Propeller Polishing on Oil Products Tanker
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 เม.ย. 2016
- Polishing propeller with fixed blades with a total diameter of seven meters and five blades. The maximum working depth was 14.9 meters at the deepest-reaching blade.
A propeller polishing can reduce the fuel consumption with several percents and is a good investment for the owner. Saving money, time and the environment.
The extra "propeller" mounted on the boss weakens the hubs vortex and decreases fuel consumption with up to 5 % or an average of 2 %. Paying it self off in one year. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
What’s the weirdest thing that’s happened while you were down by the propeller if anything??
Hello Igonzo!
Once when I was doing some repairs on a rudder the ship started to prepare for departure while I was still down in the water working.
Normal procedure is to turn rudder, hard to port and hard to starbord. Piching the blades on the propeller (turning the blades) and next step would be to start up and turn the propeller.
Since I was working on the rudder at the time I noticed it immediately and left fast as fuck. Sorry for the language. Went to surface and aborted the work. That was terrifying!
I has been difficult to approach rudders and propellers since then...
Thank you for your question!
@@MatsBengtsson that’s fucking crazy lmao I don’t mind the language lmao. I appreciate the response! If I may ask how did you end up with such a unique job??
@@MatsBengtsson Seeing how murky it is, I can't imagine you'd have much warning if you had not been on the rudder!
@@MatsBengtsson Next time, remove the ships throttle lever and hide it until you come up again.
@@MatsBengtsson That's kinda surprising. I should think they'd LOTO the mechanisms if it was being serviced?
Can't play on your phone with this job.
IzZy EpiC well, if it is 12 meters deep, then you only have 2 h 15 of divetime. That gives you 5 h 45 min of playtime 😅😋😏
Nice spot to play Candy Crush !
That’s where you’re wrong kiddo 😎
Marsel Jurenec-Music those are awesome, quite a few people use them in the oil fields
Only if you're using a Galaxy S21+ :)
Slaps Propeller:
This bad boy produces lots of thrust.
As a scuba diver I am just imagining how much work you are doing to go up and down on each pass, over and over, 7M up, 7m down, the whole time also kicking to keep pressure against the propeller you are cleaning, and dealing with any current as well. Impressive.
Thanks! I was about ask how he keeps pressure against the blade-constantly kicking to do so while moving around the blade sounds exhausting!
No clue how I ended up here watching this...but I watched the whole damn video and i thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. What a cool job to have! In sure it has its perks and drawbacks but damn, not many people can say they work underwater lmao
Hello! 0rang3z thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Glad you enjoyed it!
Getting run over by other ships, threat of being eaten by sharks, octopus & squid (just have a dolphin or an orca nearby to protect divers from predators). lol
smh oxymoron. Lets have predators near by to protect us from predators.
same here
Three things can be watched forever: flowing water, burning flame and other people working :)
Barnikle smoke, don’t breathe this.
Jake Fejer hahahaa
🤣
Jake Fejer it’s accentually diatomaceous earth.
i can hear will it blend in my head
The new Blend-Tec tanker polisher
Why wasn't this an option with my high school guidance counselor?
It was at my high school, but I ended up getting a job cleaning ceiling fans
They didnt want you to know you can make more money with no college...
Because high school guidance counselors are losers who don't know what real jobs are.
because you have to spend $50k on education first!
$50k for education first? Do you know how much a degree is at a respectable 4 year university? MUCH more than 50k.
Did you use dust mask and safety glasses ?
Mosquito haha 😂
It's ok as long as you have a mist of water at the disk 😉
ok
That's not an OSHA approved dust particle mask.
Not KOSHA
So I started off with the 3 stooges and somehow ended up here. No regrets though
Sounds like a normal day at the office..
I am really amazed that something that seems so insignificant can save so much fuel. Nice video
I know! It can do a whole lot for the fuel efficiency!
Hello everyone!
Thanks for all the comments. This video is old and I haven't uploaded that much since then. I have plenty of material to share but my skills in GoPro studios are *very* limited and I am waiting for my new computer. Also, my Internet gives about 5/2 Mb/s. So if I started to upload a new video now you would be able to watch it late 2019. Fiber is on it's way though.
