One of the two dry docks at the Odense Port has lacked capacity for a period, when one of the three large pumps that pumps the water out of the dock broke. The shaft was broken and several pump parts were broken in that connection.

It is a huge pump, which weighs up to eight tonnes and can pump 2500 liters per second, and can therefore quickly empty the dock when a ship has sailed in to arrive at the shipyard.

At Lykkegaard, we were asked to repair and restore the pump so that it is ready to run again. And preferably as soon as possible, so that the dock does not have to stand for too long.

Design of special parts

The pump is so large and different from the pumps we normally work with, so special drawings were needed. Unfortunately, there were no finished drawings of the individual parts for the pump (It is not Lykkegaard, which produced it in its time. If it had been, we would have had the original drawings).

Therefore, we had to measure and design ourselves based on the damaged parts and produce new ones that fit the size. A demanding detail work for engineers and industrial technicians. Because on such a pump, everything must fit together down to 1/100 of a millimeter.

"It has taken time and been demanding. But it is also a challenging task that gives professional pride when it works," says Uffe Holtze, who is an industrial technician and has worked with pumps at Lykkegaard for 26 years.

He has had the professional responsibility in the workshop for the reconstruction of the pump. It is therefore also him who has turned the new shaft and all the newly designed pump parts.