Engine Room Maintenance and Cleaning
A well-kept engine room means more than just keeping tidy — it is vital to the safety of the crew and the vessel. According to class society DNV GL, a shipowner operating 20 vessels can expect one major engine room fire every 10 years. Because improperly maintained engine rooms can lead to navigational failure or to engine room fires, Port State Control Inspectors typically will target engine room spaces during their onboard inspections, with particular emphasis placed on cleanliness.
Maintenance Programs: Engine Room Maintenance and Cleaning
Drew Marine’s Engine Room Maintenance and Cleaning solutions protect both your crew and the wellbeing of the entire ship. Our expert guidance and an assortment of compliant cleaning products prevent injury, equipment damage, and loss of life as a result of engine room fires and accidents.
About Our Critical Engine Room Systems Maintenance Program
Drew Marine offers a suite of maintenance chemicals and light equipment designed to remove typical soils and foulants encountered in the engine room. With experience in cleaning critical systems such as boilers, evaporators, air coolers, separators, filters, and electric motors and parts, our chemicals ensure we provide tailored, cost-effective solutions to ensure your systems and engine rooms are maintained at peak efficiency.
Engine Room Maintenance Chemicals - General
ENVIROMATE 2000
ENVIROMATE 2000 is a water-based cleaner formulated to meet the marine industry’s safety and performance requirements. Through its unique blend of cleaning agents, it is a non-flammable, general purpose cleaner perfect for a broad range of surface, deck, engine, and offshore applications. It is also recommended for ultrasonic cleaning applications.
EDGE
EDGE is a multi-purpose heavy duty cleaner specifically formulated to meet the marine industry’s requirements for cleaning action, safety and environmental considerations. This product combines heavy-duty cleaning ingredients with fast penetrating wetting agents to provide the power needed to remove stubborn soils while remaining mild enough not to harm most surfaces.
DREWCLEAN 3000
DREWCLEAN 3000 is a heavy duty liquid degreaser that easily removes fresh and aged oily soils. It is recommended for cleaning and degreasing engine rooms, tank tops, and bilges, as well as for cleaning bulkheads and other shipboard surfaces from grease and oily soils. It is non-corrosive, contains no chlorinated solvents or surfactants and consequently can be safely used on painted and unpainted metal surfaces.
O&GR
O&GR oil and grease remover is a blend of active cleaning agents and emulsifying solvents. It penetrates and dissolves grease, oil and grimy soils forming a soluble mixture that can be rinsed away with water. O&GR can be used as a cleaner for metal, parts and tools, painted and unpainted surfaces, decks, bulkheads, machinery, engines and wherever grease, oil and grimy soils are a problem.
AMEROID OWS
AMEROID OWS is a quick separating, superior solvent emulsifying detergent for general engine room degreasing and for cleaning and gas freeing of bilges. AMEROID OWS breaks quickly and does not harm the operation of oily water separators required under the MARPOL regulations.
AMEROID RSR
AMEROID RSR is a liquid combination of rust- dissolving acid, an emulsifier and a passivator for removing rust and rust stains, and passivating iron and steel surfaces.
DREWTAN RC
DREWTAN RC is non-flammable and can be used on rusted steel and sand-blasted steel as a pre-coating preparation that forms a water-insoluble black film that prevents moisture from penetrating into the metal surface. It is compatible with most paint types and coating systems, such as alkyd systems, modified alkyds, chlorinated rubber, epoxies, polyurethanes, and vinyls.
CREWCAREDM HC
CREWCAREDM HC is a powerful hand cleaner formulated with aloe vera extracts, jojoba esters and citrus oils that removes extremely stubborn industrial soils such as lubricants, grease, varnish, ink, tar, bitumen and adhesives. The action cleans and conditions the skin and aids in the removal of soils.
Core Equipment – Routine Cleaning
ACC/ME
ACC/ME is a patented, stable micro-emulsion cleaner, which, when sprayed on soiled parts of a marine diesel charge air cooler, penetrates and dissolves accumulated deposits, oil and grease. It can be used for “in-service” cleaning or by spraying or soaking air coolers out of service that does not contain any chlorinated solvents. Its features result in improved combustion, air cooling, and engine performance.
ACC-9
ACC-9 is Drew Marine’s traditional cleaner for air coolers. ACC-9 is a combination of non-abrasive, non-corrosive solvents, detergents and inhibitors. ACC-9 penetrates and dissolves accumulated deposits, oil and grease so they can be removed by blowing with compressed air or rinsing with a stream of water. ACC-9 is highly effective at removing deposits, oil, and grease from air coolers as well as all types of engine parts.
SAF-ACID
SAF-ACID is a special blend of sulfamic acid, wetting agent and color indicator. The wetting agent enhances the action of the sulfamic acid in removing deposits by its surface-active cleaning properties. SAF-ACID is recommended for removing mineral scale deposits from evaporators, heat exchanger heat transfer surfaces, and boilers as well as removing iron deposits when used in combination with salt.
DESCALE-IT
DESCALE-IT is a liquid acid used to remove scale and corrosion deposits from heat exchangers and piping systems that eliminate costly downtime and expensive manual descaling. DESCALE-IT is recommended for descaling boilers, evaporators, condensers, heaters and coolers.
DREW ELECTRIC 2000
DREW ELECTRIC 2000 is a highly efficient, non-chlorinated solvent designed to be used in electric parts cleaning applications that require deep penetration with a controlled evaporation rate. It is economical to use and can be applied to large motors, generators, and electrical apparatus, as well as smaller equipment.
DREW ELECTRIC FAST DRY
DREW ELECTRIC FAST DRY is a highly efficient non-chlorinated solvent, specially designed for motor and electrical parts cleaning. It dissolves and cleans grease, tar, wax, and oil from electrical equipment and parts upon contact. It is safe on most metals, including aluminum, and insulation materials used in marine motors and switch gears.
SNC 2000
SNC 2000 is a hydrocarbon solvent blend that does not contain any cresylic acid or chlorinated solvents that are specially designed to remove baked on and carbonized soils on valves, burner tips and other engine parts and filters. SNC 2000 penetrates deposits and dissolves oil, grease, varnish and combustion products.
DREW FC
DREW FC is a non-corrosive filter cleaning agent that is used for the removal of partially carbonized oils using a circulation method. It is mainly used for the cleaning of permanently fixed oil coolers, oil preheaters and metal/ceramic oil filters. These units are regularly contaminated by particles in the oil and partially carbonized oils.
DREWFRESH 2000
DREWFRESH 2000 is a high-performing micro-emulsion cleaner containing biodegradable components. This patented composition is designed especially for removing difficult to remove baked-on oils, carbonized deposits and heavy greases.
CARBON REMOVER
CARBON REMOVER is a combination of highly active, fast-penetrating solvents with selected detergents and corrosion inhibitors designed to remove carbon deposits, varnish, gummy matter, etc., from diesel engine pistons, rings, valves and other parts where oil combustion fouling accumulates. It penetrates deposits and dissolves oil, grease, varnish and most products of incomplete combustion.
ENVIROCARE 370
ENVIROCARE 370 is a solvent-based coal tar solubilizer and emulsion cleaner, containing a blend of aromatic hydrocarbons and surface-active agents. It is used for the removal of coal tar, crude, benzene, bitumen and similar substances. It is an economical cleaner that can be used for cleaning heavily contaminated metal parts as well as for tank cleaning.
AMEROID DC
AMEROID DC is a specially formulated blend of surfactants, solvents and acids designed to remove carbonaceous and varnish deposits from lube and fuel oil separator discs. It has proven its effectiveness when fuel incompatibility and increased sludge formation occur.
ENVIROMATE 2000
ENVIROMATE 2000 is a water-based cleaner formulated to meet the marine industry’s safety and performance requirements. Through its unique blend of cleaning agents, it is a non-flammable, general purpose cleaner perfect for a broad range of surface, deck, engine, and offshore applications. It is also recommended for ultrasonic cleaning applications.
Major Equipment Cleaning - Upsets
FERROCLEAN
FERROCLEAN is a unique, patented, highly effective water-based cleaner containing penetrating, dissolving and dispersing agents. It removes, dissolves and disperses iron oxide deposits from diesel cooling water systems while providing a temporary passivating film to protect the base metal from corrosion.
SAF-ACID
SAF-ACID is a special blend of sulfamic acid, wetting agents and a color indicator. The wetting agent enhances the action of the sulfamic acid in removing deposits by its surface-active cleaning properties. The color indicator provides a simple means for determining whether the strength of the SAF-ACID solution is adequate for effective, efficient cleaning. It is recommended for removing mineral scale deposits from evaporators, heat exchanger heat transfer surfaces, and boilers as well as removing iron deposits when used in combination with salt.
DESCALE-IT
DESCALE-IT is a liquid acid used to remove scale and corrosion deposits from heat exchangers and piping systems. The use of DESCALE-IT eliminates costly downtime and expensive manual descaling. The inhibitor contained in DESCALE-IT prevents serious attack of the base metal after removal of heat exchanger deposits is complete.
HDE 777
HDE-777 is a low-foaming solvent emulsifier cleaner used for cleaning marine equipment that is seriously contaminated with fuel or lubricating oils. Oil deposits can be removed from boilers, L.P. steam generators, etc. HDE-777 emulsifiers should never be used as an on-line cleaner; all cleaning should be done off-line.
FOT
FOT is a highly effective blend of self-dispersing solvents, surfactants, detergents and emulsifying agents. FOT is highly effective for removing baked on oil from oil-fired boilers. For more information contact your Drew Marine Representative.
Other Maintenance Programs
Cargo and Fuel Tanks
Minimize risk and help maximize revenue with cargo and fuel tank maintenance solutions. Drew Marine’s special-purpose products and expertise contribute to educated decisions that promote fast, effective tank cleaning and successful surveys while also optimizing sustainability practices.
Cargo Holds
Drew Marine’s cargo hold maintenance program protects cargo while protecting your ship from costly damage. Our specialized products and expertise help you ensure compliance and cut down port time, cargo damage, and maintenance costs.
Accommodations
Keep your crew safe and healthy while remaining sustainable. Drew Marine’s CREW CARE program produces cleaner, healthier working environments with less hazardous products. Key to the program is the chemistry management system to manage chemical dosage and usage on board via the dispensing system and instructions and simple to use color-coded and number coded products to ensure the right product is used for the right application.
Sanitation
Drew Marine offers cost-effective programs for sustainable sanitation system maintenance, complete with biobased products that, when used routinely, can help avoid unwanted back-ups and expensive repairs.
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