NOISE-REDUCING AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT HYDRAULICS FOR MACLAB’S VANGUARD.

FPS were commissioned to supply and install a purpose-built hydraulic system which included a 185kW engine driven pump set, 1600L hydraulic oil reservoir, all required valving for the five double winch davits, bow thruster, anchor winch, 30kW water pump, crane, all the deck machinery, the heat transfer system and 740 meters of pipe and tube work. All components, where necessary, were supplied in stainless steel versions that FPS have designed and manufactured over the years specifically to withstand the harsh marine environment. The twin rudder, twin engine, and three speed steering system was also part of FPS’s supply.

All components were designed and built in FPS’s Port Nelson workshop, then delivered and installed by a team of FPS’s hydraulic engineers in Q-West’s premises in Whanganui.