CONDITION MONITORING
Controlling Maintenance Costs A marine condition monitoring kit is helping a leading ship operator to manage costs and prevent equipment failure across its fleet.
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Condition monitoring data collecting on bridge
condition-based monitoring program, devised for the marine industry by SKF, enables ship operators to control costs and avoid damaging equipment breakdown.
One operator, Capital Ship Management Corp. (Capital), has been investigating condition monitoring strategies since 2006, in order to reduce the maintenance costs and minimise unexpected machinery and equipment breakdown. Together with
Use the handheld device to collect vibration data from critical machinery including cargo pumps, engine room fans, compressors, purifiers and electric motors
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SKF, Capital came up with an effective strategy by utilising a new handheld device, launched recently by SKF; the SKF Quick Collect. The company has implemented the solution across a fleet of 30 vessels, with a plan to extend the programme for the whole fleet of 56 vessels. SKF helped the company to determine which onboard machines should be regularly monitored. SKF’s equipment supports ship operators such as Capital to improve the reliability of operations. Onboard engineers use the handheld device to collect vibration data from critical machinery including
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