Many industries have adopted proactive and predictive maintenance as normal practices in recent years, and maritime maintenance techniques have also evolved. Its maintenance models have progressed from reactive to predictive and preventive. One of the most difficult tasks in vessel maintenance is to prevent unplanned vessel downtime and marine-related risks. Machine breakdown in vessels can also pose a greater risk to people’s safety on board.

In day-to-day ship operations, structural and mechanical failures can cause serious accidents, placing the crew and passengers on board in danger, posing a threat to the environment, inflicting ship damage, and causing considerable financial losses. Condition monitoring is gaining popularity in the marine industry since is a more cost-efficient and effective maintenance strategy that can save ships from the following. The use of condition monitoring in on board ships enables the continuous monitoring of critical onboard assets, such as main engines, thrusters, generators, compressors, and pumps. 

We, at Technomax, provide expert analysis support for services such as vibration analysis, infrared thermography for all rotating machinery, and noise measurement at all classified vessel locations, and will provide an expertly analysed report highlighting maintenance recommendations for parameters that are above the DNV and ISO comfort class limits. We can also supply and install an online monitoring system on rotating machinery that will continuously measure vibration and temperature and generate alert messages depending on trending and preset alarms. The information gathered can be seen onboard for quick action, transferred for on-site diagnostics, or shared with us for expert analysis and recommendations.