Precision Custom Equipment for
Large Ship Propeller Repair:

Designed and built expressly for Wartsila Defense, Inc., the premier player in mission critical U.S. Navy submarine and surface propeller refit and repair, this 24 foot diameter capacity pitchometer has been in continuous use in their Poulsbo, WA shop for 15 years. Designed to surpass the performance of any previous pitchometer, the Wartsila Defense Poulsbo pitchometer features high accuracy, extremely light weight, digital coordinate readout, and a computer controlled data acquisition and calculation subsystem.

The Wartsila Defense, Inc., Poulsbo 24 foot pitchometer, deployed on a U.S. Navy 24 foot diameter, 30 ton surface ship propeller.

A precision small pitchometer, designed and fabricated for Wartsila Defense, Inc., features a 4 foot diameter measuring envelope.

Large propeller vertical axis balance machine, designed and built expressly for Wartsila Defense, Inc.. 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.