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August 2012www.marinelink.com 99GEA Westfalia Separator Hall A3, Booth 212At SMM 2012, with the new Ballast- Master ultraV solution, GEA Westfalia Separator Group demonstrates onceagain its development of new products that are customer-oriented and in line with market requirements: with this so- lution, the necessary cleaning processescan be completed entirely without theuse of chemicals and solely on the basisof filtration and irradiation with UV-C light. As ultrasound is used for the self- cleaning of the lamps, no disinfection by-products occur. The BallastMaster ultraV has a modu-lar structure and is therefore suited bothto use in the construction of new ships and to retrofitting. The system has al- ready been certified under IMO regula- tions and is being presented for the first time at SMM in Hamburg. ConracHall B6, Booth 207An new product is a fully integrated Marine Panel Computer with a diagonal of 13.3-in. (33.8 cm) specially designedfor ship automation and control applica-tions. Products launched at SMM will bea Marine Panel Computer with a screen diagonal of 7 in. (17.8 cm) with touchfunction. Moreover, Conrac will present its latest series of Marine Grade Panel Computers. Designed for 24/7 operation,the new Marine Panel Computer series is specified to run all marine applications, from automation and control to ECDISand Navigation. The integrated high per- formance industrial PC with advanced low-power embedded technology en- sures an optimum performance, superiorgraphic performance and utmost reliabil-ity. As a special feature, CONRAC inte- grated a proprietary system monitoringapplication called SysMon which is usedto control various settings and to obtain exact information on a multitude of pa- rameters. (Photo Credit: Shell) Shell ?Breakthrough? Shell launched Shell Alexia S4, a product it dubs a ?breakthrough? and its most innovative marine engine oil in a generation. It is de-signed for use across a wide range of vessel and engine types, fuelspecifications, loads and climates? from the Antarctic to the Amazon to the Suez Canal, essentially meaning vessels no longer need tocarry multiple oils. It is designed to work effectively at any vessel speed, including slow and ultra slow. The new formulation went through testing at Shell?s Marine and Power Innovation Center in Hamburg, Germany. Tests in laboratory engines under simulated slow steaming conditions demonstrated thatShell Alexia S4 provided up to a 20% improvement in overall engine wear, compared to Shell?s existing cylinder oil. It was also extensively tested during more than 25, 000 hours of field trials, by customers and the original engine manufacturers MAN and Wärtsilä. Here it proved its ability to protect engines running on distillates and resid- ual fuels containing 0.2% to 3.75% sulfur content in a range of lo-cations and climates, including the Antarctic, the Middle East and South America. With technical support and a switch to Alexia S4, one specific trial showed a 33% reduction in oil feedrate. Alexia S4 be- came available commercially this month. http://www.shell.com/home/content/marine_products/alexia/animation/ MR#8 (98-105):MR Template 8/10/2012 9:54 AM Page 99