REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL MARÍTIMA DEL CARIBE

VICERRECTORADO ACADÉMICO – DIRECCIÓN DE DOCENCIA
COORDINACIÓN DE IDIOMAS
ENGLISH V.

Unit IV. Machinery

Vocabulary
Read the following terms related to machinery used onboard a ship. Classify them into
Deck Machinery (DM) or Engine Machinery (EM).

oil water separator () - cranes () - windlass ( ) - boiler ( ) -

compressors () - life-boat machine ( ) - capstan ( ) - coolers ( )-
winches () - pumps () - purifiers () - generators ()

Speaking
Group discussion.
What is machinery?
What is deck machinery? What does it include?
What is engine machinery? What does it comprise?

Reading
Read the following texts about machinery.
Answer these questions.
1. What must marine machinery be capable of?

2. Why may essential equipment be duplicated?

3. What is the purpose of having isolation valves?

Meaning from context.

There are some highlighted words in the previous reading. Get their meanings and
write the number on the corresponding list of synonyms provided below.

vital, crucial, relevant device, appliance, instrument

execute, carry out, do deterioration, rust, oxidation
overhauling, service, fix regulator, passage controller
allow, facilitate, enable endure, resist
not moving, motionless moving parts, gear, equipment
malfunction, breakdown vessel, boat, ship

Language in use
Complete the following passage about engine performance and maintenance. Use the
words in the box.
 Be capable of
 Having the ability or quality necessary to do or achieve a specified thing.
 Able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do; competent.

The adjective capable is never followed by an infinitive; instead ing verb ending
must be used. For example:
1. Marine machinery must be capable of withstanding the marine environment.
2. Deck members are capable of handling deck machinery.
Now, write your own sentences.
1.-
2.-
3.-

Be able to
 Used for saying that it is possible for someone to do something.

Able is always followed by an infinitive. For example:

1. I am able to act as fast as possible in an emergency situation.
2. Engine members are able to withstand the hard conditions of the engine room.
Now, write your own sentences.
1.-
2.-
3.-

Forms such as have been able to and will be able to are sometimes considered as
tenses of the verb can. For example:
1. She has been able to manage the situation promptly.
2. The cadets will be able to perform all the duties when requested.
Now, write your own sentences.
1.-
2.-
3.-

Read the following sentences. Find the mistake and write the sentence in the correct
form.

1. Both sexes are capable to do military service.

2. A university graduate is expected to be able of

enduring such a situation.
3. An engine officer is capable of start up a
machine.
4. The deck officer will can handle the deck
equipment.
 Deck equipment consists of all
equipment used in the application
of deck seamanship

Deck fittings are used aboard
ships and boats mainly for the
securing of mooring lines. Deck
fittings include bitts, cleats,
chocks, fairleads and towing pad
eye. Bollards are pier fittings.
Ground tackle is the equipment used
in anchoring and mooring with
anchors. It includes anchors, anchor
cables and chains, and associated
equipment, such as chain stoppers,
bending shackles, outboard swivel
shots, and detachable links.
 Windlasses, capstans and chain stoppers

A capstan is a mechanical device used mainly on board ships or in shipyards for

moving heavy weights by means of ropes, cables, or chains. A capstan consists of a
drum, driven either manually or by steam or electricity that rotates about a vertical axis
to wind in a line wrapped around it.
A windlass is a device that functions very similarly to a capstan, but instead of
featuring a vertical barrel, the windlass will feature a horizontal pulley or barrel. These
devices are often used for the same purposes in different applications as well.
The chain stopper or anchor lock is a fail safe to prevent anchor free fall at any
point while the anchor is in the raised position. Any boat using a windlass should also
be equipped with a chain stopper.

The maintenance and lubrication of heavy deck equipment (such as winches, cranes, and anchor windlasses) are performed b
Answer these questions.
1. What are deck fittings? What do they include?

2. What does ground tackle refer to? What does it comprise?

3. What is the difference between the windlass and the capstan?

4. What does the chain stopper prevent from?

5. Who is in charge of the deck machinery maintenance?

Look at the pictures and label them.

Word search
Find ten words related to deck and engine machinery.

Read and circle the correct option.

1.- It is a kind of mechanical machinery installed on the ship’s deck.

a. engine machinery b. deck fittings c. deck machinery

2.- It prevents the anchor from falling when it is raised.

a. anchor chain b. chain stopper c. shackle

3.- It is the equipment used in anchoring and mooring with anchors.

a. ground tackle b. deck fittings c. cargo handling

4.- They are most commonly found on board ships where they are used to separate oil
from oily waste water such as bilge water before the waste water is discharged into the
marine environment.

a. purifiers b. oil water separators c. piping systems

5.- They are used to generate steam.

a. engines b. heaters c. boilers

Read the explanations and write the correct word.

1. It is a machine that retains and manipulates the anchor chain or rope on a boat,
allowing the anchor to be raised and lowered.
2. It is a device that moves fluids by mechanical action.
3. It is a vertical axle rotating machine used on sailing ships. It can apply force to
ropes, cables, and hawsers.
4. It is a device that converts power (usually from an electric motor, a diesel engine or a
gasoline engine) into kinetic energy by compressing and pressurizing air.

Write the correct form of the verb given in parentheses.

1.- Deck equipment (consist of) all equipment used in the

application of deck seamanship.
2.- Ground tackles (include) anchors, anchor cables and chains
3.- Centrifuge is an apparatus that (rotate) at high
speed and by centrifugal force densities.
(separate) substances of different
4. Steering gear control system (comprise) transmitters,
receivers, hydraulic control pumps and their associated motors, motor controllers,
piping and cables.
5.- A capstan ( consist of) a drum, driven either manually or by
steam or electricity, that rotates about a vertical axis to wind in a line wrapped around it.

Match the two columns.

Read the explanations and match them with the correct term(s).

COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. Breakdown It means the equipment by which

orders are transmitted from the navigating
bridge to the steering gear power units.

2. Corrosion A strong wooden or metal post

mounted on a wharf, quay, etc, used for
securing mooring lines.

3. Steering gear control system It is a mixture of fresh water, sea

water, oil, mud, chemicals and various
other fluids. It is gathered in the lowest
space of the ship in bilge wells.

4. Bilge water The act or process of failing to

function.

5. Bollard A state of deterioration in metals

caused by oxidation or chemical action.