the return of crank shaft

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William Tell
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the return of crank shaft

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Yesterday came the crankshaft of the engine of the SS Savoie, back renovation of Hamburg

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Impressive AND beautiful.

I see that there are temporary shipping blocks between the crank cheeks. A reminder that crankshafts get a great deal of their stiffness from the crank case.

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Is this the crankshaft for the ship that broke the paddle hub recently?
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87gn@tahoe wrote:Is this the crankshaft for the ship that broke the paddle hub recently?
No it's another ship at crankshaft broken ( Ss Rhone) true is the nothing crankshaft broken, but the wheel axis.

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