3.5Te Rib Crane and HPU Refurbishment
MWD was tasked with strip-down, inspect, repair, re-build, test and re-commissioning of a 3.5Te Rib crane and HPU for HMS Scott. The equipment was fully stripped down and all major components where shot-blasted and painted prior to reassembly. Specific design modifications where carried out as requested by the customer to improve the overall operation of the…
Wind Turbine Mooring System
MWD was tasked to design, build and commission a wind turbine mooring system. The customer had a clear scope and specification for the requirements of the system, to which MWD provided the initial concept design for both the winches and the PLC controls. The prototype units where designed, built, factory tested and installed within time…
Ferry Winch Drive Upgrade
MWD were commissioned to investigate the possibility of upgrading 4 x electric dc winch drives. Problems had occurred with the original control system and the drives were intermittently tripping out, and this was causing the mooring up of the ship to be difficult especially in rough weather.
RAS Rig Upgrade
The scope of the project was to safely remove 4 x existing winch units and replace them with 3 new units as well as upgrading the full control system to incorporate variable speed drives.
Davit Decommission and Re-Install
The scope of the project was to remove a davit from a ship being decommissioned and upgrade and re-install on another vessel. MWD was tasked with the removal and upgrade of the electrical control system including the supply of a new remote control operating system to replace the existing deck mounted units.