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Installation of the automatic oilers has total cost avoidances per year, for the CVN68 Class, of approximately $380,000 in labor. Feedback from the technical community confirms that chain lubrication has never been better, and chain corrosion reduced drastically. Since the installations began in 2002, there have been no instances of conveyor chain related casualties or cascading damage to a conveyor system. This could result in an additional $300,000 savings per year, per aircraft carrier.
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