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Crane
Maintenance Monitoring System
(CMMS) is an intelligent IT
application system that offers
users to keep track of the
performance of the quay cranes and
achieve higher productivity.
Northport,
which recently delivery of three
the latest type of super
post-panamax cranes has equipped
the cranes the latest state-of-art
crane technology.
It
is also expected to install the
same system, developed by e-seaports.com
Sdn Bhd, in the older fleet of 11
unit of gantry cranes at the Berth
7-10. If the system function well
we will extended to other
quay-cranes at the remaining berth
at Northport.
The
chief executive officer of e-Seaport.com.
Sdn Bhd, Juan Jose Aguero said the
innovative CMMS system in the new
quay cranes is directly also
linked with yard operating
equipment like rubber tyred gantry
cranes and straddle
carriers.
It
also provides the advantage in
minimizing downtime of the
equipment through on-line
monitoring and preventive
maintenance.
“This
is important as almost 70 per cent
of the latest generation
super-post panamax cranes are
being controlled electronically.
As such it is easy for us to solve
any teething problem from any part
of the world without coming to the
port site,” he added.
The
cranes are directly linked to the
crane's Programmable Logic
Controllers (PLC).
It continuously monitors the
crane's operational status and
maintenance condition from every
position sensors on-board the
crane and capture information like
container size, weight, cycle
times, etc., useful for quayside
vessels load/discharge operation.
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