I am not asking for subscribers, but if you want to you are more than welcome to subscribe. I do this only to share what I do for a living. I am not trying to teach how my job is done. It is for entertainment purposes only.
I have video of me inspecting a turning propeller, which I will upload asap. Stay tuned.
Once again, thanks for all the nice (and not so nice) comment. It is very fun to read!
I am very excited and terrified to see the spinning propeller video.
dang, if they had fibre in my area
Mats Bengtsson you seem like an awesome chill dude, keep it up!
Thanks Elibrius!
Mats Bengtsson are you just removing the buildup to inspect for cracks or just to keep the corrosion down. You can't be just polishing it just for the sake of making it look Purdy. Lol
This is both fascinating and terrifying, lol. When I was about 5, maybe 6 years old, we lived on a navy base. One day, my dad took me down on the dock next to some huge navy ship and at one point, I fell in the water between the ship and the dock. I remember sinking, because i didn't know how to swim. i was looking up the side of that big-ass ship and i don't remember much after that. Since then, I've had a major fear of ships and water. I watch videos like this to try to face it. Maybe I'll go diving one day with my boss, who happens to be a diving instructor. I'll probably start out doing it in a pool or small pond. The ocean is pure nightmare fuel for me.
Hello CAP! That sounds fucking horrible. Would be awesome if you could overcome you fears! Hope you follow you plans with the scuba diving. Please let me know if you do!
id didnt kill you but doesnt sound like it made you stronger...
CtrlAltPhreak for most ppl I'd say how are you scared but you have a legit reason
Can’t swim at 6
I had to have tubes in my ears and a few other surgeries in my ears and I wasn't supposed to go under water for a long time, so I didn't learn to swim until I was around 10.
first things first: now i know what my phobia is called. so thank you
i have no idea why i watched this, i was feeling uncomfortable seeing the side of the tug from the water, and i got really heavy chested and couldn't breathe properly when you could faintly see the screw. but like when i dove, the anxiety calmed a bit once you were in the zone and working.
i did my diving checkout to try and over come this fear, and ended up diving a wreck. honestly when i was down there and became comfortable with my air supply, it was not too bad. in the end i gave up, and remain in fear of man made objects under water.
here's to hoping that nobody fires up that GIANT screw
Thanks for sharing your story! I feel it too. Can be really scared when approaching the ship some times. It is shit but i get over it when I am on the "job" so to say.
submechanophobia
10:35 top 10 saddest betrayals
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”
―Polishing tool
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”
― William Blake
That is a massive propeller. how horrifying is that to be up close to it UNDERWATER
imagine someone turning the propeller on
RJ17 I would just close my eyes, plug my ears, and ball myself up and get ready to die
RJ17
I guess it won't do any harm. Cant imagine how this 20tonn prop will gain its max speed instantly.
Squar3d They pick up speed way faster than you think
Squar3d depends on how many thousand hp are pushing it.
Cool video!
My work gets me close to the propellers of some the very biggest oil tankers, but nowhere near as close as this.
I recently saw one silhouetted when we were in shadow and the far side of the vessel was in direct sunlight, and I got a sense of just how massive they really can be.
Interesting, the pneumatic sander seems to have an air return line. I can only imagine how bubbly it would be down there if it didn't!
Cool... neat
Damn, I ran into you in the wild. Wassup b?
May I ask, what is your job title?
This is the type of thing I'd consider doing simply to overcome the fear element. Dams and boats are horror movie material IMO
Hello LemmingRush!
The job titel is "commercial diver". That include construction work, inspections etc. I am mostly doing ship related works like this but also some of the other.
Have you heard about submechanophobia? (not sure about the spelling) it is the fear of partially or fully submerged, man made objects. It is real and my job scares the shit out of me from time to time. Google it!
Thanks for your comment!
Mats Bengtsson I'm a lifeguard, dams are honestly my biggest fear.
Where I live we have large amounts of hydro powerplants and wiers..
I suppose submechanophobia is the word for it. I've felt that fear all my life! The mental strength required to work despite of it would be incredible.
