Ingeteam, a company specializing in energy conversion, has developed an advanced automation system , specifically for the trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs), using the latest techniques in the development of control systems.
“It is a level 2 technological control (process & production), able to be coupled and complemented with any basic automation system of the dredging process (levels 1 & 0). It is completed with a simulation model of a TSHD dredger that allows the validation of the solution using vHIL techniques, ” the company said in its release.
The company provides Integrated Automation Systems (IAS), for all types of vessels, with the following functions:
Ingeteam’s system incorporates a fully redundant architecture:
Roberto Vázquez, Ingeteam Marine System’s R&D manager, will present this innovation at Matlab Expo 2018, on May 22 at 10.30 in the Bizkaia Aretoa, Bilbao.