Oilon Burner
Spare Parts Supplier
Oilon, a family company from Lahti in Finland, makes oil, gas and combination burners, and its burners are found on the auxiliary boilers of ships. A request starts from the burner plate, not the boiler plate, and each line is offered as a genuine part or a checked alternative, confirmed before the quote.
Which Oilon burners the requests name
In its marine material Oilon calls the burner one of the key components of an auxiliary boiler: if the heating fails, the ship does not leave port. Two Oilon type families can be traced both in the maker's own spare parts names and on burners sold second-hand by independent sellers, so each has a card; the two cards after them deal with plates that show something else.
GP
GP is the type prefix of Oilon gas burners: the maker files the GP-50 H under its gas burners, and a used GP-80 H was offered as a monoblock gas burner with its gas train mounted on the side. The figures and the suffix after GP decide which head, ignition and gas train items belong to the burner, so the plate line is copied in full, together with the serial number.
RP-130H
RP-130H is an Oilon oil burner type that runs through the maker's own parts names, from the nozzle valve to the ignition electrode, and a used RP-130H was offered second-hand as a two-stage burner for diesel oil or heavy oil. Neighbouring RP sizes share some parts and not others, so the type on the plate, not the family, fixes each line.
A type that is neither GP nor RP
Oilon builds further burner families for other fuels and fuel combinations. A plate with another prefix is welcome as it is: type the letters and figures you see, add the serial, and the type is checked against the plate photo before a single item is tied to a request line.
Boiler plate and burner plate
Oilon burners are often mounted on boilers built by other firms, and the boiler's own plate says nothing about the burner type. Pressure-side items of the boiler follow the boiler documents; the gun, nozzle, ignition set, fan and flame safeguard follow the Oilon plate. If the burner turns out to be another make, it has its own page, for example Riello or Saacke.
Faults that end in an Oilon parts request
An Oilon burner usually reaches us after one of four complaints: it fails to light, the flame turns smoky or unsteady, the control locks out, or fuel pressure misbehaves. Matching the complaint to its group below narrows the part down before anything is typed into the request.
No ignition, or ignition that comes late
The ignition electrode is a wearing part, and Oilon itself uses it as the example of a small item that can keep a ship in port. A burned tip, a cracked insulator or a worn ignition cable shows up as repeated failed starts. The maker lists different electrodes for different burner types, so the electrode is ordered against the type on the plate.
Smoke, soot or an unstable flame
Wear or partial blockage in the oil nozzle breaks up the spray pattern; the result is a smoky flame, soot in the furnace or pulsation. A new nozzle is chosen from the marking on the old one or from the burner manual, not from a size guessed on a photo.
Lockout on flame failure
A dirty flame detector or an ageing burner control can stop the burner although the flame is sound. Clean and test the detector first; if the lockout comes back, send the detector type and the label of the burner control together with the burner plate.
Pressure or valve faults
On oil burners the pump, the nozzle valve and the solenoid valves decide whether the flame comes in cleanly; on gas burners the gas train and its pressure switches do. Each item has its own label or item number, and the request line is written against that, not against the burner name.
Parts of an Oilon burner we are asked to quote
Listed by assembly, from the ignition set to the burner front. Putting the assembly name next to each requested item spares a second exchange of e-mails.
- Ignition electrodes, ignition cables and ignition transformers
- Oil nozzles, nozzle valves and nozzle holders
- Flame detectors, flame relays where fitted and burner controls, by the type on each label
- Oil pumps, oil hoses, oil regulators and solenoid valves
- Gas train items and gas pressure switches, by their own labels
- Fan wheels, couplings and fan motor items
- Servomotors, air dampers and adjusting parts of the head
- Gaskets, mounting flanges and sight glasses where the burner meets the boiler
What to copy from an Oilon burner
Prices for Oilon burner parts are worked out from the burner's own plate and manual. With the details below, nobody has to guess which burner sits on the boiler:
- The full type line from the burner plate: letters, figures and suffix, nothing dropped
- The serial number stamped on that plate
- The fuel the burner was firing when the trouble started: gas, diesel oil or heavy oil
- Flame detector type from its body and the type on the burner control label
- Nozzle marking, or the nozzle's position number in the burner manual
- Who built the boiler and which boiler type it is, from its own plate
- Photos of the burner plate, of the whole burner and of the part taken off
What happens to an Oilon request
Every line goes out either as a genuine part or as a checked alternative, and the buyer knows which before the quote. With Oilon the first check is the plate type, since one part name, an ignition cable for instance, carries different numbers on GP and RP burners.
Flame safety items by type only
Flame detectors and burner controls confirm the flame and cut the fuel if it goes out. We offer them only against the type in the burner manual or printed on the old unit; a unit that simply looks similar is not enough.
Electrodes and nozzles by burner type
An ignition electrode or a nozzle follows the type and serial of the burner, or the marking on the old part. Electrodes that look alike can still be set at a different gap and position relative to the nozzle.
Standard items behind an Oilon number
A burner parts list also holds plain hoses, gaskets, couplings and valves. With the owner's consent, such lines may be quoted as checked alternatives, provided size and material come from the list itself or from the old part.
Burner documents, boiler documents
Pressure parts, mountings and level control belong to the boiler builder's documentation; head, nozzle, ignition set, fan and flame safeguard belong to Oilon's. Keeping the two sets of papers apart stops a quote from landing on the wrong unit.
Oilon burner parts: what engineers ask us
Our boiler is another make. Why ask for the Oilon plate?
The burner is a unit in its own right, with its own type and serial. Boiler parts are handled on the boiler parts page, while burner parts are taken from the Oilon plate.
Our plate reads RP-130H. Is RP-130 enough for the order?
No. The suffix belongs to the type, and the serial number ties the parts list to your burner. Send the whole line as stamped.
We have a GP and an RP burner on board. Can the same ignition electrode go on both?
Do not assume so. Electrodes are listed per burner type, so each burner is quoted against its own plate and manual.
Will a photo of the nozzle do?
It helps to recognise the part, but the nozzle itself is identified by its marking, its position number in the manual, or the burner type and serial. Two nozzles of the same look may give quite different sprays.
What should we send about flame monitoring?
A photo of each label, on the flame detector and on the burner control, plus the text typed out. These lines are only priced for the type in the manual or on the old unit.
Is Vessel Core connected to Oilon?
No, and there is no agreement of any kind. Vessel Core holds no distribution, representation or partnership agreement with Oilon, and quoting a component against one of its designations implies no approval by the maker and no claim of interchangeability.
The Oilon plate comes first.
Type out the burner type and serial exactly as stamped, name the fuel that was in use, add the flame detector and burner control labels, and attach photos of the parts that came off. We sort each line into its burner assembly before matching a part number to it.
