible elements for at least
48 hrs, filled with water and lube oil. This gives the flexible elements the time to “settle”. Inlet and
exhaust ducting should be installed. The limiters for the flexible pipe connections should be adjusted
according instructions, i.e. avoiding elongation of the flexible but allowing free movement of the pipe
flanges.

2.2 Mounting the coupling RATO-S / G5120

See drw.1G51200032 and EG5120A004

The coupling size “A” = 488,2 ± 0,4, the alignment control measurement is “B” = 655,2 ± 0,8.
During alignment procedure, use the reference dimension “C” = 155,4 ± 0,8.
Make sure that the flexible coupling element marks correspond with drawing. (2) EG5120A004.

3. Final alignment
In case dial gauges are used for alignment 3 flexible elements must be taken out of the coupling in
order to be able to place the dial gauges. Two elements need to be taken out on the generator side
and one needs to be taken out on the engine side.

After this is done, the engine/generator can be finally aligned according to the following procedure:

1. Push generator flange towards generator and the flywheel towards the engine to ensure that no
errors are made due to the axial clearance of generator and engine. There should now be zero
clearance between the DE face of the thrust bearings of engine and generator and their shafts.

2. Shift generator to create 155,4 mm axial distance between hub and flywheel.
Move generator up/down - left/right for required radial and angular alignment. Add 0.10 to 0.15
mm to the vertical target alignment because “Vibracon” elements will loose height at the
moment the foundation bolts are secured (only with new “Vibracon” elements).
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Vertical
Horizontal
offset: 0.2 mm
offset: 0 mm

B = 655,2 ± 0,8
C = 155,4 ± 0,8

C1/5 : 155.4 mm
C2 : 155.4 mm
C3 : 155.4 mm
C4 : 155.4 mm

Criteria: C = 155.4 mm ± 0.80

(Outer diameter of coupling -
flywheel recess).
Axial clearance trust-bearing
engine and generator nil)

Angular of axial alignment

Axial stoppers

Gap: 0 mm.
Criteria: ΔA = ± 0.1 mm.
(Outer diameter of the coupling
respectively flywheel recess)
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4. Required materials

Item Material No. Description Qty

1 636308706DT249 Element 34
2 636308706DT108 Flange 34
6 636308706DT122 Shim 16
8 636308706DT320 Bush 136
9 636308706DT153 Flange 10
10 636308706DT178 Flexible element 10
11 636308706DT189 Plate 6
12 636308706DT190 Plate 1
13 636308706DT191 Plate 1
14 636308706DT192 Plate 1
15 636308706DT193 Plate 1
16 636308706DT195 Threaded end 10
17 636308706DT196 Threaded end 24
18 6363087060T194 Strip 20
22 000000141 172 Hexagonal bolt M12x 40 40
23 000000141 164 Hexagonal bolt M12x 20 50
24 000000141 054 Hexagonal bolt M6x 20 40
26 000000142 143 Hexagonal bolt M16x 70 136
27 000000185 018 Hexagonal nut M24 44
29 636308706DT219 (*) Filling plate 34
31 636308706DT247 Stopper 24
32 636308706DT296 Bracket 1
33 636308706DT297 Bracket 1
34 36308706DT298 Bracket 2
35 636308706DT277 Flexible element 2
36 000000142 141 Hexagonal bolt M16x 65 8
37 000000141 252 Hexagonal bolt M16x 40 4
39 000000141 269 Hexagonal bolt M16x 90 8
40 000000350 007 washer 8
41 000000185 014 Hexagonal nut M16 12

(*) Note: Filling plate can be ordered or the height of the existing filling plate can be reduced by
machining, according to drawing number 8706DT219