What can an air compressor do on a ship?

Air compressors can be seen in all walks of life, usually in production workshops, but they are also found at sea. Many people don’t know that ships also need air compressors, which are mainly used for starting and operating main and auxiliary diesel engines, as well as for air horns and other pneumatic tools, blowing tools, etc.

Q: How do you start a ship’s engine?

Answer: Air!

There is plenty of air, but how do we turn it into power? Then you have to rely on an air compressor! The ship’s gas consumption is continuous, the gas volume is not large, but the pressure is not low. The volume in the air bottle must ensure that a variable-pitch ship can be started 6 times in a row; if the main engine of the ship is a non-variable-pitch ship, it must be able to be started 12 times in a row, and the pressure is generally 25-30 kg. When approaching the dock, the pressure has to be adjusted to 29 kilograms due to frequent vehicle use. Normal sailing pressure also requires 22-25 kilograms.

ome applications for rust removal:

Rust removal is a daily maintenance of ships. Manual rust removal using hammers, shovels, scrapers, etc. is inefficient. Now you can take advantage of compressed nulls:

Cleaning:

Compressed air is mainly used to increase water pressure, and spraying the ground is more labor-saving and cleaner.

Cable Skimming Gun

When the ship docks, the skimming rope must be thrown ashore. In the past, it was all done manually by the crew, and all sailor exams included skipping ropes. This is a technical job! Nowadays there are cable skimmers, which also use compressed air.Of course, in addition to the above, compressed air is used in the air valves, safety valves, instruments and meters on the ship, hull lubrication, torpedo launching, submarine diving and floating, etc. The application of air compressors is really wide!