Hydratight’s new portable geniSYS 220 3D CNC thread milling service has been in high demand, even before its official launch this autumn. Difficult jobs have been completed in Europe and Africa, partly as pilot exercises and partly to prove the machinery’s amazing effectiveness and efficiency.

The repair of large-bore threads in power generation and marine plants, such as diesel engines and turbines, can cause big problems even for specialist contractors, as it proved on a MAN B&W five-cylinder engine undergoing refurbishment in Durban, South Africa. The marine diesel was undergoing a …