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K-CHIEF 600

K-CHIEF 600
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K-Chief 600 Marine automation system Simple installation Reliable operation Easy to use Experience We installed the first computerized machinery automation system back in 1970. Since then we have accumulated 40 years of experience in manufacturing, installing commissioning and servicing systems all over the world. The K-Chief 600 marine automation system is designed to meet the challenging demands of shipyards and ship owners. Key features The K-Chief 600 offers cost effective solutions that can be tailored to individual requirements. Modular design allows flexibility in configuring the system to individual requirements, covering the whole range from low complexity alarm systems to highly integrated control and monitoring systems. Sub-systems can include: • Alarm and monitoring system • Auxiliary control system • Power management system • Propulsion control • Ballast automation system • Cargo control and monitoring • HVAC (air conditioning) • Fire system The K-Chief 600 is based on Kongberg’s system technology, where each ship configuration is built up using standard modules, communicating through dual redundant process buses and networks. The system is configurable for all ship types, including oil tankers, bulk carriers, container and Ro-Ro vessels, reefers and other special purpose vessels. The main purpose of the system is to give ship’s officers all the basic alarms and status information they require in order to maintain safe and efficient operation of the machinery, cargo system with auxiliaries and other relevant equipment. The K-Chief 600 complies with the requirements of IMO, local maritime authorities, IACS and eleven classification societies. It is designed to meet the classification societies’ requirements for periodically unmanned engine room operation.

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Main Building Blocks The main building blocks of the K-Chief 600 system are the Operator Stations, Watch Calling System, Distributed Processing Units and dual redundant process bus and network. Operation the data traffic on the process bus and local area network is kept to a minimum, giving an extremely fast data access. Any alarm or event is time-tagged with a resolution of 10 ms. Custom made process mimics contain easy-to-read information about the engine and surrounding equipment. Control of different process plants and machinery is done directly from any Operator Station. Full...

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Watch Calling System The Watch Calling System indicates alarms on the bridge, in the cabins of the engineer and officer on duty, and in public quarters. The Watch Bridge and Watch Cabin Units are used to transfer watch responsibility to and from the bridge. Cargo watch can also be integrated in the Watch Calling System. prefers this. He/she can also use the zoom functionality in the different views. The split screen function is a brilliant help for the operator in switching between images in a fast and efficient manner. It also gives a flexible and good overview of the images. The alarm...

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Switchboards fPMS} Main Enelns (ME) ThniBtars Thrusters System architecture The heart of the system is our family of intelligent Distributed Processing Units. These communicate with each other on a redundant high capacity automation functions are carried Units, while the centralised Operator Stations provide the human machine To configure the tasks for a specific Distributed Processing Unit, parameters are loaded into the unit. This allows it to perform alarm functions, control functions, safety or any combination of these, and makes it easy to separate system functions. Distributed...

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