Shock monitoring systems aid safety at sea

Allsalt Maritime has unveiled four new Kinetix models, each designed to provide easily assimilated guidance for maritime professionals to operate safely within designated shock and vibration exposure limits, reducing the risk of damage to vessels or injury to occupants.

“The Kinetix product line was developed to reduce the risk that an agency’s assets — either human or equipment — suffer damage or injury when operating at high speeds,” said Dr Tom Gunston, chief scientist for Kinetix.

Detailed analysis

Kinetix allows maritime agencies to monitor short- and long-term accelerations, investigate high impact incidents, and predict vessel maintenance intervals.

Workplace regulations for limiting whole-body vibration (WBV) exposures continue to gain international attention, most notably the EU directive 2002/44/EC which requires employers to assess and mitigate mechanical vibration, such as that found on high-speed craft.

Kinetix offers a solution for detecting overexposure in real time, as well as the ability to record acceleration data at a high sample rate for use in validating policy compliance or in legal proceedings or accident investigations.

Each Kinetix model features a marinised sensor network and proprietary analytics software. Those requiring more advanced analysis, or the investigation of an incident can take advantage of ‘concierge-level’ reporting from Allsalt Maritime shock and vibration scientists.

By Rebecca Jeffrey