A mighty event at work - UPDATED!

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^On the pic, I am on the right side. The one on the left is my junior. :P

Yeah those rails are the standing ways meaning they are stationary. Those yellow blocks are the sliding ways. They dont submerge but rise up eventually. :)
 
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Woooah amazing. What scale. :)

How long the process takes once it starts to slide towards the water.....?
 
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[strike]oh, so the yellow thing acts like a cantilever? one part submerges after taking in water and the whole thing gets a slant towards the water side, such that ship slides into it due to gravity? or wrong? [/strike]

And why is the top part not painted?

Edit: Think i got it now. the hydraulic jacks rise one side of the yellow bars, the ship slides off, then the holes are meant for the bars to come in normal position by loosing water as soon as the hydraulic jacks comes to their normal position. i guess.
 
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The yellow things have parallel moving blocks I guess. On which the ships bottom rests (on padded shoes)...so when the array of blocks move parallel to the rail, the ship would move down words towards the water. Guess you cannot have too much slant since the gravitational pull would cause the ship to "rush" and/or capsize. But at one point the water level would meet the level of the padding on which the ship rests, and it should float...!
 
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Any tool/diagnostic equipment used to keep the CG in check when the transition is happening..?
 
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@logistopath:You guys are more than welcome to the yard. In fact, the invitation mail had specifically mentioned to call relatives and friends for the event!

Great. So let us know in advance next time.
 
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Anil we have a different system in place for CG estimation. And yes, one hydraulic jack per each slide way (at some areas two if the load distribution is more) manufactured by Holmatro. :)

This has a feedback system which tells us what is the pressure on that particular jack.
 
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Can someone move it to the GT section?

Seems like 6pack, Anil have some good queries in mind (really appreciate that!) - maybe I could share the experience with some more folks? :)
 
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Wow, I've always wanted to see a super freighter in person. That must have felt awesome. Congrats!
 
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I guess... I can expect this in my inbox tmrw.. :)

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Is the ship actually in the water? Or still floating?

coz the lower red kinda part is still visible above the water!
 
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Wooowww!!! Massive :D I guess L&T is coming up with another ship building in Kattupuli near Chennai. Correct me if I am wrong.
 
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TheMask said:
how many CFM? :P

lol 140 rpm is the speed of the prop. that propels her to a max. speed of 19 knots. :P
m-jeri said:
Is the ship actually in the water? Or still floating?

coz the lower red kinda part is still visible above the water!
Floating but the ship wasn't loaded nor ballasted for it to go lower in the water. While sailing, she'll sink until that red boundary.

avinash4 said:
Wooowww!!! Massive :D I guess L&T is coming up with another ship building in Kattupuli near Chennai. Correct me if I am wrong.

Yep. Constructed already and oil rigs have already rolled out from the Kattupalli yard.

Videos uploaded by the client itself lol.



 
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^^

Simply amazing. Now how long will it take so it moves to the next port for the remaining fitments..? Will the team run test and check for integrity..?
 
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6pack said:
And why is the top part not painted?

Because it is not required prior to launching. It can be done after that. :)

As such this ship had a massive weight because most of the stuff had already gotten it.

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asingh said:
^^

Simply amazing. Now how long will it take so it moves to the next port for the remaining fitments..? Will the team run test and check for integrity..?

S. Koreans and Japanese who are the pioneers in ship-building does it in under 2 months. We are talking of large oil tankers with a length of 250~350m! This one is just 150m. We do it in under 6~7 months. :)

Test runs definitely. Before handing it over to the client and flagging her off to her home state, we do one final run of the vessel known as the commissioning and sea-trials to ensure that she is seaworthy.

We take her out to Bombay and slightly out of the inland waters and do every possible test, such as unmanned engine room test (no person will be allowed to be in the engine room of the ship and strictly no alarms should sound for a 6 hour period when she is sailing), endurance test, turning circle test, crash stop and so forth. :)
 
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Dammit! And here we are sitting in front of a comp most of our lives! Love ur job Gannu!
 
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wow.. amazing pics and videos.

Time to search for discovery and history channel for related stuff.

Thanks Gannu :thumbs up:
 
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