MAN 28/33D STC passes Type Approval Test
by Diesel International 18 Jun 2018 22:48 PDT
MAN 28/33D STC passed the Type Approval Test © Diesel International
Five classification societies supervised the TAT
At the end of April 2018, MAN 28/33D STC engine (MAN Diesel and Turbo division) passed the Type Approval Test (TAT). It is a 12, 16, or 20-cylinder diesel engine, capable of providing up to 10,000 kilowatts.
Man designed it to perfectly fit for naval applications. The test took place at the company's works in Augsburg, Germany. The Type Approval Test is usually a procedure for the approval of the product design, before prototypes move to series production. The TAT in Augsburg took place over three days and covered the integration test of the engine safety and control system (SaCoS), the performance run and a final component inspection.
Classification-society representatives, coming from different institutions based in different countries, supervised the TAT. The entities involved were the China Classification Society, Class NK, Registro ltaliano Navale, the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and the Indian Register of Shipping.
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