The Danish company has designed a full range of adapter plates with pre-drilled bolt holes, as well as serial, digital and analog interfaces for older VDR brands. This makes for easy plug-and-play replacement of the bridge data units, microphones, memory capsules and other components, while reusing all existing interfaces, cabling and adapters.
“With these new conversion kits, we offer a painless upgrade path allowing shipmanagers to take advantage of the many benefits offered by the newer technology, including Danelec’s exclusive SoftWare Advanced Protection (SWAP) for rapid on-board service and VDRConnect for selective remote access,” said Hans Ottosen, Danelec Marine CEO. “Some older models of VDRs and S-VDRs are 10 or more years old. They are nearing the end of their service life, and some are no longer supported by their manufacturers. We designed these kits to make it easier, more convenient and less costly for shipmanagers to upgrade to Danelec’s solid, safe and simple technology.”
Last year, Danelec introduced the DM100 VDRs and S-VDRs, which are fully type approved to comply with the new IMO standard that came into force 1st July, 2014.
Under the new IMO requirements, all VDRs installed after that date must be in compliance with the new standard. This applies to retrofits as well as newbuilds.
In addition, the company has launched eSERVICEConnect to automate and streamline shipboard service for its products worldwide.
eSERVICEConnect is an Internet, cloud-based solution designed to provide integration of the ship service process by connecting the equipment manufacturer, service company and shipmanager to ensure fast, efficient and high-quality service for ships anywhere in the world.
The new service will be rolled out in phases during the next six months, starting with installations and annual performance tests (APTs) for the company’s VDRs and S-VDRs. It will be expanded to cover all types of service calls for Danelec equipment by this autumn.