WinGD OFFERS MORE THROUGH WIDE

Swiss-based WinGD is upping its offerings to the market with its latest development for conditionbased maintenance in its WIDE suite that is currently undergoing trails, writes Samantha

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8 WinGD expects Enhanced WiDE to simplify engine maintenance for crew and fleet managers

WinGD in partnership with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagment (BSM) are currently carrying out a pilot project for its latest development in condition-based maintenance module for its WiDE suite that the company says will reduce costs associated with maintenance of engine components. It is expected that with this development it will enable predictive maintenance for two-stroke engines in the long term.

The pilot project will monitor five of the engine components onboard the LNG carrier that are crucial for reliable engine operation, which will include cylinder liners, piston rings, exhaust valves, fuel pumps and fuel injectors. The monitoring will recommend condition-based maintenance intervals by using algorithms to estimate their remaining useful life.

The trial vessel is a BSM-managed LNG gas carrier with two five-cylinder WinGD X72DF engines. The crew on the vessel, using the WiDE engine diagnostic system, will be provided with the possible causes to diagnose faults and prompted to add relevant maintenance tasks. The scheduling of the tasks will be calculated based on the predicted remaining useful life for the components affected.

The WiDE remote support team will validate and improve the system throughout the project, which is expected to last for 14 months.

The pilot project is also being run in collaboration with Propulsion Analytics, the software company that assisted in the development of WiDE, with verification provided by classification society Lloyd’s Register. The lass society has developed a special notification for condition-based monitoring systems, adding emphasis on the importance of this technology for the industry.

Rudolf Holtbecker, Operations Director, WinGD highlights the need in the industry for condition-based and predictive maintenance that: “many operators are seeking to adopt this maintenance concept to reduce maintenance costs, but they need a robust system approved by class societies.” The shipping industry is being pushed by environmentally regulations to adopt more efficient technologies, requiring continuous learning and increasing monitoring and maintenance demands. mponents need e new to the WiDE suite anges upgrade mes with the engine”, comments of its t is offering ext step in WiDE suite ntenance, the

However, one of the advantages that condition-based monitoring will have for the future is that it will help “relieve the crew” of unplanned maintenance, notes Holtbecker. Better planning will also make it easier for crew to ensure that parts are available when needed.

Condition-based maintenance will give more insight into the condition of engine components and when they need renewal, moving two-stroke engines a step closer to predictive maintenance. The new upgrade to the WiDE suite will not need any systems changes needed, “just an upgrade of the WIDE software that comes with the engine”, comments Holtbecker.

Through the pilot project and upgrading of the WiDE suite WinGD is expanding its digitalization services that it is o customers. As part of its next step in development of the WiDE suite condition-based monitoring is expected to take maintenance intervals from fixed time-based maintenance intervals to true condition-based maintenance and further predictive maintenance, the company has explained.

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