IMCS 2008 - Korea Oct 08 Raouf Kattan Safinah Ltd John Fletcher Elcometer Ltd

1. IMCS 2008 - Korea Oct 08 Raouf Kattan Safinah Ltd John Fletcher Elcometer Ltd Automating the Coating Technical File with Blue Tooth Technology www.safinah.co.uk

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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?

6. Aims of PSPC To move from this

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8. 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

9. Qualified inspectors NACE/FROSIO are being supplemented by marine specific courses from a variety of sources.

10. 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

11. 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

12. New coatings Obvious appeal of one coat schemes that are equivalent Liquid anodes Inerting (Ballast water treatment systems)

13. Automation • Systems for outside hull exist • Development projects for inside hull • European Learning-Dock project • Design optimisation • Structural optimisation

14. Data recording and retrieval • Coating Technical File • 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

15. 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 .

16. Primary NDFT: 90/10 Digital Cleanliness: Sa2½ Visual Profile: Digital Climate: %RH, Dewpoint Digital Cleanliness: mg.m-2 Digital Secondary NDFT: 90/10 Digital Cleanliness: Sa2½ Visual Profile: Digital Cleanliness: mg.m-2 Digital Dust: Visual Miscellaneous Climate %RH, Dewpoint Digital NDFT: 90/10 Digital Defects: pinholes, bubbles, voids Visual The PSPC Inspection Requirements . List Reference: The New IMO Ballast Tank Coating Standard – What Does It Mean? – J Eliasson, D Rauta; JPCL May 2007

17. How do you link the data to the PSPC Inspection Requirements? • 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 . NSRP SP-3

18. 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 .

19. 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. .

20. 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. .

21. 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” .

22. Paperless QA • Digital Data can be collected 3 ways: • Gauge – ElcoShip® • Gauge – PDA; PDA - ElcoShip® • Gauge – PC; PC - ElcoShip® via attachment .

23. 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 .

24. 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? .