Why prioritize cylinder condition monitoring and reconditioning?
Measures cylinder wear / remaining life time, ovality and clover leafing.
Liner time scale: ~/1000 Rh.
Measurment time: ~1 h/liner.
Measures the wear rate / remaining life time for coated piston rings.
Liner time scale: ~1000 Rh.
Measurment time: ~15 mins/liner.
Scans / documents the condition of cylinder liner surface, exhaust valve, piston rings and piston crown.
Liner time scale: ~100 Rh.
Measurement time: ~15 mins/liner.
Takes an imprint of the liner that is later analysed in microscope in Chris-Marine's laboratory.
Liner time scale: ~100 Rh.
Measurement time: ~15 mins/liner.
The Chris-Marine wear-edge grinder, VKS, is available as multi-bore version (for workshop use) and single-bore version (for on-board use).
For MAN cylinder liners, wave-cut grinding is sometimes used after honing. Wave-cut is a spiral pattern in the liner surface that acts as an oil reservoir and oil distributor in the liner surface.
Honing App to enhance quality, save time and document honing results.