Operational Information

The Two Stroke Crosshead Engine

The Entablature
• The entablature is the name given to the cylinder block
which incorporates the scavenge air space and the
cooling water spaces.
• It forms the housing to take the cylinder liner and is
made of cast iron. 
• castings are either for individual cylinders which after
machining on the mating surfaces are bolted together to
form the cylinder beam, or they may  be cast in multi -
cylinder units, which are then bolted together.
• The underside of the cylinder beam is machined and
then it is aligned on the A frames and fastened in
position using fitted bolts

• It is important to remember that the fitted bolts used to

bolt the entablature, A frames and Bedplate together are
for alignment and location purposes only.
• They are not designed to resist the firing forces which
will tend to separate the three components. This is the
job of the tie bolts.
• In the photograph opposite, the liners can be seen in place in the
entablature. Note also the diaphragm plate and the stuffing box housing.
Entablature Mounted On A Frame With Liners In Place