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High-Tech Service Initiatives From Deltamarin By David Tinsley, Technical Editor Finnish technical consultancy Delta- marin, in characteristically innovative style, is breaking new ground with the development of new computer-based By shipbuilders... for shipbuilders MasterSHIP is the shipbuilding work preparation software that converts design information into 12*0 0 0 i production information. It is fully integrated with AutoCAD. For information, support, dealerships, engineering or consultancy look at: www.yachtingconsult.com AMERICAN BABBITT BEARING. INC BOOTH 210 80 Industrial Lane Huntington, WV 25702 (800) 343-3933 Fax (304) 523-1222 NickSmith@americanbabbitt.com www.americanbabbitt.com American Babbitt Bearing, Inc., offers complete Babbitt Bearing rehabilitation including New Manufacture Babbitt Bearings for the Marine Industry. Emergency 24hr service, Centrifugal casting of Babbitt Alloys, Certified Babbitt Alloys, Machining capabilities up to 120" outside diameter, Level II certified UT and PT inspectors, and much more. PUT OUR SERVICES TO THE TEST. YACHTING CONSULT SPECIALISTS IN CAD/CAM ENGINEERING & SOFTWARE NIEUWE EMMASINGEL 17, 5611 AM EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS PH. +31 40 243 23 95 FAX +31 40 244 61 37 INTERNET WWW.YACHTINGCONSULT COM E MAIL SALES MASTERSHIP@YACHTINGCONSULT.COM Circle 361 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com Circle 234 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com OPTIMUM USE OF POWER LE MAG®-PRE MET XL Electronic Engine Indicator - MIP Calculator for Diesel Engines / • iSo ( Gas Engines 'Clij Steam Engines /. c • °af» < Compressor Engines / sateiil This is all you really need for reliable and accurate engine analysis. L Seyvim . late,'*e of!' Wa • lt,e safes - Mount the PREMET® on the cylinder cock and store the pressure readings. Read it on the digital display, on the PC screen, or print it on the PREMET® H printer. PREMET® delivers you complete data to optimize your engine's performance. — TIMUM USE F ENE GY Please, contact us for your local distributor: Lemag, Inc. PMB 182 • 250 "H" Street Blaine, WA 98230-4033 Tel: 604 980 1281 • Fax: 604 980 1341 email: lemaginc@home.com Lehmann & Michels GmbH & Co. KG Marlowring 4 22525 Hamburg / Germany Tel: +49 40 850 00 61 • Fax: +49 40 851 1888 email: lemag@lemag.de www.lemag.de Circle 323 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com services encompassing safety simulation and risk assessment, knowledge man- agement and life-cycle support. Its latest endeavors form the basis of what it describes as contemporary configuration engineering and management, and extend the role and business scope of a practitioner of the latest technology tools in marine design, engineering and production. Armed with new methodologies and products, which offer a seamless link from the design and construction period into the post-delivery stages, Deltamarin is equipped to meet an emerging market requirement for cradle-to-grave techni- cal support, starting with the initial fea- sibility studies and extending through lifetime operation. The company's first experience with a specific knowledge management system has encouraged Deltamarin to approach selected shipowner and shipyard clients with its proposed new type of service, dubbed knowledge management consul- tancy. The preliminary system has been used in connection with the design pro- ject for Tallink's 40,000-gt cruise ferry due for delivery next year from Aker Finnyards. Deltamarin believes the concept could bring tremendous benefits to the indus- try at large, by providing an integrated, electronic model of the ship and its component parts that will assist post- delivery tasks relating to maintenance, technical procurement, refitting, repair and modification. Pivotal to the envisioned tool is the 3- D product model and core information structure laid down and continuously refined from the early design stages of a newbuild scheme. The model is a means of better ensuring the efficiency and reducing the complexity associated with shipbuilding projects, typically involv- ing large numbers of subcontractors. It contains all data relating to the build and outfit, including materials, structures, components and equipment, and pro- vides an integrated working platform which is continually refined and referred to by multiple users throughout the life of the project. In essence, the latest initiative aims to tap the resource represented by the prod- uct model to the long-term benefit of the shipowner, by using the data store as the basis for an operational lifetime model that can be continually used and updated in parallel with ship maintenance, refur- bishment and modification in every shipboard technical discipline. It will provide a single, consistent source of integrated data containing the accumu- lated details of a ship and its through- life technical standing. Such a system 32 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News