I know, and it is horrible. I have been working around the spillways on a couple of hydroplants. It is terrifying to know that some one can kill you by just open the spillway when you are down there. But it is worth it 😅
Where are you from?
Mats Bengtsson Yea! Gotta make damn sure no one does something they shouldn't.
I live in Calgary, we have tons of powerplants in the Rockies.
Where do you do your work?
We are stationed in Gothenburg, Scandinavias largest port is there. But we do work in all of Scandinavia. Would live to work in Canada though. I bet you have some great nature around Calgary!
I had a roommate that did jobs like this all around the world. He said the one time he saw something big and blue swim by him but he just kept working like nothing was there lol. I wouldn't be able to do this unless the money was ridiculous. Nice work btw I can tell you're a pro.
this is so cool!! seeing jobs like this is inspiring me to do different jobs and not just the day in and day out same task over and over again Thanks for sharing!
Even swimming along in that murky water had me tense 😂 lovely job though, you are obviously very skilled at your craft
Thanks Ben! It actually scares the shit out of me from time to time. You are not alone whit this fear 😂
9:30 when the dilldo goes outa control
Lol look at this virgin 😂😂😂
Wtf🤣
Mojo Bros virgin ur probably about 10 kid 😂😂
Dude noooooo 😂😂
Drilldos dude
I find this satisfying and peaceful to watch. Couldn’t tell you why. Maybe the sound of the water and and the propeller going from crust to chrome with one sander pass!
Nice beefy tool you have. I like it. Built to last as long as it needed! Good work!
When it's Friday and you just want to go home 10:36
ttiization exactly!!!
hahahaha
Freaky but so cool at the same time. Thanks!
Just what i'm thinking while doing it xD
This stuff creeps me out
Super cool, fun to see what it takes to keep your boat in top shape. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Hooked! Thanks for the comment and I am glad you enjoyed it! Have a nice day/night.
Nice Vid ..... kind of surprises me for one sec that the propellers get polished from time to time but it makes perfect sense :)
Very interesting, and, thanks for not adding a bunch of dumb music, makes it much more realistic to hear the natural sounds
Haha! No music i partly a result of my non existing skills in adding music to videos etc. But, I hate it myself when people ruin good content with any kind of music. Feels good to have some one by my side!
Me: *Plays the Jaws theme on the divers com. Gets fired.*
Me: "Worth it."
even if i were the diver id just laugh and keep working.
You guys have a very unique job, great video!
Thanks XGC!
i actually did this in L.A harbor, cerritos channel on a friends 100' power boat.. most fun i have had two 32" props.. 3 rudders, 3" prop shafts, V struts. i enjoyed the heck out of it.. thanks for sharing.. i am sitting here smiling just remembering doing it.
wayne p glad to hear you enjoyed it! It is great fun actually. At least this one was. I have done some really hard once. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
I watch these types of videos cuz I like getting anxiety from the comfort of my bed.
Nice, thanks for sharing an interesting look into an area most people don’t get to see very often. I’ve nothing to do with marine equipment but watched out of pure fascination. Was lovely to see the gleaming surface left behind after each pass, wish my car polishing ended up so nice! Haha
Cheers 👍
Hello K.! Nice that you found it interesting and for leaving a comment. Have a good day!
That is one big, shiny spinny boi after you're done with it. Good job!
Thanks =D
Hello mat I am wanting to do this for a job. What's the technical name for this job and what are the required qualifications?
Hello there Rads! In English the term would be Commercial Diver. Where are you from? I am from Sweden and here we have a school with a two year education. But there are other ways to go.
I am from Australia. I don't know if the job is available here I'll have to look that up.
mate just go work on a yacht, I did it for 4 years. did loads of stuff like this. ship maintenance. good fun
Under water polisher technician
Rads there are courses under ADAS or HSE (IMCA) a course that probably last you three months or more to be a commercial diver it’s gonna cost you around USD 20-30K
Next job: Polishing the thrusters of the International Space Station.
I would make a great supervisor I clicked on this just to check it out as I drank my coffee then when it ended I realized I just sat there drinking my coffee watching this guy work on the propeller.....
I don't know how I found this video but I am so relaxed watching it... What an amazing job you have I would love to do that myself cleaning dirty objects with grinding equipment is just relaxing lol
Also subscribed would love to see more of this!
**propeller starts to spin**
Don't forget to lubricate between your pad and the material you're polishing!
Amaury Phalempin: lubrication would be redundant here. If I am right: you lubricate for lower friction hence not over heat the material. But since this is done in the water it is nothing to worry about.
Mats Bengtsson I guess you didn’t see the sarcasm font lol
Haha, I did not 😅
And try not to inhale the smoke and dust!
Mats Bengtsson k
Nothing cleans a rusty propeller like Rust-eze. Wow! Look at that shine!
this terrifies me, big *props* to you
Your are not alone Jamie!!! I am with you on that.
Mnn, yeah, that’s gonna be a no from me dawg.
Don't you wanna come and try? xD
i would prefer welding...underwater.
Billy Darley I prefer welding on land where I cannot drown and not be surrounded by creepy darkness
The Jester gee's, wimp out much? Better to be a live chicken than a dead hero, eh?
Billy Darley yeah I have a phobia for dark water so you're absolutely right good sir.
Looks like the prop went out to a shop to be re-conditioned. Not that thats possible. Thats why you have a job. Hope it pays well. That is a first class service your providing there. I bet theres a noticeable increase in fuel efficiency
Thanks for your comment! Not all of our clients give us feedback with information about how the fuel consumption changed after a polishing. But some do, and it does a huge different some times. We provide hull cleaning as well. One shipping company lets us clean three of their ships four times every summer here in Sweden. So I guess it does a whole lot!
At least the disc has good cooling :D Amazing work! Greetings from Norway!
Hello Nowik! You are right about that.
Greetings from Sweden!
This looks so satisfying
suddenly, the propeller starts to rotate..
Taydrum my biggest fear if I did that
Aand that dude gets submechanophobia...
I won't go near that sh´t without firts disabling the engine and bring those keys with me in the water... Even then i'd be cautious
Should be lockout-tagedout.
still, a human would not be fast enough to get away from the current the blade would make if they are on the wrong side.big things move a lot of water even if they are slowly doing it.
Had to take a Xanax just to watch this.
SMaze17 me too
congrats, druggy
hopefully they get what they deserve like peep did
@will blizard lil peep died from fentanyl laced faked xanax.
Tumeg it wasn’t laced it was pure fentanyl
gotta give respect to these guys man. I do a lot of fiber optics work and we had a cable get snagged by a boat anchor. the claws on the repair trawley couldn't grab the cable automatically, so we had to get commercial divers with special equipment to go nearly 4,000 feet to manually hook up the cable to the clamps. I was only ever around for the actual repair and not the retrieval, but damn the amount of courage it takes to drop 4,000 feet in a tin can to pick up some wires is immense.
Hello RKSNomad! I would have loved to do that diving. But, are you sure it was 4000 feet? That's about 1200 meters. I think the deepest dive for commercial divers was to 1700 feet or so. But, I might be wrong!
@@MatsBengtsson they were in a submersible
Thats a pretty freaking cool job.
Omg that is terrifying....I feel claustrophobic and anxious :(
You might have submechanofobia?!
Same here! That green water block so much of the field of view... Imagine a huge shark or a whale that you can see when it's only a couple feet from you. Don't know about you, but for me... Heart attack!
POlishing beginns here: 3:33
Thanks Alex! I forgot to write that myself.
Looks so satisfying, my dream job!
Great video thanks for sharing your hard work with us. Truly like how you handle the trolls in this comment section!
I've kayaked around a few large ships before, and it always made me a little uncomfortable. Something about all that tonnage and mirky water with who-knows-what swimming around in it. I think I'd be too freaked out to dive beneath something that huge.
Do you ever wonder what's swimming behind or under you while you're doing that? =O
Hello Tim!
Have you heard about submechanophobia? The fear of partially or fully submerged man-made objects. It's real and I think I have a lighter version of it. I feel uncomfortable when swimming around the ship. Especially when approaching the propeller. But, at the same time I am so fascinated and exited.
