INDUSTRIES / SHIP REPAIR
Ship Repair
Fabricate Renewal Steel Before Drydock
Build replacement plates, inserts and stiffeners in the shop before the hot-work window opens.
THE PROBLEM
The Ship Repair Problem
Crop-and-renew repairs compress steel renewal into a fixed drydock window, and the work is often one-off or low-repeat. Prefabricating replacement plates, inserts and stiffeners in the shop before the vessel arrives moves welding hours out of the dock, but only if the shop can turn changing drawings into parts quickly.
TYPICAL PARTS
Parts We Target
Steel Renewal
Replacement Plates
Crop-and-Renew Inserts
Replacement Stiffeners
Deck Inserts
Shop-Fabricated Frames
Steel Renewal
Replacement Plates
Crop-and-Renew Inserts
Replacement Stiffeners
Deck Inserts
Shop-Fabricated Frames
RECOMMENDED SYSTEMS
The Right System per Part Family
A starting recommendation. The final configuration comes from a process study on your drawings.
Replacement Plates and Inserts
Fast changeover from drawing to program for one-off pieces.
Explore ARC-R ARC-R DualStiffened Renewal Panels
Two robots weld larger renewal assemblies inside the shop window.
Explore ARC-R Dual ARC-XLarge Renewal Sections
For yards that prefabricate full panel sections ahead of docking.
Explore ARC-XPILOT
From Process Study to Pilot
A pilot starts with one weld family and ends with records you can inspect.
- 01
Weld-Family Study
Share drawings, WPS and fit-up tolerances for one recurring joint family.
- 02
Simulation
We program the parts in Studio and check reach, access and collision.
- 03
Evaluation Plan
Agree the scope, fixturing, acceptance checks and who reviews each weld.
- 04
Pilot Run
Weld the agreed parts under your procedures and record every joint in Proof.
- 05
Review
Inspect the results together and decide whether to expand the scope.
CATFISH OS
Software for This Work
DESIGN PARTNERS
Prepare the Next Renewal
Share a repair drawing and shop fabrication window to discuss a bounded work package. Design partners help shape the first production cells.