Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 02/2013
Taking a total system health management approach
THRUSTER PROTECTION Maximising uptime is critical in the maritime market, where day rates are high, operations demanding and competition is tough. A reliability-centred maintenance strategy using real-time data on the condition of key assets can be one way to help achieve this goal, writes Michael Dines, market development manager for oil and gas at the Hydraulic Filter Division – Europe of Parker Hannifin, a manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems.