RTA / RT-FLEX TRAINING

Function of the CLU4

Pulse Feed
Cylinder Lubrication System

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Overview
• The CLU4 Pulse Feed Lubrication System is based on a lubrication module with integrated electronics
and lubricators
• It fits liners of the RTA62, RTA72, RTA84T, RTA84C, RTA96C series and RT-flex engines

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Designation of Lube oil Systems

• (CLU1:) Cylinder lubricating pumps driven by hydraulic motor.
Feed rate adjusting by setting screws and lever position.
Load dependence controlled by lever on fuel linkage
• CLU2: Cylinder lubricating units hydraulically operated.
Controlled by pulses from remote control system
• CLU3: Cylinder lubricating pumps driven by electric motor
• CLU4: Pulse feed and pulse jet.
Cylinder lubricating oil injection controlled by electronic / hydraulics
• CLU5: Cylinder lubricating oil injection controlled by electronic / hydraulics for W-X35 and W-X40
engine types
• flexLube: Cylinder lubricating oil injection controlled by electronic / hydraulics applicable for all 2-stroke
engine types

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Description
• During engine operation, cylinder lubrication oil flows from the daily tank to the filter, measuring tank and
then to dosage pumps. Each of the cylinders is equipped with one pulse lubricating module and six or
eight lubricating quills
• The position of the working piston is continuously monitored by the crank angle sensors which are
connected to the CLU4 system. At defined angles of the working piston, the dosage pumps will be
activated and oil will be delivered to the cylinder
• The dosage pump in the pulse lubrication module is driven by servo oil
• Additional servo oil pumps are used to drive the lubricating module for RTA engines. On RT-flex engines,
the servo oil is taken from the servo oil common rail through a pressure reducing valve

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Description
• Crank angle sensors allow the CLU4 to deliver lubricating oil exactly defined sections of the piston. The
software provides the possibility to distribute the lube oil above the piston ring pack, into it and below it
• The feed rate can be adjusted by the operator via flexView
• The split of the distribution depends on the engine type and can be adjusted via flexView by
commissioning engineer
• The lubrication takes place during compression strokes only

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Components
The CLU4 pulse lubrication system consists of the following components:
• Lubricating oil filter with measuring tank
• Pulse lubricating module (dosage pump with its control module)
• Lubricating quills (six or eight in one level only)
• Control system and flexView
• Crank angle sensors (RPLS only)
• Servo oil supply unit (RPLS and PLS on RTA)
• Servo oil pressure reducing unit (PLS on RT-flex only)

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Arrangement

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Vertical Oil Distribution, Feed

Electronically Controlled Flexible Timing of Lube Oil Feed

Distribution to upper part Lube oil distribution to Distribution to the lower

of piston and first piston middle part of piston and piston rings and piston
ring piston ring package skirt
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Pulse Feed Distribution

Engine Above [%] Into [%] Below [%] Volume [mm3] Quills
RT-flex50-B 0 100 0 540 6
RT-flex58T 0 100 0 900 6
RT-flex60C 40 40 20 900 6
RT-flex68-D 0 100 0 1520 8
RTA82C 40 40 20 1520 8
RT-flex82C 40 40 20 1520 8
RTA82T 40 40 20 2480 8
RT-flex82T 40 40 20 2480 8
RTA84T 40 40 20 2480 8
RT-flex84T 40 40 20 2480 8
RTA96C-B 40 40 20 2480 8
RT-flex96C-B 40 40 20 2480 8

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Vertical Oil Distribution, Feed

Electronically Controlled Flexible Timing of Lube Oil Feed

Distribution to the Lube oil distribution to Distribution to the

cylinder liner above the middle part of piston and cylinder liner below the
piston by the jet-spray piston ring package by piston by the jet-spray
“feeding”
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Pulse Jet Distribution

Engine Above [%] Into [%] Below [%] Volume [mm3] Quills
RTA48T-D 60 20 20 540 6
RT-flex48T-D 70 25 5 540 6
RT-flex50-B 70 25 5 540 6
RT-flex50-D 70 25 5 540 6
RT-flex58T 70 25 5 900 6
RT-flex68-D 70 25 5 1520 8
RT-flex82 / X82 70 25 5 2480 8
RT-flex84T 60 20 20 2480 8
RT-flex96C-B 60 20 20 2480 8

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Spray

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Arrangement (RT-flex82)

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Arrangement (RT-flex96C)

