Project Description

DIVING STATUS has extensive experience in blankings during normal ship operations.

Blankings

Blanking of sea chests / plugging of intakes or overboard discharges to assist at inboard repairs is a very cost effective method of changing defective valves and repairing sea chests plating.

DIVING STATUS has extensive experience in blankings during normal ship operations.

When replacing a valve the following information is needed:

  • Sort of valve; butterfly, globe, gate, ball etc.
  • Face to face dimensions.
  • Flange diameter, bolt circle, quantity of bolts.
  • Material and trim material.
  • Rating and connection, JIS, DIN or ANSI standards.

The normal procedure usually is:

  • Meeting on site with Sup. Engineer, Chief engineer and technicians
  • Deciding the sequence of the valves to be replaced
  • Blanking the appropriate sea chest gratings, overboards, drain holes etc.
  • Confirming that there is no leakage
  • Replacing the valves
  • Unblanking the blankets/ plates
  • Confirming that the valves are fully operational
  • Repeating the same procedure for replacing other valve

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