Damen Shipyards Group as well as VSTEP Simulation, a leading company of training simulation innovation, have actually signed up with pressures to develop a lab to discover cutting-edge brand-new simulation options.

The goal of the collaboration is to establish software application that will certainly prolong the abilities of VSTEP’s existing NAUTIS Maritime Simulation system right into design applications therefore open brand-new r & d opportunities for Damen’s many R&D programs.

The first emphasis will certainly get on ship style as well as design, where software application will certainly be established that will certainly enable marine engineers as well as designers to initial version prospective adjustments in a style and afterwards see in digital truth the influences that these would certainly carry various other facets of the vessel’s efficiency.

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“Business units across the group require ever more simulations to mitigate the risks inherent in designing and commissioning,” states Marcel Cleijsen, group leader at Damen R&D. “Costs per substitute vessel are presently high as a result of reliance on vendors, high tolls as well as minimal re-usability as possession stays with vendors.

This job is a financial investment that will considerably decrease the price per simulation by standardising the user interface in between parts as well as making the finished simulations re-usable for future functions.” Damen is widely known for its dedication to consistently enhancing its layouts based upon market comments as well as the application of brand-new innovation, as well as this ability will certainly be an useful device in sustaining that procedure.

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“With our focus on driving innovation within the industry, we can ensure that our combined solutions will complement each other,” included Steve Claes, technological supervisor at VSTEPSimulation “The industry demands better quality each year, which is something our maritime simulators can help accommodate. I believe this new project marks the beginning of a closer cooperation that will lead to a wealth of new data findings. These findings will contribute to the digitisation of the industry and pave the road to a new norm, with our simulator solutions in the lead.”

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Damen as well as VSTEP Simulation currently interact through Damen’s associate business 360-Control There, NAUTIS Maritime Simulators are utilized to educate team in manoeuvring yanks as well as OSVs in a series of circumstances in an extremely natural however absolutely no threat setting.

The brand-new lab will certainly likewise discover the prospective to develop‘Digital Twins’ That is, digital depictions of existing vessel kinds that can after that be adjusted to develop exactly how they may carry out in duties or problems that they have yet to experience. That info will certainly after that be related to optimizing the layouts to enable them to run efficiently in brand-new markets.

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“Investing in a full bridge simulator is a step towards the Digital Twin goal,” includes Marcel, “and not only enhances Damen’s capability as a digital system integrator, but also enables us to present our findings to our internal and external clients and suppliers in an intuitive 3D graphical format.”

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