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The solution covers everything from inspections and maintenance to emergency repairs and modernization or complete replacement of CPP systems. The Wärtsilä service for pitch propellers keeps your installation running smoothly by increasing the reliability while reducing OPEX and ensuring long-term visibility into costs.
Wärtsilä Controllable pitch propeller services provide a quick, efficient, and cost-effective solution while providing support throughout the lifecycle of your equipment. With our services, we can support you with scheduled inspections and unplanned repairs, and help you realize fuel-efficiency gains. The solution can be also offered in the form of a service agreement ensuring the total cost of ownership to a minimum.
Technical info
Classification societies require five and ten-year inspections. Additionally to the support related to these obligatory Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP) inspections, Wärtsilä provides you also maintenance guidelines for the entire life-cycle of your vessel’s CPP-system. Wärtsilä Class-approved propulsion conditioning monitoring system, for instance, could increase the time between overhauls. Energy Efficiency engineering team can advise the possibilities to increase the lifespan and efficiency of the CPP blades
The service solution for CPP systems provided by Wärtsilä includes:
Application
All vessels having Controllable pitch propellers from Wärtsilä or other OEMs.
Wärtsilä’s ‘Whenever, Wherever - Smart Maintenance Service’ combines sourcing spare parts and field services from reliable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) along with relevant, qualified and expert labour.
The MS Pride of Canterbury has been a fixture at Dover for the past 25 years. When her owners, P&O Ferries, decided it was time for a new life for the ferry they turned to Wärtsilä.
“With a new car, as a general rule of thumb you use the main dealership and OEM for servicing and maintenance,” explains Wärtsilä’s Ross Murphy, Manager, Product Services, Propulsion. “It is often the same with ships. Many of P&O Ferries' were originally fitted with Wärtsilä equipment when they were built, so now they come back to us for overhauls and service.”
