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    Marinediesels - Co.uk - Members Section Starting and Reversing Sulzer ZA40 Air Start System

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    The document describes the Sulzer ZA40 air start system used on marine diesel engines. It has an automatic valve that opens when pilot air is vented, allowing main air to overcome a spring and open the valve. An air start distributor mounted on the camshaft allows pilot air to enter start valves sequentially through rotating slots. The Sulzer start air valve maintains pneumatic balance with air on both sides of a piston until pilot air diverts it, releasing the spring-loaded valve.

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    The document describes the Sulzer ZA40 air start system used on marine diesel engines. It has an automatic valve that opens when pilot air is vented, allowing main air to overcome a spring and open the valve. An air start distributor mounted on the camshaft allows pilot air to enter start valves sequentially through rotating slots. The Sulzer start air valve maintains pneumatic balance with air on both sides of a piston until pilot air diverts it, releasing the spring-loaded valve.

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    The document describes the Sulzer ZA40 air start system used on marine diesel engines. It has an automatic valve that opens when pilot air is vented, allowing main air to overcome a spring and open the valve. An air start distributor mounted on the camshaft allows pilot air to enter start valves sequentially through rotating slots. The Sulzer start air valve maintains pneumatic balance with air on both sides of a piston until pilot air diverts it, releasing the spring-loaded valve.

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    Marinediesels - Co.uk - Members Section Starting and Reversing Sulzer ZA40 Air Start System

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    The document describes the Sulzer ZA40 air start system used on marine diesel engines. It has an automatic valve that opens when pilot air is vented, allowing main air to overcome a spring and open the valve. An air start distributor mounted on the camshaft allows pilot air to enter start valves sequentially through rotating slots. The Sulzer start air valve maintains pneumatic balance with air on both sides of a piston until pilot air diverts it, releasing the spring-loaded valve.

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    Starting and Reversing
    Sulzer ZA40 Air Start System

    Other Pages The Basics The 2 Stroke Engine The 4 Stroke Engine Operation Members

    The Automatic Valve

    The pilot air and main air are at the same pressure (30 bar).
    The pilot air at the back of the valve is acting on a greater
    area than the main air trying to open the valve. This
    together with the spring force keeps the valve closed.

    When the pilot air is vented, the air acting on the front of
    the valve overcomes the spring pressure and the valve
    opens.

    A non return valve is incorporated

    The Air Start Distributor

    The distributor is mounted on the end of the camshaft. It


    can be of the radial or rotary type. The version illustrated is
    of the rotary type. A rotating ported control disk allows
    pilot air in sequence to the start valves through radial slots
    in the housing. A series of radial holes allows the pilot air
    to vent through a slot in the back of the control disk.

    The Air Start Valve

    Being a Sulzer Engine, the start air valve is a complicated


    affair. Main start air is led through drillings, via a control
    valve, so that air acts on both sides of a piston, maintaining
    the valve in pneumatic balance, whilst a spring keeps the
    valve closed.

    Pilot air from the distributor moves the control valve


    downwards, shutting off air to the underside of the piston
    which now vents. The air acting on top of the piston
    overcomes the spring force and the valve opens.

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