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Increasing oil costs have meant that average vessel cost for cylinder oil lubricant is more than 4 Million Dollars!

Did you know that;

• On spec fuel can still cause serious damage due to cat fines.
• The first unmistakable signs of scuffing can often be seen a few days before serious damage, not just hours.
• Bedding in does not always follow a standard pattern.
• Optimal cylinder lubricant feed rates fluctuate due to trade, load, running hours and many other unknown factors.
• Real time main engine condition data now allows you to optimize the feed rate onboard without taking samples.

LinerSCAN Cylinder Liner Monitor can give you real time data that;

• Helps you reduce the cylinder oil lubricant feed rate to the optimal value
• Provides a fast response when a problem occurs; allowing you to detect and repair before the problem becomes serious.
• Picks up the ingress of fuel CAT fines in real-time
• Allows real-time plotting of cylinder liner bed-in, so action can be taken e.g. increase of lubricant, if problems occur.
• Acts as an early warning system, alerting ships engineering staff to potential main engine damage or failur

LinerSCAN Software

LinerSCAN software allows continuous on-screen monitoring of critical information using a bespoke graphical user interface. This includes the following features:

• LinerSCAN data with respect to Engine hours
• Sensor configuration settings (air blast duration and measure interval)
• Engine major component change (liners and pistons) – this allows for sudden changes in readings to be reviewed – and understood
• Input to log parameters such as; fuel Sulphur level, scavenge space pressure and TBN
• Multiple cylinder control
• Graphing function
• Sensors communicating over the network will not measure when another sensor is using the air supply. This is to stop sensors operating the air blast purge concurrently, with obvious implications on blast effectiveness.
• Blocked sensor warning

An office based version of this software, called LinerSCAN View, is available for easy evaluation of data from remote or shore based locations. Data is easily exported from onboard and then imported into the LinerSCAN View software.

Visit www.LinerSCAN.com for more information on this groudbreaking technology from Kittiwake 

The requirement for on-line machinery and oil condition monitoring is becoming evermore apparent as maintenance costs increase and production capacity and equipment performance is maximised. 

You can balance LinerSCAN Cylinder Liner Monitor results with simple testing of the TBN to provide data ensuring controlled corrosion and good liner condition.  View the Kittiwake TBN DIGI Test Kit by clicking here

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