Efficient Dredging R&D cases


Examples of recent R&D

On this page we present some examples of recent research. Sometimes more information can be found by following a link.

 

 

  • Complete, reliable and clear à la carte dredge process automation developed in consultation with the crews, making it possible to install one-man-operated bridges on trailing suction hopper dredgers

  • Artificial Intelligence and model-based control applications that facilitate complicated mixture pumping processes and hopper settling information

  • A virtual environment and physical models that make it possible to set up training simulators for every kind of dredging equipment

  • A patented force algorithm that allows the IHC Systems DP/DT system to keep track, irrespective of the forces exerted by suction tubes and drag heads

  • A new generation of control for cutter suction dredgers using Extended Kalman Filtering and advanced sensor diagnostics

  • New sensors, for example to measure spill.

News & Events

IHC Systems commissions 300 bar testing vessel

On 27 May 2010, Jan Willem van Bloois, the Manager of IHC Merwede’s Deep Sea Dredging & Mining Department, officially launched the new IHC...[more]

IHC Systems Excavator Simulator goes into operation

On 27 May 2010, Fer Tummers, the director of IHC Engineering Services, launched the recently installed Excavator Simulator.  IHC Systems'...[more]

Type approval on DPDT systems prolonged

IHC Systems obtained prolongation of type approval for its DPDT systems until 2015. The certificate was granted by Bureau Veritas.[more]