Port Side Main Exhaust ValveFor the last several weeks I’ve been working on the exhaust valve, and for the first time I feel like I’ve made some significant improvements on the section of the U-boat. The drawings below are based on U-352 and are as accurate as I can make them base on the imaging of this boat. There are still details that are missing that I will have to guess.
I have also modelled all the internal structure, or was much as I can
Detail that I’m missing or cannot find are:
- The inbound cooling water flange (I believe it must be near the top of the main valve).
- The pressure release valve.
- How the box (which houses gearing that opening and closing of the valve inside) is attached to the side of the main exhaust valve.
- How the grinding teeth seats when the main exhaust valve is closed (I imagine there must be a small internal flange?).
- The hinge mechanism for them main exhaust valve.
Fig. 1. Looking Inboard, to the stern.
Fig. 2. Looking Inboard, to the bow.
Fig. 3. Looking outboard, to the stern.
Fig. 4. Top.
Fig. 5. Looking to the stern.
Fig. 6. Looking outborad.
Fig. 7. Looking inborad.