| Alatas Service | Field Service, System Upgrades |
| Location | North Sea |
| Equipment | Windlasses |
| Manufacturer | Brissonneau and Lotz Marine (BLM) |
Alatas specialises in Anchor Winch and Mooring Winch repairs. For this job, Alatas UK undertook this BLM windlass electronic system overhaul.
They were apart of some large container vessels are electric drive equipped, and after 10 years in operation, the BLM control system is starting to have more frequent breakdown and intermittent faults.
The owner engaged Alatas to carry out a pre-dry-docking survey and to come up with a repair plan and scope of work to entirely overhaul the windlasses, electric drive and control system.
Job Scope
Alatas deployed our BLM Deck Machinery Specialist and Control System Engineer to carry out the following electrical repairs:
- Provide 1x BLM specialist engineer ex Alatas Singapore and 1x Technician ex Alatas Shanghai
- Supply and replace contactors on anchor winch and mooring winch control panel
- Supply and replace carbon brushes on winch motors, polish commutator surface
- Service Motor resistor units and align cooling fins
- Troubleshoot mooring control panel 3 & 5 8.
- Carry out comprehensive function testing after overhaul
- Carry out anchor drop testing
- Carry out pull load testing of mooring winch
Job Gallery for BLM Windlass Electronic System Overhaul
Condition of V & D contactors Replacement of contactor of V & D for Windlass no2 & replacements of on poles contacts for V & D MC on Windlass no1 Removing back end of motor for carbon brush & commutators inspection All motor brakes were removed, inspected, checked & clean Motor brake pads was also replaced
