Monitoring in the marine sector

摘要

Gavin Coull, key account manager for marine at SKF, explains how condition-based maintenance (CBM) is helping the marine industry to cut costs and boost thruster reliability. The marine industry, like much of the manufacturing sector, is under tremendous cost pressure. Shipbuilders must maximise production efficiency, while ship operators look to cut the number of on-board staff, boost fuel efficiency and reduce the need for major maintenance.