seatec - Finnish marine technology review 2/2013 | Page 42

NEW ON BOARD Parker Hannifin is leading the way for condition monitoring in the engine room W ith the latest acquirement of Kittiwake, Parker Hannifin has increased their product offering for on-board condi- tion monitoring. Kittiwake’s long experience around in-service lubricants and fuel, together with Parker’s traditional cleanliness monitoring equipment, enables the ship operators to finally get the benefits of condition based maintenance. Parker Digi Field Kit is a full scale chemical analysis toolbox for oil conditioning monitoring Different on-line sensors like the Wear Debris Sensor and Oil Condition Sensor, together with chemical test kits ensure that the lubricants and fuels are fulfilling the requirements of the equipment manufacturers. Additional features like acoustic emission monitoring will bring the knowledge of potential failure even sooner to prevent the occurrence of costly damage, downtime or even catastrophic failures. Kittiwake’s ThrusterSCAN is a complete tool developed for monitoring the condition of the thrusters by measuring the wear metal particles and different oil properties together with oil moisture level. This unit has been developed together with major OEMs and it can also be retrofitted to existing thruster systems. For the regular monitoring of engine oil, Parker Kittiwake’s DIGI Field Kit is a simple and reliable tool. Based on the chemical reactions of the oil you can monitor several features like Total Base Number (TBN), water in oil in PPM figures, insolubles and also Total Acid Number (TAN). The kit also includes a simple tool to measure the viscosity of the oil compared to the new oil. By measuring the oil quality we get information about a number of different parameters, but Parker can also offer solutions to heal some characteristics of oil. Portable purification systems (PVS) can remove not only the free water like some of the centrifugal and absorbing type solutions, but also the dissolved water which already weakens the oil properties. These PVS units are available in several sizes and Parker will also introduce a new version later this year, which is targeted for smaller units like thrusters and steering systems. Together with extensive filter solution program for hydraulics, lubricating and fuel oil systems, different sensors and detectors make Parker Hannifin the leader in condition monitoring supplier in engine room applications. Parker Thruster Scan is online tool for thruster oil condition monitoring 40 seatec 2/2013 More information: www.parker.com