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MARITIME PROPULSION without connectivity, so there’s a more manual step of making in the maritime industry, and in our experience, they’ve been the data accessible and then processing it.” very supportive,” said Twichell. “We really don’t have much
Ultimately, he and the Wabtec team hope to help the mari- pushback from the client when we ask for log ? les if we ex- time industry transition from calendar-based to condition- plain it in regards to troubleshooting or predictive manage- based monitoring, “so it’s not just the diagnostics of when ment, particularly if we can identify and ? x an issue faster.” something fails, but we move ahead to predictive mainte- nance, saying ‘Hey, you should change this part, change this PUT TO THE (REINAUER) TEST ? lter because we’re seeing this trend on the engine.” Christian Reinauer, Reinauer Transportation, perhaps better
While some companies may be hesitant to share data, Peter than anyone, can deliver insight on the long-term value of the
Twichell, Director, Project Management, Marine Customer Wabtec Tier 4 solution. Reinauer operates a ? eet of ATBs and
Support, said that increased data share and analysis can help tugs out of NYC, with a total of 24 barges and 23 Tugs. Of that support owners to increase their uptime. “Uptime is critical ? eet, Reinauer has four Senesco Marine-built tugs of three
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