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SEALAND Champion Class Uses DOCTOR Analyser for Engine Monitoring

Icon's DOCTOR diesel engine performance monitoring system has been chosen to monitor the engines aboard SeaLand's Champion class container ships. In all, nine systems were supplied for the new vessels in addition to systems that SeaLand had purchased earlier. Seven of the vessels are managed by Chesham Containerships in the UK and two by Intersea in Singapore.

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Sealand Chamnpion

GUARDIAN System Monitors Connah's Quay Cooling Tower Fans

The installation at Connah's Quay Power Station presented a number of challenges, all of which have been met by the capabilities of Icon's ICONET network and GUARDIAN condition monitoring software. The main items that had to be catered for were the corrosive atmosphere around the towers, the distances involved for transmission of the signals from each tower and an interface to the main PLC system to allow alerts and alarms to be shown on the monitoring screens in the control room.

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Connah's Control Room

GUARDIAN Gives Early Warnings to Arjo Wiggins at Dartford

Arjo Wiggins Dartford paper mill installed the initial components of a GUARDIAN system for condition monitoring of their machine over three years ago. Since then, the system has been progressively expanded to cover more measurements and the system today covers almost 450 measurement points.

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Dartford Paper Press

CONTINENTAL TEVES Goes with GUARDIAN For Its Brake Component Manufacturing

Condition monitoring is not a new practice at Continental Teves in Ebbw Vale. Since 1993, a system using manually collected data has been used with good results. But Maintenance Supervisor Wayne Madden wanted more. The GUARDIAN system was chosen and is already providing tangible benefits.

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Continental Brake Calipers