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DV 48 RME

DV 48 RME

DV 48 RME

Product catalog summary
Overview: The DV48RME is a marine engine specifically designed for lifeboats, offering 48 effective horsepower for reliable and safe sailing. It is a genuine marine engine, not a modified industrial engine, ensuring ease of service and maintenance.
Design and Features: The engine is equipped with a balanced system of rotating counterweights to eliminate vibrations and minimize noise. It includes an automatic fuel control system that adjusts fuel intake based on load requirements. The open flywheel design allows for various SOLAS-approved starting systems, including hand, hydraulic, spring, and electric starts.
Standard Equipment: The engine comes with a reverse-reduction gear, wet sump lubrication, keel-cooling with thermostat, air inlet filter, electric start, charging alternator, and an operating remote panel with warning lights and audible alerts. Additional features include zinc anode protection, a drain pump for lubrication oil, and a water-cooled exhaust manifold.
Specifications: The DV48RME has a maximum continuous rating of 48 HP at 3600 rpm, with a reverse-reduction gear ratio of 2:1 to 2.82:1. It features a 3-cylinder, 4-stroke cycle with a bore and stroke of 85x85 mm. The engine's fuel consumption is 9.9 l/h at full load and 5.5 l/h at cruising speed.
Options: Optional equipment includes an instrument panel with gauges, a spray pump for fire-protected lifeboats, a battery switch, remote control, and various propeller and sterntube components. Six different SOLAS-approved starting systems are available.
Performance Curves: The document includes torque, rating, and fuel consumption curves, illustrating the engine's performance across different RPMs.
Note: Specifications are subject to change as BUKH continuously improves its engines.
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DV 48 RME-1

48 effective and disciplined horse powers guarantee safe and troublefree sailing. The DV48RME is designed and constructed as a genuine marine engine - it is not a "marinized” industrial engine. Through a simple design the service of the engine is carried out very easily. A BUKH does not vibrate due to a well-balanced system of rotating counterweights in the engine neutralizing all vibrations. It does not rattle because minimal tolerances in all moving parts ensure the lowest possible noise level in bearings, gearwheels, pistons and connecting rods. A BUKH RME engine has automatic fuel control which guarantees that the engine only gets the amount of fuel which the immediate load requires. Due to an open flywheel we are able to offer a great variety of different SOLAS approved starting systems which is not an option with other diesel engines. We can combine hand start, hydraulic start and spring start with traditional electric start. Standard Equipment: • Reverse-reduction gear • Wet sump lubrication system • Pre and main (full flow) filter • Keel-cooling with thermostat • Air inlet filter • Fuel lift pump • Electric start • Charging alternator with double diode • Operating remote panel with - Charging light - Luboil pressure warning light - Cooling water temperature warning light - Push button for start and stop - Audible warning • Fittings for remote control • Zinc anode protection • Drain pump for luboil • Dry exhaust fitting • Up-side-down valve • Standard set of tools • Operating manual • Watercooled exhaust manifold • Fittings for keel cooling • Bosch distributor injection pump with automatic device and governor • Automatic ventilation of fuel system • Lubrication oil cooler • Turbocharger Options: • Instrument panel with gauges - Tachometer - Temperature - Oil pressure • Spraypump for fireprotected lifeboats that can stand dry-running. • Battery switch • Remote control • 3 blade propeller • Propeller shaft • Sterntube • Front sealing arrangement for sterntube • Rear sterntube bearing • Propeller shaft coupling • 6 different SOLAS approved starting systems - Electric start with two independent starting batteries - Electric start with two starter motors and two independent starting batteries - Electric start and hand start with one battery - Electric start and spring start with one battery - Electric start and hydraulic start - Hand start and hydraulic start

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DV 48 RME-2

BUKH LIFEBOAT DIESEL ENGINES DV48RME Specifications Max continuous rating (ISO3046) at: 60 rps (3600 rpm) 48 HP (35.3 kW) Reverse-reduction gear ratio 2:1 / 2,5:1 / 2,82:1 (optional) Engine rotation (looking forward) Anti-clockwise Propeller rotation (looking forward) Clockwise Swept volume 1447 cm3 (88.29 cu in) Turbo charge pressure 0.5 Bar (7.25 psi) Cooling system (standard) Keel-cooling Fuel consumption, full load 9.9 l/h (2.62 galls/h) Fuel consumption, cruising 5.5 l/h (1.45 galls/h) Electric starter motor 12V, 1.74 HP (1.3 kW) As BUKH is always...

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