Keppel Shipyard Gets SPS License
Intelligent Engineering Ltd. awarded Keppel Shipyard, a license for its Sandwich Plate System (SPS) technology. The agreement, for an initial three-year period, allows Keppel O&M yards to use SPS technology for the repair and conversion of offshore and marine vessels and structures worldwide. Keppel O&M is one of the largest offshore and marine groups in the world. With a network of 16 yards worldwide, the organization offers total solutions to customers operating in diverse environments through leveraging their proprietary technology and engineering expertise.
LR Provisional Rules for SPS
Lloyd’s Register, in conjunction with Intelligent Engineering, Ltd, has developed a set of provisional Rules for new construction and ship repair using steel sandwich construction. Entitled Provisional Rules for the Application of Sandwich Panel Construction to Ship Structure, the Rules were approved in early 2006 by a specially convened sub-committee of Lloyd’s Register’s Technical Committee, comprising independent experts drawn from across the industry. Sandwich Plate System (SPS) is a technology created by UK-based Intelligent Engineering Ltd in which two metal plates are bonded to a solid elastomer core. The elastomer provides continuous support to the plates and stops local plate buckling, eliminating the need for stiffeners.
