SMM-News 2008
Complete tank management solutions for oil and
chemical tankers – made in Germany
Shipping companies, shipyards, crews as well as ship outfitters have to deal with ship technology and
tank management on a daily basis. Foreground issues here are, on the one hand, increasing safety for
crew, ship and cargo, and on the other, optimising profitability.
Under these aspects, the internationally active, Ger-
man family businesses Pleiger Maschinenbau and
VEGA Grieshaber have bundled their know-how to
provide from a single source complete tank manage-
ment systems – made in Germany – for oil and chemi-
cal tankers.
Pleiger Maschinenbau, as part of the Pleiger consor-
tium based in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, is an
innovation leader in the area of automation, as well
as design and manufacture of complete electronic
and hydraulic components and systems for valve
remote operation of auxiliary equipment for, among
other things, ballast handling and fuel systems.
Technology from Pleiger is installed on over 5,000
ships worldwide.
The monitoring of cargo levels, fuels or ballast systems
requires safe and reliable measurement technology.
For this, Pleiger relies on a leading manufacturer of
level, switching and pressure instrumentation, VEGA
Grieshaber KG, the world market leader in radar
technology. This full-range supplier has the right sen-
sors for every job – from cargo tank measurement, to
keeping track of fuel supplies, right through to ballast
handling. VEGA sensors are already in use under the
toughest conditions on over 1,000 ships.
For decades the company Pleiger has been a reliable
partner in shipbuilding, offering worldwide service as
well as competent consultation.
By integrating VEGA measurement technology into
its own control systems Pleiger can offer in the future,
as a full-range supplier, the complete instrumentation
in addition to controls and actuators and thus com-
plete tank management solutions for oil and chemical
tankers.
One supplier, one contact person: a great advantage
that saves time and money, for shipping companies,
shipyards and, ultimately, the crew.
The advanced, well-proven measurement technology,
“made in Germany”, integrated in the innovative,
fieldbus-supported Pleiger process control systems
guarantees the reliability of the entire automation and
measuring system. Of course with ship approvals acc.
to GL, LR, ABS, RINA, CCS etc.
Andreas Harmes, managing director of Pleiger
Maschinenbau, sums it up: “Through the cooperation
with VEGA, we do justice to the growing requirements
of the shipbuilding industry worldwide, especially
in the area of oil and chemical tankers, and set the
course for further competent cooperation with ship-
ping companies and shipyards.”
Contact
Pleiger Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
Andreas Harmes
Geschäftsführer
Im Hammertal 51
58456 Witten
www.pleiger.de
VEGA Grieshaber KG
Michael Hannig
Produktmanagement
VEGA Grieshaber KG
Am Hohenstein 113
77761 Schiltach
www.vega.com