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Software Solutions: CAD/CAM/CAE months National Steel and

Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) developed a design concept called the Level 4 concept (patent applied for). The concept divorces the development of system support structure from the machinery box structural development. In essence the machinery box is simi- lar to a container hold allowing the completion of that area to occur in parallel with the development and construction of the systems. The system support structure is based

There is a LoadRite® cargo planning system for every type of ship including tankers, bulk carriers, general cargo vessels, RO/RO carriers, container ships, passenger vessels etc. The system comprises a basic software package, a comprehensive range of software options and the latest personal computer ruggedized for marine use.

For the past 20 years Kockum Sonics have developed

LEVELMASTER® tank gauging systems. The latest version is called

CALM (Computer Aided Level Measurement) and the system is available with electro-pneumatic, or pressure sensors, or with a combination of both. Presentation either by digital display DU 350 or in KSL 450 which is a Windows® 95/NT executed program.

Machinery Control Unit 48P201 on the utilization of four standard components that can be assembled into a standard structural unit in a jig with a high level of accuracy.

The size selected for the SSD#3 project was 12 x 12 x 13 ft. (3.6 x 3.6 x 4 m) after reviewing several combinations of units to fit within the constraints of the machinery room boundaries.

Concurrent with the effort to develop the structural standards was the development of standard arrangement templates for several ship types. Viewing the systems as supporting elements of the

Primary Unit Structure

Piping Runs

LoadRite. LEVELMASTER and INSONEX are registered trademarks at

Kockum Sonics AB. Windows is trademark registered by Microsoft corp.

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Kockum Sonics marine product range includes the following:

Norselight A/S

Berg, Norway

Tel: +47 69 17 99 99

Fax:+47 69 17 99 89

E-mail: [email protected]

Kockum Sonics LLC

Kenner, L.A. U.S.A.

Tel:+1(504)466 9740

Fax: +1(504)466 9792

Kockum Sonics (UK) Ltd Kockum Sonics AG

Leighton Buzzard, UK Dubendorf, Switzerland

Tel:+44(0)1525 85 2323 Tel: +41 (01) 820 31 91

Fax:+44(0)1525 853505 Fax: +41 (01) 821 26 52

E-mail: KockumSonicsUKLtd

Compuserve.com

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LEVELMASTER*

LoadRite*

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INSONEX'

USONEX

Searchlights/Floodlights - marine signalling equipment - level gauging systems - cargo planning systems - ship management systems - sonic cleaning equipment - ultrasonic cleaning equipment - lighting equipment (((§))) Kockum Sonics

Corporate headquarters:

Kockum Sonics AB, Malmo, Sweden, Tel: +46(0)40 671 88 00 ,

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