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choice of material. programs that are being phased out. Autohydro is intended
The scaffolding can be suspended and connected to improve the speed and quality of marine engineering
anywhere and in any direction, providing flexibility. The projects while lowering the cost, and it meets all Class
design allows for an increase in the speed of erection as well requirements.
as a reduced call on dockside support, said to result in cost Contact Autoship Systems Corp, Suite 1451, 409 Granville
effectiveness and flexibility for shipyards. Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2, Canada
Contact Haki AB, Glimåkravägen 4, SE-280 63 Sibbhult, Tel +1 604 254 4171
Sweden Fax +1 604 254 5171
Tel +46 044 494 13 E-mail
sales@autoship.com
Fax +46 044 494 72
www.autoship.com
www.haki.se
Ancillary equipment
Propulsion
Combined turbines
AMOT gains orders
AMOT has secured orders to supply 30 of its G series
supplied until 2012
temperature control valves to 156,000dwt crude oil
tankers being built in China by Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy
Tognum subsidiary MTU and Georgia, USA-based Industries, through its new regional distributor, Ninghai
Vericor Power Systems have signed a new contract for the Equipment & Engineering Ltd.
supply of gas turbines to be used in complete MTU marine The temperature valves are reckoned to have proven
propulsion systems, to run until 2012. This deal extends the high repeatability for accurate control and are used for
current contract from three to five years. different types of vessels in Chinese shipyards. Valve size
The TF 50 gas turbines will be used in combination matched to pipe size is said to reduce installation time and
with MTU diesel engines and marine electronics, as costs, ports are configurable to suit each installation, and
complete propulsion systems in ships, with one of the main low pressure drop allows the use of a smaller valve size
applications being for fast ferries. The turbines deliver a while manual hand-wheel valve adjustment simplifies set-
power output of 4118kW, and these combined diesel and up and maintenance.
gas turbine systems are said to offer the advantages of both A further contract with AMOT was placed by Hapag
types of propulsion system. Lloyd, for an XTS-W Bearing Condition Monitoring
With longer routes or at lower speeds, the diesel engine System which was installed aboard newbuild Hanover
is the sole propulsion, whereas at maximum speeds, the gas Express. The 8749TEU containership was built by Hyundai,
turbine is switched on as well. At the signing of the contract, and the installation is the first XTS-W system to accompany
Rainer Breidenbach, Tognum executive board member for the fitting of an electronic MAN engine, type 12K98 ME.
sales, commented: ‘This contract with Vericor will help The system provides real time monitoring of the crank
us to secure our leading position in the development and train bearings in large two-stroke diesel engines, providing
production of complete propulsion packages in the market an early warning of bearing wear and avoiding failures. It
for state-of-the-art marine systems.’ can also eliminate the need for open out inspections, which
Contact Tognum AG, Maybachplatz 1, 88045 are both costly and a major cause of crank train bearing
Freidrichshafen, Germany failures, and it asses bearing rate of degradation to allow for
Tel +49 75 4190 91 corrective action.
Fax +49 75 4190 97 Contact AMOT, Western Way, Bury St Edmunds,
www.tognum.com Suffolk IP33 3SZ, UK
Tel +44 1284 762222
Software Fax +44 1284 760256
Strong sales for
Autohydro
AmOT’s XTS-W Bearing Condition monitoring System,
installed aboard containership Hanover Express.
Canada-based Autoship Systems Corp (ASC) has seen its
Autohydro program become a leading player in the marine
software industry. The technology is used to analyse
hydrostatics, stability, and longitudinal strength for both
intact and damaged cases.
Its graphical user interface is said to transform what
could be a very complicated process into a user-friendly
desktop experience.
Some of the orders are ASC’s existing clients adding
a second or third licence of the program, others are new
installations, and the rest are upgrading from older-style
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