HEAVY LIFTING & TRANSPORT
Liebherr is among the relatively short list of companies that offer a variety of cutting-edge solutions for offshore platforms.
Changing the way you think about maintenance PLATFORM OWNERS WANT TO REDUCE ANY COST OF MAINTENANCE, AND AT THE SAME TIME HAVE A RELIABLE AVAILABILITY OF THE PLATFORM EQUIPMENT. ACCORDING TO LIEBHERR MARITIME CRANES, THIS TENSION HAS NOW BEEN RESOLVED WITH LIMAIN. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF LIEBHERR.
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ll machines on an offshore platform including offshore cranes, which are essential for logistics and construction work, face extreme conditions. As such, regular intensive maintenance of these machines is essential to ensure safety and functionality. Maintenance processes are timeconsuming, costly, and require many resources. They are also dependent on conditions that are often impossible to control such as availability, local conditions, and professional expertise. The appetite amongst operators of both manned and unmanned platforms for fresh approaches to maintenance is on the rise, as they attempt to reconcile the tension between higher availability and lower costs of the machines on the platform.
Cutting-edge solutions
Liebherr Maritime Cranes, a division of the Liebherr Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction machinery, is among the relatively short list of companies that offer a variety of cutting-edge solutions for offshore platforms. In October 2020, it unveiled a new product called LiMain, which is short for Liebherr Intelligent Maintenance. Its premise is simple: increased crane availability at lower costs. Quality maintenance, independent of time, place, and resources, is a game-changer for operators and demands a closer look. The cornerstone of LiMain is its modular system architecture, which consists of four modules: Automatic Greasing, Condition Monitoring, Predictive Maintenance, and
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