I have been scared the shit out of me a couple of times: one when I was polishing a propeller like this but in the middle of the night. I tend to start thinking about sharks every now and then while diving. Just as I was, a huge codfish came out from now where. And one time was when I was inspecting the hull of a ship. All of sudden I was blown away 5 meters (15 ft) when passing by the outlet for the cooling water of a larger ship. You know, it's not like a garden hose. This thing was at least 0.5 meters (20 inch) i diameter.
So, to answer your question: yes, I do think about what's around me while diving. But, I'm only working around Scandinavia. So the chance of seeing a shark or something similar is very little.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I would be afraid of that propeller being accidentally started up.
excited*
@@MatsBengtsson or thalassophobia that’s what I have which sucks sense I like ships and shipwrecks
With a high speed water driven van pump! My only question is, How do you control your personal stability that you are not pushing yourself away and you can travel the whole blade without being pushed away?
Lisa b Hello and thank you for your comment!!
Actually I am using a hydraulic driven machine. It is a high rpm which forces the water away around the disc. Hance creating a suction that keep me on the blade. Then I can decide my direction of travel by just tilting the machine so that it get more grip on one or the other side of the disc.
That is a damn good question as I work in the water and was wondering the same thing. I was thinking he may have wrapped a sling around the blade and tied into it but that would not allow the movements he is making up and down the blade.
schlaznger suction from the hand motòr holds you close and a subtle altering of the hoses will mae it go up n dowm with out much effort can i say this. It takes a couple of years to get this good at prop polishing the lad/lass is making it look easy normally youll see people shooting all over the shop good job.
Appears he's not pushing very hard. And he is probably utilizing his legs for ballance and leverage from the rest of the blade.
Brilliant, I had the same question.
Very cool. Didnt know something like that was ever done. Always kinda asumed that props and the like were just coated so wildlife, rust and dirt didnt have a chance to mess things up
The man is 90+ feet under water doing his job 👏
how long does this take....
TheRedCreeper hello Creeper! As you can see, one blade side took about 7 minutes. 7 × 12 = 84 minutes (6 blades = 12 blade sides). But this is only for the blades surface, not the root and the "vortex breaker". Add some time fore mobilization of hoses and such and one or two brakes. So i guess it took around three hours.
But it is more than a full day if you add transport from our harbour out to the ship and back plus safety meeting and so on.
Thanks for asking. Have a nice day or night, depending on where you live!
Mats Bengtsson o dang. That’s long. Oh well you have a good day or night as well
TheRedCreeper
10 minutes and 50 seconds.
Put a cup of sea water in front of me, nope.
Dude... you are worth so much money, those tankers probably save so much money on gas and maintenance because of this.
This was oddly satisfying to watch ;)
I wouldn't mind having this job.
who here watching this is baked af
Miles Fallon 😂you aren’t ?
Clicked without even think, didn’t realize what was about to happen. That shit was so real that I dived with the guy until I realized I was getting without air cause I was holding my breath 🙃
Yoooooo
How much extra friction would a thin film even create. It's probably a good paying job for the guy which is good, but what's the point
I don't think that propeller surface is small enough to be affected by the sea creatures living on it.
I'm pretty sure having that layer of crust has some adverse effect on ship performance, otherwise they wouldn't be paying a company to come clean it. The ship's propeller is only ever out of the water in drydock, so it certainly isn't just for show.
Remington Bradley the answer to your question is the growth unbalanced the prop, plus they work best when their chiny. Plus its probably like bling for ships.
i would say alot of it is preventative. way cheaper to do it now when its easy. then let it build up and become a real chore
A propeller polishing can reduce the fuel consumption with several percents and is a good investment for the owner. Saving money, time and the environment.
it in the description all that ^
This is handwork, salute to you
Amazing work ❤
Thanks 😍
I watch some weird stuff on TH-cam. Confirmed🚮🚮
Equal rights. We need more women doing this sort of job. Risky but well paid.
if they would have the interest to start with
theres nothing stopping a woman from doing these things. theres just no desire to
We need to force wamen into these lines of work, Becuase equality!
its not sexism lol you just rarely see a woman in line to get a pick and shovel and start digging...no interest is a better way to put it
Jhon Doux whaaaat? Are you saying that there is a difference between men and woman?! What a horrible sexist pig! We need better education and more government funding to remove this wrong think from our society!
