SSPA Maritime Consulting Offers Brochure On Roll Reduction By Rudder Control

SSPA Maritime Consulting AB of Goteborg, Sweden, has published a four-page color brochure on Roll-Nix, a microcomputer-based system for roll reduction by rudder control. The complete system is controlled by a computer unit with a built-in solid-state rate sensor for independent measurement of the roll motion.

The publication points up the Roll-Nix features: low price; compact; easy to maintain; simplicity; and proven (roll motions reduced by at least 50 percent on existing installations without influencing the coursekeeping behavior and speed).

Included are comparative measurements of vessels with Roll-Nix and without, showing that it is possible to damp the roll motion by at least 50 percent; and a schematic diagram of the Roll- Nix system.

SSPA is an international high-technology maritime company engaged mainly in theoretical work, scale-model testing, interactive computer simulation and development and manufacture of user-friendly analysis and control systems in the following business fields: naval, naval systems, shipping, offshore, engineering and fluid mechanics.

For more information and a free copy of the brochure titled "Roll-Nix—The Easy Way to Reduce Roll," Circle 229 on Reader Service Card

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 55, May 1988

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