Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) has formalized an existing cooperation with the Polish company Enamor to cover the development of a data collection and monitoring (DCM) platform for engines and associated onboard systems.
The collaboration has now borne fruit with the first v[ds_preview]ersion of the new DCM hardware with monitoring software being ready for commercial applications. Among its features, the platform is closely tailored to operating with WinGD’s engine and ship-specific software, including the diagnostic software WinGD is developing with Propulsion Analytics of Piraeus, Greece, as announced in 2017.
Complementing its basic computing functions, the DCM platform will also enable the reliable and secure transmission of data from ship-to-shore via encrypted communication. Ashore, the data can be analysed by the ship owner and WinGD to enhance engine and vessel operation, as well as providing a valuable input to further product and service development.
As a result, part of the WinGD-Enamor collaboration will centre on both on-board and on-shore machinery data storage and internet access to the data.
