Technological tendencies largely adopted in the navy industry
10.05.2016
Using marine airbags for launching the vessels or for ship repair works
Rubber airbags are used since the 80s in China when launching small and medium ships. The technology has been highly improved in the last years and the airbags are produced out of materials able to sustain relevant weights therefore being appropriate in case of heavy ships as well.
At the beginning the procedure was relatively common in Asia. In our days the technology is largely used in Canada, United States and Europe.
Using marine airbags is extremely efficient from the costs’ point of view when compared to any other alternative solution. The airbags allow the ship builders to produce and repair vessels on a large scale and in a continuous manner without needing to massively invest in docks or conveyors.
High-end technologies for ships
In the last years, series of shipyards all over the world used high-end technologies for equipping the vessels.
Usually when building a ship the block sections are firstly constructed and afterwards equipped when the vessel is in the berth.
The advanced technologies allow the assemblage of equipment and of the different components including the sustaining structures for the pipes for each block section in part before connecting them and building the whole ship.
Beside the fact that the production cycle is highly diminished while increasing the productivity in the shipyard, the technology has series of other advantages:
improving the working conditions through the integration of workshop formats with special illumination and ventilation conditions in the most modern shipyards
reducing the design imperfections due to a better communication between teams that are cooperating within the workshop, contributing together to the construction of the block sections according to the initial project.
massive reduction of time and costs for equipping operations
Implementing GREEN technologies with relevant impact on the reduction of CO2 footprint
The technologies with direct impact on the environmental protection are highly valued in the last years. The navy industry is intensively investing in finding solutions for building GREEN ships.
The design of more and more efficient types of propellers, the creation of ballast systems and the integration of solar cells are just few efficient examples of this kind.
More in focus:
creating GREEN engines with high capacity of minimizing the emissions of Nitrogen and Sulfur Oxides
designing of optimized and highly efficient cooling systems
improvement of exhausting systems
development of highly efficient painting systems able to minimize the energetic consumption
creation of ballast systems able to protect the aquatic life
testing and implementing hybrid systems based on solar energy
diversification of the fuel mix
