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News Release from: Eriks UK | Subject: CSO Alliance
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 February 2002
Calibration service reduces layover
periods
Thanks to the provision of stand-by teams of engineers, Wyko's Calibration Service enabled the CSO Alliance to set sail well within a 24-hour deadline.
Thanks to the provision of stand-by teams of engineers, Wyko's Calibration Service has enabled the CSO Alliance to set sail well within a 24-hour deadline The service is available around the clock for customers who require calibration of any instruments or gauges and need work carried out by qualified engineers either on or off site
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 9 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Backed by Wyko's extensive range of MRO products, the calibration service can offer specialist work, at short notice, anywhere in the UK.
It is often the case in the shipping industry that a 2-3 week notice period is required by service providers, this usually incurs long layover periods.
However, the Chesterfield branch of Wyko Calibration Services (WCS) received a call from Ian Somerville, chief engineer on the CSO Alliance on the evening of 2nd September 2001 with a request for emergency calibration work to be carried out on a number of pressure gauges, in order for his ship to sail the following morning.
By 3pm the next day, experienced WCS engineers arrived in Newcastle with a full range of necessary fittings and specialist calibration equipment.
The team came ready to tackle a wide range of different types of instruments and gauges, to be calibrated in pounds per square inch, bar and meters of seawater.
Preparations had to cover relatively new instruments and gauges as well as models that may be over fifty years old.
The team of engineers also had to account for the conditions on the ship itself.
As with most ships, the instruments inside the CSO Alliance were often found in cramped, poorly lit locations, making access to them and their identification difficult.
Nevertheless, the team worked until four the next morning calibrating all the instruments, labelling them and leaving all systems ready for use, well before the deadline.
Andy Morris, head of laboratory at the Chesterfield branch of WCS explains: "We have been able to provide a specialist service to the defence, electronics, power and pharmaceutical industries for many years.
However, customers have now realised that such a quick response time for emergencies combined with instant access to such a broad range of products and equipment has made our service perfectly suited for the demands of the shipping industry". Request a free brochure from Eriks UK ...
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