China: CIC Changxing Shipyard to Improve Ship Repair and Control Process

In order to promote the construction of ship repair technology, reinforce the control process, and secure steady quality, CIC Changxing Shipyard set up a composing team and working team to refine the operation instructions at the beginning of this year. After 6 months’ working, the manuscripts were well done.

During revising the operation instructions, the management department and technology department brought all positive factors into full play. Firstly the workshops separately modified their instructions and submitted them to the technology department which improved the instructions according to the principles of practicality, scientificity & efficiency and maneuverability.

The modification of this edition are as follows:

1) Hull Section: It was rewritten and subdivided to meet the standards as well as to be easily operated. The technology department wrote 15 new chapters such as the instruction of steel structure renewal. The hull workshop completed 7 chapters such as the instruction of hatch repair and the instruction of open grooves.

2) Painting & Comprehensive Service section: the manuscripts were written by the corresponding workshops and improved by the technology department in accordance with the experience of problems shooting.

3) Engineering Section: the technology department restructured form of the instructions of electric, machining, lifting and pipe working to have a clear layout. As for the Instructions of bench working, the amendments were focused on simplifying the description to be easy understanding, including the instruction of ME connecting rod bush, instruction of repairing centrifugal pumps, instructions of repairing mooring equipments, instruction of repairing manual braking devices of windlass and mooring function test.

4) Drydocking Section: the content of the instruction for removing and fitting propeller, tailshaft & rudder was expanded. 9 articles such as the instruction of lifting propeller were added. All of them were the supplement to the original edition.

There were 78 instructions in this amendment.

The improved instructions will be submitted for review and evaluation. Once getting the approval, they will be adopted in the shipyard management procedures, give full scope to the shipyard’s production activities and lay foundation for high-quality repair work.

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Source: csgcic, September 6, 2011;