Section 1 Plans and particulars

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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships, July 2022 - Part 5 Main and Auxiliary Machinery - Chapter 6 Main Propulsion Shafting - Section 1 Plans and particulars

Section 1 Plans and particulars

1.1 Shafting plans

1.1.1 The following plans, together with the necessary particulars of the machinery, including the maximum power and revolutions per minute, are to be submitted for consideration before the work is commenced:

Final gear shaft.
Thrust shaft.
Intermediate shafting.
Tube shaft, where applicable.
Screwshaft.
Screwshaft oil gland.
Sternbush.
Couplings.
Coupling bolts.
Flexible coupling.
Cardan shafts.

1.1.2 The specified minimum tensile strength of each shaft is to be stated.

1.1.3 In addition, a shafting arrangement plan indicating the relative positions of the main engines, flywheel, flexible coupling, gearing, thrust block, line shafting and bearings, sterntube, `A' bracket and propeller, as applicable, is to be submitted for information.

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