Four Companies Sign Agreement To Analyse Bearing Monitor

AMOT, MAN B&W, Hapag Lloyd and Germanischer Lloyd have signed a cooperative agreement to carry out regular data analysis of AMOT's XTS-W bearing condition monitoring system, which is installed on Hapag Lloyd's Hamburg Express marine vessel. Germanischer Lloyd is at the forefront of testing, researching and continually improving marine safety, and the data will be used to authenticate that the XTS-W is a stable and reliable bearing condition monitor and therefore confirm that open-up inspections are not required. MAN B&W has already verified that open-up inspections will not be necessary if an AMOT XTS-W system is installed on its engine. The XTS-W bearing condition monitoring system detects wear of main, big end and crosshead bearings before steel-on-steel contact occurs, unlike older techniques that allow shutdown before failure but not before problems have already developed.