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PLS Schematic

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RPLS Retrofit

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Control & Monitoring

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ALM-20

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CLU4 Lubricating Module

07 01
01 Lubrication oil outlet ports
02 Vent plug for lubrication oil
02
03 Vent plug for servo oil 03
04 Dosage pump
08
05 4/2-way solenoid valve
06 Diaphragm accumulator for servo oil
07 Cylinder Lubricating oil pressure sensor 09
04
08 Shut-off valve for lubrication oil 10
05
09 Lubrication oil inlet (L)
11
10 To servo oil return line (T) 12 06
11 Servo oil drain valve
12 Shut-off valve for servo oil

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CLU4-C Lubricating Module

01 Lubrication oil outlet ports, vent plug for servo oil 01

02 4/2-way solenoid valve

07
03 Cylinder Lubricating oil Pressure Sensor 02
08 03
04 Shut-off valve for servo oil
05 Vent plug for lubrication oil 09
06 Dosage pump 10
04
07 Connection block 11
05
08 To servo oil return line
09 Lubrication oil inlet 06

10 Servo oil drain valve

11 Diaphragm accumulator for servo oil

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Cross Section

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Metering Piston

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Lubricators

Easy Replacement of
Accumulator type quill CLU3 the Lubricators
Lubricator CLU4

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Lub Card
Pulse Lubrication User Interface
If the engine is equipped with Pulse Feed Lubrication, in these fields manual lubrication to selected cylinder
units and the feed rate can be set. Feed rate adjustment is done by selecting the desired cylinder unit

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Feed Rate / Manual Lubrication

Cylinder Lubrication Feed Rate
• In these fields the feed rate can be set for each cylinder unit
• Feed rate adjustment is done by selecting the desired cylinder
unit and settings the specific consumption with «Shift» and
«Arrow up» or «Arrow down», then «Shift» and «Enter»
• The values can be adjusted between 0.6 g/kWh and 1.6
g/kWh, for special needs even from 0.2 g/kWh to 3.0 g/kWh

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Power Indication
• Power Indication (visual only with option for external load signal)
• The upper field indicates the estimated power
• If an external load reference from the shaft power meter is
used for the lubrication system, the lower field (Power for
Lubrication) will indicate measured power
• If the signal is lost, it will indicate estimated power
• Manual Lubrication
• In the upper field a single cylinder unit can be selected for
manual lubrication
• The number of pulses for manual lubrication is adjustable in
the lower field

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LUB-Par Card
At each revolution of the crankshaft the lubrication oil is injected above, into or below the piston ring package
of every cylinder unit. This card displays the share rate distribution of lubrication pulses. This distribution ratio
can only be changed by service engineers.

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Pulse Counters
Pulse Counters
• The lubrication system sends pulses to the solenoid valves on the
lubrication units. Each pulse triggers a pump stroke and supplies a
defined quantity of lubrication oil for distribution along the piston rings
pack. The pulses are counted in the “Counter” column
• The “Memory” column shows the total number of lubricating strokes
over the selected time (Timer for Memory)
• The counter can be reset to zero by changing the “Reset Counter”
field from “ready” to “reset”
• The number shown in the column “Failed” indicates how many
lubricating strokes could not be executed, e.g. due to BUS
communication failures

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ALM Status Indication

• This column shows the state of the lubrication modules on the
separate cylinder units
• The different indications are:
• OK Unit in normal operation
• Download FCM downloads software into ALM
• Failure No communication to the ALM module
• ??? No data available
• The measured peak pressure of the injected lubrication oil is
indicated in the column “Peak Pressure”

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LUB-Par: Pulse Lubrication Parameters Settings for 3 Piston Ring Head type
• RT-189 Issue(Wartsila RTA96C,RTA96C-B,RT-flex96C-B)

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LUB-Par: Pulse Lubrication Parameters Settings for 3 Piston Ring Head type
• RT-189 Issue(Wartsila RTA96C,RTA96C-B,RT-flex96C-B)
• 3-ring piston head - Benefits
• For the following reasons, a 3-ring piston head is leading to cleaner top land and less carbon deposits:
• • Decreased clearance between the liner and the piston top land
• • Increased top land height
• • Added gas-tight top ring

• In case of a worn out liner which was operated with a 4-ring piston, the lifetime of the liner can be
extended with the change to a 3-ring piston head due to the lower position of the top piston ring.
• Additionally, the parallel ring groove wear (decreased taper wear compared to 4-ring piston head) is
reduced by a stronger top piston ring (24mm instead of 20mm thickness).

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Running-in Feed Rate

For the running in and cylinder lubrication feed rates please refer to Service Bulletin 18.4

è SB 161

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Typical Pressure Curve

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