Cut oil consumption and maintenance costs by up to 30%
Tan Delta’s marine monitoring system helps you to cut oil consumption and maintenance costs by up to 30%. Both planned and, particularly, unplanned downtime are significant operating costs to a marine vessel. Avoiding potential equipment breakdown is critical for an asset at sea.
To be cautious operators use aggressive maintenance schedules based solely on operating hours that ignore the actual equipment status and result in significant unnecessary maintenance and oil wastage. Tan Delta’s marine monitoring solution uses advanced real time oil analysis to tell you the actual status of your oil and thus when equipment maintenance is really needed. Instantly optimising maintenance programs whilst maintaining engine reliability and continuous oversight.
Case Study Summary
CUSTOMER
Cargo ship with a 1000 kW, 12 cylinder engine, 500 kW diesel power generator, and multiple lubricated drive components.
PROBLEM
Usable oil is disposed of, and the fleet sees excessive downtime due to the aggressive time-based maintenance schedule. In this environment lubricants are particularly prone to corrosion contaminants, and rigid service intervals mean early warning signs can be missed leading to avoidable failures. The plant needs to minimise maintenance costs whilst also maintaining reliability.
SOLUTION
Each Engine and lubrication system has been easily retrofitted with a Tan Delta SENSE-2 kit. SENSE-2 continually analyses and tracks actual equipment and oil condition, accurately informing the operator when to undertake maintenance based on actual equipment need instead of operating arbitrary schedules.
RESULT
Changing to a condition-based maintenance schedule using Tan Delta has enabled the service interval to be increased from 200hrs to 267 hours, resulting in a 25% reduction in maintenance costs and oil consumption. The equipment experiences fewer breakdowns as the Tan Delta system will detect any equipment anomalies or contamination before damage, enabling preventative maintenance.
