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FEATURE RIG SANITIZATION

COVID-19 Mitigation on Rigs & Ships

STEVE LYKINS, PRESIDENT, MAKO INDUSTRIES, DISCUSSES THE

CASE FOR INVESTING IN PURADIGM COVID-19 MITIGATION AND

MONITORING TECHNOLOGY ONBOARD OFFSHORE RIGS AND SHIPS.

By Greg Trauthwein he creation of Mako Industries, a subsidiary of clusters attach in the air to airborne pathogens, bacteria and

Mako Oil?eld Services, is proof that every storm viruses, as well as treat surfaces, too.

cloud has a silver lining. “Mako Industries is an in- “So we attack air and surfaces for not only certainly viruses teresting company that was spawned as a result of and bacteria, but also mold, VOCs, these other airborne con-

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Mako Oil?eld pivoting as a result of the downturn in early taminants,” said Lykins. “This technology has been validated 2020 and Q1 2020,” said Steve Lykins, President, Mako through the University of Florida via a test back in July (2020).

Industries. “We had a substantial force of highly quali?ed We’re excited that a lot of our customers, particularly in the technicians on the oil ?eld side transition into our industrial offshore arena can be able to have some level of protection.” division, which focuses on HVAC and electrical installations and, with the addition of Puradigm, COVID-19 mitigation

MITIGATION & MONITORING and monitoring” in landside facilities, as well as on offshore

While many may not envision an HVAC system at the fore- rigs and ship.

front of the digitalization revolution, COVID-19 has ?ipped the script on this, too, as virus mitigation is just one part of the puzzle. Continuous monitoring of facilities is a second

WHAT IS PURADIGM?

Mako Industries is an authorized reseller and installer of but equally important piece to ensure 24/7 vigilance, and in

Puradigm, a technology which according to Lykins and doc- this regard Mako Industries offers the Airthinx Air Quality umentation from the manufacturer, can eliminate the threat Management System, a system that leans on AI to optimize of COVID-19, both airborne and on surfaces. Puradigm’s the health of indoor spaces.

Active Technology creates High Energy Clusters (HEC) and The Airthinx solution includes:

Bi-Polar Ion Oxidizers that seek out and destroy dangerous UÊ*?ÜiÀÊ-i?Ã?ÀÃ – combined with digital signal processing pathogens in the air, as well as on surfaces. Puradigm is veri- to ensure continuous and accurate measurements.

?ed to kill up to 99.99% of the below pathogens in labora- UÊ-Ì>?`>??iÊ ???iVÌ?Û?ÌÞ – An independent & self-suf- tory and real-world testing: viruses, bacteria, mold fungus, ?cient connected system that uses 3G/4G, Wi-Fi, Blue-

VOC’s, mildew and odors. tooth, and mesh to connect the device to the cloud with- “Puradigm Technology is one of the most validated COV- out requiring a local network in a plug and play fashion.

ID mitigation technologies in the market today,” said Lykins. UÊ-V>>Li – Works right out of the box.

Through a process called photocatalytic oxidation, UV light UÊ1Ã??}ÊÊ– Using Arti?cial Intelligence and deep learn- bounces off of a coated metal material, in this case, a pro- ing, the data analytics engine can identify and classify prietary honeycomb designed for Puradigm, generating and events such as ?re, smoking and mold detection.

dispersing high energy clusters and oxidizers. High energy “We have a technology called Airthinx. which is an active 38 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM