ALIGMENT PROCEDURE 1. Purpose. Alignment of the marine gear to propeller shafting in the vessel warrants close attention.

The alignment must be within specified tolerances for satisfactory transmission service life. Alignment must be accomplished while the shafting is at, or very near, its true centreline position. Alignment terms and parameters The objective of the alignment process outlined herein is good axial alignment of the marine gear to the shafting. Axial alignment is the relationship of axial of rotation of the members to be coupled, in this case, the propeller shaft and gear output flanges. There are two basic alignment parameters involved in this process. They are: Parameter or bore angular alignment. Parameter or face parallel alignment. Angular misalignment occurs when the centrelines !axis" of the marine gear output shaft and the propeller shaft are not parallel. These limits for parallel and angular misalignment are given in the alignment procedure section. Parallel misalignment occurs when the centrelines, or axis, of the marine gear output shaft and propeller shaft are parallel but not in line. To determine machine position and propeller as per design is level according to specification of the machine.

2. Scope This procedure is applicable for new machine e#uipment !$inch, %ain engine, Pumps, propeller, etc !if necessary to be aligned" before fitting. 3. Reference. &upplier procedure '#uipment specification. (wner )e#uirement. *uality %anual.

4. Responsi i!i"#+ *A *, to ensure the test result as per specification re#uirement. &upplier to perform level adjustment !alignment test" witnessed by *A *,. *A *, -ead to approved accept the alignment test report. ,lass &urveyor (wner Approval if any.

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). Proce'ure. 2.3. The procedure will be doing inspection of the marine gear with flywheel housing mounted marine gear as follow: a. $ith the propeller shaft set on roller bloc4 or oiled 567 bloc4 sweep the flange face with dial indicator. $hile watching the indicator, rotate the shaft and note the point of minimum indicator reading. %a4e a reference mar4 on the flange rim at the bolt hole nearest the point of minimum indicator reading. 1or all future readings on this flange this will be the7 8')(7 reference location 5A7 b. $ith the dial indicator set at the 5A7 9ero reference location, set dial to 9ero. )otate the shaft and measure and record indicator reading at the :, ,, ., ', 1, / and - position !facing flange". These positions correspond :, ,, ., ', 1, / and respectively. ,ontinue the rotation to one complete turn, rechec4ing at the 5A7, position 9ero indicator reading. c. ;sing the same 9ero 5A7 reference point set the dial indicator to measure and run out of the flange rim. )epeat the procedure outlined in the step : to accomplish this. d. )epeat step A to , to measure and record marine gear output flange face and peripheral run out with the following exception: use bolt hole location nearest point of 5maximum7 indicator reading for 9ero 5A7 reference. e. ,lean periphery bore of flywheel and face of coupling flywheel adapter plate so dial indicators can sweep face and circular run out at flywheel through one complete rotation. )emove any nic4s or burrs that interfere with dial indicator readings. 0ight cleaning with oil may also be beneficial. f. The same procedure used to chec4 alignment flanges of %ain engine to /ear box, /ear box to &haft propeller, %ain engine to /ear box 1i<1i pump. g. The maximum allowable run out of marine gear flanges offered by ,aterpillar is: %aximum face run out = >.3> mm !>.>>? in" %aximum :ore run out = >.3> mm !>.>>? in"

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2.@. Alignment Anspection Anspect alignment after fit<up of the no99le and shaft brac4et as per drawing. ,hec4 straightness between stern tube bul4head and boss propeller based on alignment of %ain engine. ,hec4 straightness of stoc4 rudder with no99le and boss propeller. ,hec4 straightness main engine to stern tube bul4head and boss propeller shaft propeller. ,hec4 straightness of gearbox 1A<1A pump to main engine and gearbox shaft propeller to main engine. ,hec4 deflection limit and straightness of alignment shaft propeller based on specification of the main engine. 2.B. ,hoc4 1ast. After confirm chec4 alignment by *A *,, class and owner !if re#uired". ,hec4 sample ta4en for hardness.

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be approved by class surveyor ;ntil hand over to owner owner. after installed !if re#uired" . To be approved by class surveyor ;ntil hand over to owner if owner. re#uired at wor4 place. !if re#uired"