Excellent video thank you it takes a certain type of person to do a job like this
Thank you Michael! You are right, I am a certain kind of person. Don't know if it is in a good way though... xD
Pretty kool the prop is reflecting green from all the algae
i wish theyd turn the propeller on while hes down there
Erik _ Best Erik! I am glad you wish I was killed by a turning propeller. I wish it too some times. You know, when you are in on your 36th working hour with out any sleep and you know you need to finish the job before you can go home. Those shitty days you just want to be buried two meters down.
But why would *you* want them to have me killed? What would *you* get out of that?
To be honest, your comment sucks. But I wish you a pleasant day!
Best Regards
Mats Bengtsson
sometimes i wish i was the diver getting hit by the propeller, sorry I just projecting myself onto you in a drunken youtube rampage. welp im gonna finish this bottle of jameson bottle my gf just cheated on me
your actually super cool im not jelious or anything,
Erik
Mats Bengtsson u did a good job
im a pussy, it would have to be a bus going highway speeds
Erik _ It's cool Erik. Sorry to hear about your gf cheating on you. But take it easy with the Whiskey buddy. Might feel good now but won't help in the lung run. Go out have some fun with your friends.
Wish you the best of luck!
/Mats
Worlds most satisfying job 😍
I’m going to get my scuba certification in July then I will be going into the navy to become a navy diver once I retire I’m going to have the government pay for my commercial diving school. Hopefully one day I’ll be doing stuff like this if all goes as planed 👌🏻
Man them bubble sounds are relaxing for some reason.
Absolutely amazing video. If I may ask, what's up with the smaller prop behind the one with the bigger blades? Are they the same one just make every part generate thrust?
Very scary, but ridiculously satisfying.
So satisfying to watch
When I was young I watched Titanic and saw that scene where the propeller strikes the boat and chews them all up. Had the most inane fear of being near propellers ever since lol.
That is some very hard work.
this video went from anxiety proviking to much more than mildly satisfying.
I am glad it did!!!
I’m a diver, padi certified for open water and enriched air nitrox. I literally hate being around mechanical objects in water. Even bridge piles bother me. Ironically I have dove on sunken barges at a depth of 110 feet, and that didn’t bother me at all. Possibly because I knew it was disabled and never to move. It’s the surface attached stuff like floating ships that bother me.
That's badass, Mats. I think I'll stick with my occupation though, something about floating around in the gloom and not being able to clearly see my surroundings bothers me. More power to you m8. Cheers.
Hey Mats, what's the lock-out procedure for something like this? I'm assuming for diver safety you'd need to lockout the engine or something to prevent the ships propeller from spinning?
Hello Eliminator!
During the LOTO we ask the Crew to isolate all propellers such as thrusters, azipods, and main propulsion ofcorse. And all other moving parts that the diver can get stuck in and hurt by. Not all ships are equipped with proper LOTO kits. Then we have to relay on that the crew actually listen to us during the safety meeting and follow all our orders.
Very cool job.
Trabajo genial, el mantenimiento de una hélice es fundamental para el cuidado de la transmisión del barco.
Hello Mats.
Good job. A question. What type of abrasive do you use? Is a flat disk or ring type?
Thanks for the explanation in the description.
You are welcome!
And thanks to you for READING the DESCRIPTION. You are a modern hero. Even tough I like all the comments.
so satisfying to watch
i love the sound of the water sloshing around
I do as well!
Wow.. amazing. Your job sure is exciting
Very nice. Stay safe down there
Good job!!!
il est vraiment courageux . chapeau mon ga :)
I find this fascinating. I cant believe this is done while it's at sea, but makes sense. Not all ships can go to a shipyard (I guess at least, there is one on my city and only some ships can go to it)
Hey Mats!
How do you float up and down to work the propeller if you're in a pressurized/weighted suit? Do they lift you up and let you down from the boat above?
Very cool!
Good job .
My ocd would love and hate this job so much. Nice work down there
My OCD loves and hates this job. It is a very good way to keep it under control actually.
Mats Bengtsson fair play keep up the good work sir
Adam Smith thanks for dropping by Adam!