Portal de Cartagena
www.portaldecartagena.com
Navantia has made a demonstration of the use of drones (UAVs) in naval construction and repair at the Astillero de Ferrol, together with the UMI and local companies Avansig and Stgo.
To facilitate the accessibility of the attendees, the drone has sailed through the hangar of Cantabria, stopping at specific points and performing a visual inspection.
This project, which will be a reality in all the shipyards of the Company, is part of the process of digital transformation of the company and Shipyard 4.0, and whose main objective is the inspection tasks inside the cargo tanks of ships , inaccessible areas, looking for structural defects such as corrosion, fissures, blistering (flaking) or flaking (desquamation).
This method provides a considerable saving of time and effort in inspections and avoiding the performance of tasks that pose a risk to people.
Until now, existing drones had a series of limitations for navigation in poorly lit interiors and made them insecure and inaccurate in environments such as the interior of a ship's cargo tank.
With this system, Navantia introduces in the shipbuilding industry a solution based on state-of-the-art technology that will make it possible to offer more efficient and safe ship inspection and repair services, based on highly innovative solutions.
Navantia has been able to develop a drone capable of locating and moving accurately and reliably indoors, where GPS is not available.
In this way, it is placed at the forefront of a technology that will be key in the next few years in its sector.
Digital transformation process
The implementation of Shipyard 4.0 was born with a goal of long-term improvement of 25% in quality, term and cost, as well as reaching new levels in flexibility and safety for workers.
Through the TIMON (Operational Management System) and PUMA (Unification of Shipyards Models) initiatives, it has established the foundations on which to base its digital transformation.
The Navantia model takes as a reference a set of 13 digital technologies that have reached sufficient maturity and economic accessibility: robotics, additive manufacturing, new materials, autonomous vehicles, virtual and augmented reality, modeling and simulation, big data and advanced analytics, artificial intelligence , digital platforms, IoT devices, cloud, cybersecurity and blockchain.
The combined application of these technologies should enable Navantia to achieve its objectives by capturing opportunities in different dimensions:
Intelligent ship, taking its operation and support to new heights
Intelligent, flexible and adaptive factory
Operations that make up the supply chain of the programs
Connected and empowered worker, which provides effectiveness, efficiency and greater security to perform their tasks
New digital services, facilitated by the exploitation of the data through the digital twin of the vessels in operation.
The digital twin is the key to digital transformation, since vertical, horizontal integration and throughout the life cycle of products and assets materializes.
Source: Agencias
Privacy policy
- Legal notice
- Cookies