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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Like many ship owners and operators today, Carnival UK has traditionally carried out maintenance according to fixed periodic scheduling of maintenance tasks and elapsed running hours. In partnership with Lloyds Register, Carnival UK wanted to move to condition based maintenance to maximise the contribution of each asset over its lifetime.
A key component of this approach was to measure and monitor changes in patterns of machinery behaviour through parameters such as vibration, pressure, current, and heat, for which James Fisher Mimic were invited to submit a proposal. However, Carnival UK quickly recognised that condition monitoring alone is not a replacement for traditional planned maintenance but should compliment their existing system.
James Fisher Mimic worked closely with both SpecTec and Carnival UK to develop a unique integration of CMMS and CM systems. The merger of AMOS and Mimic has allowed AMOS to become a fully-fledged condition-based maintenance system that enables planning of CBM tasks, their conduct and the results of the task to be fully incorporated into maintenance planning. Carnival UK fully supported this unique development and starting this year the integrated Mimic/AMOS solution was deployed fleet wide.
To date all nine vessels have successfully implemented this system. Vibration data as well as process parameters such as pressure, temperature and load current are being collected on up to 90 assets onboard each vessel. The collection of vibration data has been optimised by the use of quick release couplings for vibration measurement. The data is then uploaded Artemis Cruise Ship, Carnival UK
into the Mimic CM system and fully accessible through the AMOS CMMS system, thereby allowing condition monitoring to influence the day-to-day maintenance programme.
As part of Carnival UK’s maintenance strategy, outsourcing the diagnostics and monitoring of machinery also go towards maximising asset availability and vessel operational efficiency. James Fisher Mimic provide monthly analysis reports by skilled and experienced analysts that report machine condition back to the superintendents and chief engineers.
Contact: Ian Brand Managing Director SpecTec Ltd ian.brand@spectec.net
Marketing: Deanne Litman deanne.litman@spectec.net
