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The crankshaft of the Wärtsilä Sulzer RTA96-C is one of the largest precision mechanical parts ever built, weighing about 300 tons and extending nearly the full 89-foot length of the engine. Forged from massive sections of hardened steel, it converts the vertical force of combustion into rotational motion that turns a ship’s propeller directly. Each piston, weighing more than 11 tons, pushes down during combustion and transfers immense force through connecting rods into the crankshaft. Despite rotating at only about 102 revolutions per minute, this slow movement produces enormous torque, allowing ships weighing over 200,000 tons to move efficiently across oceans. The crankshaft rests on huge main bearings lubricated continuously by high pressure oil systems, ensuring smooth operation under extreme loads. In its largest 14 cylinder configuration, the Wärtsilä Sulzer RTA96-C produces up to 80,080 kilowatts, or about 107,390 horsepower, making it the most powerful reciprocating engine ever installed in a ship. The crankshaft must withstand continuous forces equal to thousands of tons while operating nonstop for weeks or months at sea. Even microscopic alignment errors during manufacturing could cause catastrophic failure, so each section is machined and assembled with extreme precision. This massive rotating structure forms the core of modern marine propulsion, converting controlled explosions inside the cylinders into steady rotational power that drives ultra large container ships like the Emma Maersk class across the world’s oceans. Genius engineering.

Chicos hasta la próxima reencarnación

Tuve el honor de ser la Cruz de Guía del Cristo de los Alabarderos y soy uno de los faroles del sepulcro del Santo Entierro. Todos aquellos miserables que nos comparan con el niqab y el burka no es que no tengan NPI, es que son mala gente. Dios les perdone. Yo no soy tan bueno.

If you could name the first city on Mars, what would you name it?

NO a las empanadillas al horno, ni a los sinvergüenzas, porque lo son, que para hacerse los modernitos hacen empanadillas argentinas y ni han nacido en Buenos Aires ni en la Pampa ni ná. SÍ a la empanadilla de atún frita en perola con aceite doliva. Fin

Es viernes y el cuerpo lo sabe

Sean Penn, 65, seen with his 30-year-old girlfriend. Be honest... what's your first thought?

No doy crédito. Es que no doy crédito. El poder legislativo está regulando el uso del habla. Así, se pretende que no se pueda utilizar la palabra «cáncer» en contextos negativos, peyorativos o figurados. No se podrá decir, por tanto, «Fulano es un cáncer para la democracia». «Las pasiones son cánceres para la razón pura objetiva», nos explica un ingenuo Kant. Pues mal. A partir de ahora, fuera Kant con sus metáforas insensibles. Me voy a pasar la tarde revisando mis novelas, no vaya a ser que tontamente haya escrito algo que al Congreso de los Diputados español le parezca inconveniente. Haré penitencia, no obstante.