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Automating the Coating Technical File with Blue Tooth
Technology
IMCS 2008 - Korea
Oct 08
Raouf Kattan Safinah Ltd
John Fletcher Elcometer Ltd
www.safinah.co.uk
PSPC
The Performance Standard for Protective Coatings in
dedicated Seawater ballast tanks
In effect as part of common structural rules in Jan 2008
In force as part of SOLAS from July 2008.
It will raise considerable challenges to
the industry
PSPC Elements at New Building
Improved design – little attention paid so far
Prescriptive processes for surface preparation
Prescriptive processes for coating
Prescriptive processes for inspection
Prescriptive processes for data collection and reporting
Prescriptive processes for auditing &
assessment.
Through Life
PSPC will be supplemented by Planned
Maintenance regulations, likely to be based
on IACS recommendation 87
The implications are:
– Prescriptive planned maintenance
– Prescriptive surveys
– Prescriptive reporting
– Prescriptive repair procedures.
The Parties Involved
In all new building contracts today for building and
painting a ship the parties involved are:
– Ship-owner
– Shipyard + Painting Contractor
– Coating Manufacturer
What does each party expect?
Aims of
PSPC
To move from this
To this
PSPC Poses challenges
A greater need for qualified inspectors (marine knowledge)
A greater demand for education in coating management
A more systematic approach to inspection (objectivity)
New technology solutions for equivalent systems
Increased automation and control of processes
Better data recording & retrieval
Qualified inspectors
NACE/FROSIO are being
supplemented by marine specific
courses from a variety of sources.
Coating management
A new discipline that would enable
proper engineering of the coating
system from the design through life.
– Applying the basics of engineering system
design and management to coating
systems
Inspection
More objectivity to inspection
– Removal of subjective judgement especially about
breakdown percentages
• μ – pix
– Surface comparators
• Digital Surface Profile Gauges
– Salt measurement
– Improved statistical analysis
• Analysis Software
• New DFT gauge with 90:10 rule
New coatings
Obvious appeal of one coat schemes
that are equivalent
Liquid anodes
Inerting (Ballast water treatment
systems)
Automation
Systems for outside hull exist
Development projects for inside hull
– European Learning-Dock project
– Design optimisation
– Structural optimisation
Data recording and retrieval
Coating Technical File
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Need to get data quickly efficiently and accurately
Need to compile data into CTF
Need to be able to retrieve the data
Need to be able to audit Data
Need to update it with maintenance records
Computer based solution seems obvious
Developments in Coating Inspection Equipment
IMO PSPC Ballast Tank regulations
require the:
– measurement and recording of the inspection
process at each build stage
– production of a Coating Technical File upon
completion
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The PSPC Inspection Requirements
Primary
NDFT:
Cleanliness:
Profile:
Climate:
Cleanliness:
90/10
Sa2½
%RH, Dewpoint
mg.m-2
Digital
Visual
Digital
Digital
Digital
Secondary
NDFT:
Cleanliness:
Profile:
Cleanliness:
Dust:
90/10
Sa2½
mg.m-2
Digital
Visual
Digital
Digital
Visual
Miscellaneous
Climate
NDFT:
Defects:
%RH, Dewpoint
90/10
pinholes, bubbles, voids
Digital
Digital
Visual
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List Reference:
The New IMO Ballast Tank Coating Standard – What Does It Mean? – J Eliasson, D Rauta;
JPCL May 2007
How do you link the data to the PSPC
Inspection Requirements?
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For the various coating systems,
at every stage of the construction,
with numerous inspectors,
across different ship types,
in yards around the World,
with different methods
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NSRP SP-3
How do you link the data to the PSPC Inspection
Requirements?
An holistic approach is required:
– IMO PSPC regulations are only part of the
coating inspection process
– Only valid for ballast tanks
– In the future – other areas, green passport
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Paperless QA
System should take an holistic approach:
– Designed to be a coating inspection database
for the whole yard which, at the click of a button,
can collate all the data required to generate the
CTF for the IMO PSPC regulations, from
the data files.
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Paperless QA
Designed to be a coating inspection database
for the whole yard which, at the click of a button, can collate
all the data required to generate the
CTF for the IMO PSPC regulations, from
the data files.
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Paperless QA
The database is divided into 6 sections:
From the ship specification:
– Ship Structure
– Coatings Library
– Coating System Library
From the inspection processes:
– Inspector’s Register
– Inspection Records
– Data Collection
All supported by a structured data collection
regime, and a “change log”
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Paperless QA
Digital Data can be collected 3 ways:
– Gauge – ElcoShip
®
– Gauge – PDA; PDA - ElcoShip
®
– Gauge – PC; PC - ElcoShip via attachment
®
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Paperless QA
Visual or Manual Data can be collected in 2 ways:
– Completion of inspection form electronically - PDA
– Completion of printed inspection
form by hand - via attachment
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The Software is a reality
Has been under test in live projects for
the last 4 months in European yards
Thank you for your attention
Any questions?
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