Precision Custom Equipment for
Large Ship Propeller Repair:

 

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Designed and built expressly for John Crane Lips, a world player in large ship propeller manufacture and repair, this 24 foot diameter capacity pitchometer has been in continuous use in the Seattle shop for 15 years. It is used to implement refit and repair procedures to mission critical U.S. Naval submarine and surface ship propellers. Designed to surpass the performance of any previous pitchometer, the Lips Seattle pitchometer features high accuracy, extremely light weight, digital coordinate readout, and a computer controlled data acquisition and calculation subsystem.

 

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The Lips Seattle 24 foot pitchometer, deployed on a U.S. Navy 24 foot diameter, 30 ton surface ship propeller.

 

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A precision small pitchometer, designed and fabricated for Lips Propellers, features a 4 foot diameter measuring envelope.

 

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Large propeller vertical axis balance machine, designed and built expressly for John Crane Lips. Used to rotationally balance mission critical U.S. Naval submarine and surface ship propellers to extremely tight tolerances. This high performance balancer was designed to handle a 75 ton propeller, yet is light enough to be transported in a standard pickup truck.