Hexagonal tank domes specific to this vessel:
Nothing is glued yet, no bridges, nothing. I'm in the degreasing/adjusting phase. Painting and fitting the individual components, forecastle, tank deck etc. will come next.
I've started preparing the pipe sections for printing. Better order here...
I've used colors to visualize the sections that will be printed.
This is the live steam inlet pipe for heating the tanks required for pumping heavy fuel oil (HFO) if the ship is loaded with this product. Coils run along the bottom of the tank for this purpose.
As shown here:
If the ship is fitted with Framo-type submersible hydraulic pumps, for example, at the bottom of the tank for the most recent ships, a small heater is placed on deck for each tank, and the tank pump must idle at sea to bring the fuel oil to the heater and back into the tank.
This avoids the need for coils at the bottom of the tank and possible corrosion with gasoline, for example, but the disadvantage is that if fuel leaks onto the deck through the heater pipes, serious pollution is guaranteed; I don't usually allow night-time heating at sea, as it's too risky. During the day, the bridge watch watches over the deck, which is better.
Stainless steel submersible pumps are a must. Framo is one of the pioneers.
On a double-hulled vessel, it's ideal.
It changed our lives when my company adopted this more expensive equipment on new ships from 1990 onwards.
https://www-framo-com.translate.goog/ca ... r_pto=wapp
Here we see the cargo heater (the vertical thing in red) with its bypass pipe:
An installation of this type considerably reduces the number of hoses on deck and in the tanks, an asset for maintenance and reliability...
The railings are already printed:
I printed with the MonoX 4K and not the M5s. Just to show the new Chitubox interface.
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