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NYK is realizing a system to camera for the inspection of the combustion chambers of the ships
the system is developed with the Monohakobi Institute Technology of Tokyo
September 3, 2015
The shipowning group Japanese Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has announced that with the Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) of Tokyo is developing a system in order to automatically realize photographies of the inside of the combustion chamber of the engine of a ship. The innovative called apparatus Kirari NINJA (Not hands Inside Just To room), whose patent is under recording, will allow to avoid the current system of inspection of the combustion chamber that consists in extinguishing the engine in order to allow the income you of the staff of the ship that, dates the insufficient conditions of visibility inside, must work over a long time span and in difficult conditions, in the presence of elevated temperatures, in order to carry out the necessary controls.
The new apparatus, whose production is realized in collaboration with the Japanese Daito Electron Co., is constituted by a panoramic camera and a system of lighting system to LED and is installed in the top of the piston in the combustion chamber, allowing to take photos of its inside in all the directions in the course of the vertical movement of the piston, for a period of about 10 minutes. Not demanding the income of the staff in the combustion chamber, the job of the staff of the ship comes remarkablly alleviated.
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The shipowning group Japanese Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has announced that with the Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) of Tokyo is developing a system in order to automatically realize photographies of the inside of the combustion chamber of the engine of a ship. The innovative called apparatus Kirari NINJA (Not hands Inside Just To room), whose patent is under recording, will allow to avoid the current system of inspection of the combustion chamber that consists in extinguishing the engine in order to allow the income you of the staff of the ship that, dates the insufficient conditions of visibility inside, must work over a long time span and in difficult conditions, in the presence of elevated temperatures, in order to carry out the necessary controls.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
