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CASE SERIES|MINING|DRILL RIGS · DIESEL ENGINES

IE S008FOUR TEST REPORTS · MARCH — MAY 2006

series of 4 acts

Drill rig diesels: UBSh-312A, BOOMER, AXERA — compression gain repeated

Compression rose in all measured cylinders, the spread across cylinders closed up, fuel consumption dropped. 20–33 % — compression across cylinders, 15.5–33 → 27–40 kgf/cm²; 0.26 l/h — idle fuel consumption, 1.58 → 1.32 l/h (2006).

CJSC Zaporizhzhia Iron Ore Plant, Prokhodcheskaya mine, section No. 9  ·  reports approved by the chief mechanic of the plant

Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine  ·  treatment and control measurements 16.03 — 17.05.2006 · reports signed in May — June 2006

PRODUCTXADO gel revitalizantsfor diesel engines — oil system, 3 stages · for injection pumps — fuel system, 2 stages
TEST OBJECTDiesel engines of self-propelled drill rigsDeutz F4L912W — BOOMER 251, AXERA D05 · D243 — UBSh-312A No. 14 and No. 18
DOCUMENT TYPEFour technical reports
signed and stamped by the plant

Key result

↑20–33%
compression across cylinders,15.5–33 → 27–40 kgf/cm²
↓0.26l/h
idle fuel consumption,1.58 → 1.32 l/h
RIGENGINELEVELENGINE HOURS BETWEEN MEASUREMENTSWHAT WAS MEASURED
BOOMER 251, unit No. 1Deutz F4L912W340 m107 engine hoursCompression on all four cylinders
AXERA D05, unit No. 2Deutz F4L912W840 m54 engine hoursCompression on all four cylinders, fuel consumption
UBSh-312A, unit No. 14D243340 m96 engine hoursCompression on all four cylinders
UBSh-312A, unit No. 18D243340 m107 engine hoursCompression on all four cylinders

Cylinder compression — four rigs

RIGBEFORE TREATMENT, KGF/CM²AFTER, KGF/CM²GAIN, KGF/CM²GAIN, %
BOOMER 251 No. 1, Deutz F4L912W29.0–33.037.5–39.56.5–8.520–29
AXERA D05 No. 2, Deutz F4L912W31.0–32.037.0–40.05.0–9.016–29
UBSh-312A No. 14, D24315.5–22.127.0–29.57.4–13.534–87
UBSh-312A No. 18, D24322.0–23.027.0–29.04.2–6.018–27

Each cylinder was measured with a ZECA 363 diesel compression tester — before treatment and after the operating period. A gain was recorded on every cylinder measured on all four rigs.

Fuel consumption — AXERA D05 No. 2, fuel system

PARAMETERBEFORE TREATMENTAFTERCHANGE
Running time on 100 ml of fuel, idle3 min 48 s4 min 32 s+44 s
Fuel consumption, idle1.58 l/h1.32 l/h−0.26 l/h

Measured with a stopwatch on a fixed fuel volume before treatment and after 54 engine hours. The fuel system was treated on all four rigs.

What the commissions recorded

All four commissions of CJSC Zaporizhzhia Iron Ore Plant recorded the same result: compression rose on every cylinder — by 4.2–6 and 7.4–13.5 kgf/cm² on the UBSh-312A rigs, by 6.5–8.5 on BOOMER 251, by 5–9 on AXERA D05, where idle fuel consumption fell from 1.58 to 1.32 l/h. The compression gain, in the wording of the reports, “indicates restoration of wear on the working surfaces of engine parts and, accordingly, an increase in engine life before overhaul”; the commissions estimated the added service life at 1.4–2×. The most worn diesel responded the strongest: a cylinder at 15.5 kgf/cm² reached 29.0 and matched its neighbours. The engines were not dismantled — the rigs stayed in normal service at the 340 and 840 m levels.

Current equivalent

How such units are treated: Diesel engineCylinder-piston group

About this result: CompressionFuel consumption

Limits of this report: The results refer to Deutz F4L912W and D243 diesel engines of self-propelled drill rigs operating underground; with other equipment and other duty cycles the figures may differ.

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