# Health check for machinery and equipment **URL:** \ **Category:** Engineering\ **Created:** [April 12, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814 "2018-04-12T11:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814/22 "2018-04-30T16:41:14Z")
OCIMF’s Guidelines of Safety Critical Equipment and Spare Parts may be of interest to some: > **[Safety Critical Equipment and Spare Part Guidance by OCIMF](https://maritimecyprus.com/2018/04/24/safety-critical-equipment-and-spare-part-guidance-by-ocimf/)** > > (www.MaritimeCyprus.com) Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has released a new information paper and indeed is a very welcome initiative for the industry. The purpose of this informat… ---
**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814/23 "2018-05-01T15:19:45Z")
Insurance companies pack a lot of weight, You may assume the ability to switch liability over to one of these paid maintenance companies when they screw up is preferable to trying to soak whatever the engineer has in his bank account ! Again, follow the money and the trend. Technology wins and advances… eventually. We had the Cat computers… I don’t know how one can stay at sea long without them. they are all going the way of John Deere. Another reason to go foreign… till they catch up !! ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814/24 "2018-11-18T12:40:44Z")
A new online spare part ordering service are on offer for worldwide shipping: > **[ShipSupport is live - Netherlands Maritime Technology](https://maritimetechnology.nl/shipsupport-is-live/)** > > Het is zover! Op 2 november heeft Royal IHC het maritieme e-commerce platform ShipSupport.com gelanceerd! ShipSupport biedt scheepseigenaren en MRO’s  een one-stop-shop voor onderdelen, en... A similar system using universal numbering and catalogues in different languages has been in existence for many years: SFI Coding and Classification System ---
**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814/25 "2018-11-19T16:49:37Z")
it’s coming to this ; there are fewer and fewer manufacturers, competition for lower price drives efficiency & production runs, international parts distribution uniformity, and laws/rules mandating conformance to the more obscure things driving all the above. Eventually there will be very few manufacturers and spare parts of course will be at all major ports. If you work in the darker corners of the earth you’ll pay thru the nose to get those parts, like you do now but it’ll be worse! The car industry is a shining example where competition (nationally) has been run out (de lorean/tucker) and you couldn’t start a new car company even if you had the best 100 yr. ahead thinking on your side. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814/26 "2018-11-19T17:29:06Z")
If you have problem with getting spare parts, get yourself a 3D printer: > **[3D printing systems to be installed onboard ships - SAFETY4SEA](https://safety4sea.com/3d-printing-systems-to-be-installed-onboard-ships/)** > > Danish 3D printing company 'Create it REAL', announced the first 3D print pilot project with Green Ship of the Future consortium in Denmark. PS\> Does that mean that this Dutch idea is outdated already? Maybe not quite yet. ---
**Author:** ![powerabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@powerabout](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/powerabout)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814/27 "2018-11-26T06:47:17Z")
3d printer in each port and drone to fly the parts out, thats the future ---
**Author:** ![Nautilos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/nautilos/32/7720_2.png) [@Nautilos](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Nautilos)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814/28 "2019-02-02T08:16:48Z")
Is the maritime industry ready to accept spares made this way? Can you see a 3d printer onboard? ---
**Author:** ![Steamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Steamer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Steamer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814/29 "2019-02-02T13:18:27Z")
> **[Newport News Delivers First 3D-Printed Metal Part for a Carrier](https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/newport-news-delivers-first-3d-printed-metal-part-for-a-carrier)** > > Huntington Ingalls Newport News shipyard has delivered the first ever 3D-printed metal part to the U... [Previous page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/health-check-for-machinery-and-equipment/47814.md?page=1)