Damen Shipyards has deployed Flicq sensors to improve remote monitoring across various vessels.
The sensor mapping solution from Flicq was selected by Damen in September 2018 to automatically gather and categorise data from every sensor on-board a vessel to give a uniform view of a vessel’s health.
In addition, smart sensors were installed on Damen connected vessels to fill in the data gaps. Flicq’s smart sensors enable instantaneous and autonomous processing of data. They reduce total cost of ownership by removing the need for sending spurious data to the cloud. According to Flicq, its sensors are specifically suitable for carrying out remote monitoring and predictive maintenance.
Toine Cleophas, Damen manager research, explained: “We were looking for a more generic system that was more flexible and in tune with the diversity of our clients’ requirements. Our clients want to have one single system that can handle all their data. This wasn’t available at that moment”.
Flicq founder and CEO Karthik Rau, added: “What makes them unique is that our sensors use edge intelligence. Battery life is longer, and you cut down the costs of bandwidth between the sensor and data centre”.
Source:thedigitalship
