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Making it happenTrialling Industry 4.0 tools in a Victorian Dockyard

1st March 2018


Who we are

Babcock is an engineering services company:

• we have the specialist expertise to support our customers

• we provide skilled, bespoke engineering services in four key sectors

• we work in highly regulated environments, managing complex assets

• we maintain, upgrade, operate and manage critical infrastructure and equipment

• we underpin that with deep engineering design, analysis and production expertise

• we work closely with specialist OEM partners and our wide supply chain

• we provide our customers with better capability, reliability and availability of their expensive and critical assets; and

• we provide them with significant cost savings.


Why are we interested in Industry 4.0?

To identify opportunities to use technology to increase efficiency

To support product and service development

To demonstrate that we are proactively investigating, assessing and implementing new technologies

To find examples of current best practice in Naval and Marine applications

To act as a test bed to de-risk further trials on board a vessel

To find and evaluate external sources of “best practice Big Data applications”

To act as a test facility for development of BIM


Smart Vison - Technology Roadmap


Smart Platform Concept

Originated as a result of a customer sponsored project to evaluate the benefits of using Augmented

Reality in a future support environment

Objectives of Smart Platform Initiative:

• To evaluate the security, interference and performance attributes of a selected range of Wireless

Networks including:

• WiFi

• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

• LiFi

• To assess the benefits of wireless sensor technology

• To assess the benefits of a local data analytics capability

• To assess the benefits of using Augmented Reality to access machinery performance

information and to provide access to appropriate logistics, technical and support information at

the point of use

• To assess the benefits of wearable technologies

• To assess the benefits of Identity and Access Management (IDAM) in an industrial environment


Next Step: The Smart Facility

To develop the Smart Platform in a live environment using real-time information

The Connected Facility is expected to deliver the following benefits:

• Financial Savings

The Devonport site currently spends a significant amount on energy, the use of BMS software will increase efficiency and reduce

costs.

• Increased Understanding of our Assets and their use

By effectively utilising existing data sources and displaying outputs in a simple and relevant fashion we can increase our

understanding of our facilities.

• Less downtime

Less frequent breakdowns mean less downtime. Downtime is expensive, both in terms of lost revenue and disruption to output and

schedule.

• Reduction In repair and replacement costs

Monitored and appropriately maintained structures and assets are less prone to breakdown. Fewer breakdowns will translate to

lower repair costs or equipment replacement costs.


Selected Location

Frigate Refit Complex, Air Compressor Station – Building N219

Contains six LP Air

Compressors which

supply LP air across the

Dockyard, on demand

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In Confidence

Connected FacilityFacility is used to

demonstrate new

technologies that

Babcock is seeking

to implement across

the wider business.

Contains 6 rotary

screw compressors

that are belt driven

from 4-pole AC

induction motors.

Compressors have

been experiencing

failure of the drive

end bearings.

Vibration sensors

are currently fitted as

a means of

demonstrating the

connectivity and the

Iconics interface.


Visible Light Communications (LiFi)LiFi

• LiFi is a rapidly emerging new technology that could be an everyday supplement to WiFi

• Using digital modulation it allows large chunks of binary data to be transmitted at high speed.

• Researchers have used a single micro-LED to transmit

3.5Gbit/s via each of the three primary colours - red,

green, blue - that make up white light.

• This means over 10Gbit/s is possible.

• A trial LiFi fit was successfully installed in a Babcock

office suite to de-risk the integration aspects (LiFi to

sensors) prior to installation in Smart Facility

• LiFi benefits:

• Greater bandwidth than Wifi, with reduced

interference

• Greater security than Wifi, with no signal leakage

outside the illumination of the LED

• Does not create Electromagnetic Interference


LiFi Installation


Iconics Building Management & Data Analytics

• Easy to use automation software that visualises, analyses and mobilises real time information.

• The goal is for the product to increase energy efficiency, improve productivity and product quality.

• Utilised by Babcock on a number of platforms

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The Connected Facility - Conclusions

LiFi

The solution is robust and secure, despite still being in development, and presents a viable indoor alternative to WiFi.

Sensors

Sensor fit is not plug and play. It requires detailed analysis and will be different for different plant.

Analytics

Solution is effective but requires further evaluation and may not be appropriate in more complex scenarios

De-risking

The trial has created a sandpit that is available to allow us to develop and de-risk new solutions.

Next Steps

To prepare for a demonstrator on board an RN Vessel by building, de-risking and demonstrating a deployed analytics

capability in The Connected Facility


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