Case Studies
A critical compressor system located in a refinery starts to log elevating running temperature trend whereby the inter-connecting shaft from the compressor to gearbox side has been observed experiencing higher…
A set of rubber extruder machines has been failing erratically at a production plant in Jurong Island located in Singapore. Machine’s OEM inspected the machine and deemed that the problem…
With the International Convention for the Control & Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, entered into force globally on 8 September 2017, ships must manage their ballast water…
The compressor foundation need to be machined down to enable installation of compensators. In order to determine the machined heights of each pads, the centerline of the auxiliary engine need…
A client has a cable reel assembly that consists of two winged holders and a grooved wheel that functions as pulley for a cable reel system on a machine. Due to material degrading over the years, one of the winged piece snapped as shown in the picture…
A vessel docked in local (Singapore) yard was in need to change its damaged rudder stock urgently. To proceed with the replacement, data collection of dimensions and alignment of existing rudder sub-assembly (rudder blade, rudder neck and rudder horn pintle) is necessary before carrying out new rudder stock installation deliver from Europe…
A winch manufacturer was seeking for solutions to enlarge and deepen bolt holes on its supplied turret riser winch to increase the permissible heave in torque by request from the turret designer. As the winch is already housed on board an operating FPSO at…
Metal Machines received an enquiry from a client located in Malaysia to conduct onsite machining on one of the renewed ball mill’s bearing mounting flangesUpon studying the engineering drawing for the GD&T requirement, we realise this is not a straight forward machining task…
A client’s pipe laying vessel was in need for repair on its key pipe-laying equipment, the stinger. Due to the work nature, pipe laying vessel’s stinger is often subjected to high loading in harsh sea condition in which caused the bushes in the brackets and locking load cell pins that…
An offshore floating structure located in Panama needs a new key component to be changed out to remain operational. The new component is going to be fabricated in Europe and shipped over to replace the malfunction set at site. The component is connected to 3 welded….
