Sensors are the eyes and ears of your automation. Their health (i.e. accuracy and reliability) is essential to all shipboard monitoring and control functions that require reliable data to synthesize decisions, which pretty much includes everything. What is surprising is that, even with this critical role in machinery control, sensor health has received scant attention [...]
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Sensors – the Eyes and Ears of Ship Automation
Monday, May 14th, 2012Reducing the Risk of Diesel Engine Crankcase Explosions
Monday, April 30th, 2012In a time when modern automation systems are supposed to prevent crankcase explosions and the ensuing engine room fires, these types of incidents are far from a rarity. In fact, several recent incidents, particularly in the cruise industry, have left ships without power for days and have resulted in financial losses totaling in the millions [...]
MACSEA Forms Strategic Alliance with Binsfeld Engineering for Torquemeters
Thursday, June 30th, 2011MACSEA Ltd, who recently initiated its Hull Medic hull fouling monitoring service, has formed a strategic alliance with Binsfeld Engineering Inc, a leading manufacturer of shaft torque and power measurement systems for the marine industry. Ship owners and operators realize that hull fouling causes drag-related speed loss and increased fuel consumption when more power is [...]
MACSEA to present hull condition monitoring paper at Intelligent Ships IX – May 25, 2011
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011MACSEA will present a paper entitled “Using a Ship’s Propeller for Hull Condition Monitoring” at the upcoming Intelligent Ships Symposium IX sponsored by the American Society of Naval Engineers. As a ship’s hull condition degrades due to marine fouling, more power and fuel are needed to maintain service speeds. A by-product of the increased fuel [...]
New Marine Solution for Measuring Hull Paint Performance
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011Ship owners, ship operators, and ship managers realize that hull fouling causes drag-related speed loss and increased fuel consumption when more power is delivered in order to maintain ship schedules. Hull fouling is also a topic of growing environmental concern and international regulation as it relates to green house gas emissions and the carriage of [...]
Hull Medic™ detects $136K/month in wasted fuel due to hull fouling
Friday, February 25th, 2011MACSEA’s new Hull Medic system detected the onset of hull fouling that was estimated to cost around $136,000 per month of unnecessary fuel consumption by one Navy ship. Fuel was being wasted due to the 35% extra power required to maintain the ship’s operating speed with a fouled hull. As part of its mission requirements, [...]
Navy Picks DEXTER for LSD Class
Thursday, February 24th, 2011Study shows high return, short payback An independent Business Case Analysis, requested by the U.S. Navy, predicts a 13-to-1 return on investment (ROI) in maintenance cost savings with DEXTER for LSD class ships. Navy Projects 13-to-1 ROI with DEXTER An independent Business Case Analysis for installing DEXTER on the Navy’s LSD class vessels predicted over [...]
New IMO Regulations & Hull Medic ™
Thursday, February 17th, 2011In many areas of the world, invasive species have caused species extinction, damaged ecosystems and created hazards for livelihoods, human health, and local economies. According to some estimates, the financial loss due to bio-invasion could be as high as $120 billion per year in the United States alone. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is addressing this [...]
Contract Issued for 4th LSD DEXTER Installation
Thursday, February 17th, 2011MACSEA was recently awarded a task order to install its DEXTER Machinery Health Monitoring system aboard the USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) as part of her Mid-Life modernization upgrade. DEXTER will be an integral component of the Advanced Engineering and Control System, as in the three previous LSD 41/49 ships already outfitted with DEXTER. Diagnostic and [...]
DEXTER Now Supports Open System Architecture via OPC
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011MACSEA has significantly improved its DEXTER system’s integration options using an Open System Architecture approach. MACSEA’s latest I/O interface uses OLE for Process Control (OPC) and .NET to provide a robust and easy to deploy interface into any machinery control system that supports OPC. This allows DEXTER to read and write data to these systems [...]
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