Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2017
3D technology in Danish ship design
Naval architects at Copenhagen-based OSK-ShipTech AS are now offering 3D laser scanning to minimise risk and assist in the precision design process for vessel modifications and retrofits. The company’s recently acquired scanner, which has a range of 150m and an accuracy of 1mm, will enable new opportunities in fast ship conversions, OSK-ShipTech says, with a minimum of downtime and a reduced margin of error. Anders Ørgård, the company’s chief commercial officer, explained that owners are constantly looking at ways to reduce risk, time and error. The new scanner, he said, will make way for a new service whereby the inside of a ship’s hull, for example, can be scanned while the vessel is still in operation.