IHC Systems: Dedicated to Efficient Dredging

Efficient Dredging as a concept

  • applicable to all kinds of dredgers
  • helps contractors to deploy equipment for the lowest possible costs
  • improves production, sustainability and worker satisfaction
  • underlies our vision, design, processes, hardware, software and services

Operational benefits

  • optimal utilisation of onboard equipment
  • reduction of dredging time
  • a smoother dredging process
  • simplifeid fault diagnosis
  • reduction of downtime and wear
  • prevention of under- and overdredging

Efficient Dredging is more ...

Even after the shipbuilder has built reliable and efficient equipment, even after all the efforts of the contractor to optimise the utilisation of that equipment and even after thorough training of the operators, the Efficient Dredging concept continues to make a significant contribution, providing dredgers and operators with extra ‘senses’ and ‘hands & feet’. Efficient Dredging is more than efficient dredging!


Investmensts versus costs

Relatively modest investments in instrumentation, automation, and surveying techniques lead to major improvements in efficiency and accuracy. That is to say: lower cost per cubic meter of dredged mixture. The normal curve of human performance means that human alertness declines substantially during a working shift; computers, however, stay awake as long as power is switched on. So automation under dredge master supervision can yield production improvements of 15–25%, or even more, depending on the circumstances.

Implementation

To implement the concept, IHC Systems draws on all kinds of conventional control, automation and presentation technologies. But also on innovative technologies like model-based control, artificial intelligence, real-time simulation and remote system diagnosis & upgrading. We also exploit the vast knowledge and resources of the entire IHC Merwede group in the areas of shipbuilding, mechanics, soil mechanics, dredging, mining and so on.

Every Category ....

The concept is honed in close alliances with clients to achieve outstanding operations, and worked out in specific products, systems and services for every category of dredger and every field. Needless to say, the products can cope with all dredging conditions: temperature and humidity changes, shocks, dust, abrasive materials, pressure variations and vibrations. This website supplies more detailed product brochures under the tabs upside.

News & Events

IHC Systems’ training simulator for National Marine Dredging Company

Wednesday 23 November 2011 the Dredge Training Center of the National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) in Abu Dhabi buzzed with activity. After a...[more]

IHC Systems congratulates Martijn van Eeten on his PhD

In the summer of 2011 the University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands was host to a number of IHC Systems and IHC Merwede representatives,...[more]

Renewed STPM brochure available

Within the process of renewing our entire brochure line, we now announce the new STPM brochure. Enjoy reading ...[more]