Characteristics of a Systems Engineer:

EDUCATION: ON-THE-JOB TRAINING: MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

1. Ability to Understand 1. Hands-on Hardware 1. Ability to See "Big Picture"

Multiple Disciplines Experience 2. Team Management Skills
2. Technical Credibility 2. Knowledge of / 3. Understanding of Program
Experience With System Management
Simulations

RESPONSIBILITIES: ATTITUDES WITH PEOPLE: ATTITUDES TOWARD WORK:

1. Early Responsibility 1. Good Communicator and 1. Learns Independently

2. Work in Several Listener 2. Willing to Take Risks
Technical Areas 2. Can Communicate to all 3. Willing to Take
3. Ability to Produce a Management Levels Responsibility
Product (On Time, In 3. Patient, Curious, Honest, 4. Disciplined
Budget) Friendly 5. Not Parochial
6. Pragmatic
7. "Can Do" Attitude
8. Adaptable
 The CAFCR model of the project proposal

The Markets

The markets for STS products are mainly for offshore vessels located worldwide in various oil
fields. To keep STS in the market our products require continuous improvement as per customer
needs. The graphs and tables below show the world market for supply vessel s to which our
products will be fitted to. The customer need to dock vessels safely at all times, loading and
discharging cargo at ports and at oil rigs at specified time and in different conditions of weather,
i.e. rough seas heavy currents. Delivery of cargo at required times to the rigs and ports. In
addition to that is safety, environment protection and finally the economical running of their
business.

Trends in the Offshore Vessels Sector

Years
Presently we are concentrating on the offshore market.

Customer objective: Swing-up azimuth thrusters in the TCNS series have long been part of product
portfolio, and these units have now been designed to give the ship designer more freedom. The
attractions of the TCNS type of thrusters have been well appreciated by the marine community.
Fitted as a bow or stern thruster, it can be swung up into a recess or ‘garage’ when not in use. When
in the lowered position it provides a powerful thrust in any direction for manoeuvring, position-
keeping or get-you home propulsion. A variation on the same principle, the Combi thruster, is
particularly popular with some offshore vessel operators. Here the thruster swings up into a
transverse recess forming a part tunnel in the hull where it can also function as a powerful tunnel
thruster giving side thrust alone when raised. The swing-up unit in a module comprising the raising
and lowering mechanism and the complete housing garage.
Products

STS produces the azimuth- swing up thrusters which can be used to meet good maneuvering in ports
and station keeping (Dynamic positioning), as well as in transit. Therefore the thrusters shall have
capability different from those produced before, that is, shaft driven and non rotating thrusters as
well as those produced by our competitors.
The customer`s needs and requirements
The customer needs to be supplied by two types of Thrusters. These are Bow thrusters and Swing up
thrusters. The customer is customized his products so as to meet his expectations and eventually
make her ship sail as per plan. The requirements for the customer are to observed because he wants
the thrusters which can be easily installed, provide maximum bollard pull, effective maneuvering
under all sea condition and eventually serve the purpose.
Bow thrusters
He has planned to make use of bow thrusters when maneuvering in narrow channels in a short time
in order o avoid dangers or sailing aground. These thrusters give her ship an ability to move sideways
and negotiate corner in a very fast and safe way.
Swing up thrusters
The customer intends to be supplied by swing up thrusters due to nature of his day to day operations
at sea. It is a offshore supply Vessel (Customer) freighting cargo from the port (Shore) where it is
shallow water to the rigs where there are number of marine cable and other ocean engineering
structures. For that matter the customer requires to be secured with all dangers when her ship is
sailing at those two respective areas. The swing up and down thrusters is the solution for her
intended goal. However this type can also be used on open sea where there is no danger when
sailing at reasonably sea depth.

Characteristics Feature
Bow thrusters
 Very effective in side movement,
 Secured on ship hull,
 Easy installation , and easy to repair,
 Light enough to minimize Light ship weight while maintaining the mechanical strength of
materials,
 Providing accuracy in ship position when sailing.

Swing up thrusters
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360 Degree of freedom,
 Ability to move up and down (Vertical movement),
 Easy installation, and easy to repair,
 Light enough to minimize Light ship weight while maintaining the mechanical strength of
materials,
 Providing accuracy in ship position when sailing.

Technology
The thruster can swing up into housing in the hull when not in use and can swing down to
horizontal position. In operation works as azimuth thruster and is designed to develop maximum
bollard pull in the maneuvering, or to provide positioning power for station keeping. The
thruster has an added benefit of functioning as a get you home drive. The thruster can be turned
vertically in the upper position and be used as a tunnel thruster. Most drive and steering spare
parts are compatible with existing TCNS units. At the same time the steerable underwater unit
has been redesigned and updated. To rationalise spares and service, components are now
common to other latest generation propulsion products. Emerging market requirements are for
more power from this type of thruster installation, so it has responded by increasing the rating of
the type 73 from 880kW to 1,000kW, while the new version of the larger TCNS thruster
previously type approved for 1,800kW now has a 2,000kW rating.

Fig. 1 lowered position 2. In vertical in a tunnel.

When the thruster is stowed doesn’t protrude below the vessels baseline, this helps in shallow
water operations. Our company STS can deliver two variants 73 and 92 types. Due to accuracy
the thruster shall be delivered to shipyards in an assembly module and hull module that will
interface assembly module and the hull ready to be easily welded into the ship at any yard. The
thruster will have an advantage of standardized modules due to common parts and assembly
line.
 Figures: one hull interface and three thruster assembly

System design

Systems design of the TCNS defining as the architecture, components, modules, interfaces,
and data for a system to satisfy specified requirements. One could see it as the application of
TCNS theory to product development.

Feature Justification
Small Thruster size In order to save space
Light weight To minimize Hull weight (Light weight)
Thruster Security Swing up in shallow water can help to secure the thrusters in
shallow water.
Corrosion resistant To resist Electrolysis reaction in sea water

Key drives

The design for the product family has observed the following drives for the best result of the
product.

Design architecture of the TCNS thrusters

TCNS Family

TCNS Sizes and specification

Model no. TCNS 73 TCNS 92
Input speed (RPM) 1500,1800,2000 1500,1800

MC rating (KW) 736,880,1000 1500,1800,2000

Propeller Dia 1800 2200

Weight (kg) 9500 16000
Weight hull 9000 17000

Steering gear

Type TCNS 73 TCNS 92

Thruster hub and sizes
Sizes

Sizes TCNS 73 TCNS 92

Control system
Feedback system
Prophode control pitch
 Prpphode fixed pitch

Propeller and hub

Propellers control pitch
Propeller fixed pitch
Propeller ice
Nozzle SS
Nozzle MS

Power sup
Electrical
Electrical motor (1…8)
Electrical motor (1…9)
Hydraulic motor
Hydraulic model Control pitch
Hydraulic model Fixed pitch

Installation in ship
Hull specification
73 hull module
92 hull module
Transmission unit
Belt offer
Bevel offer
Standard pack for 73 module (1 and 2)
Standard pack for 92 module (1 and 2)
Remote control pitch
Safety

In order to ensure the thrusters during the operation the Company STS has designed the thruster
guard which can protect the propeller when operated in areas covered by the Ocean Structures or
shallow water. This can happen when the Navigator or Captain fail to make use of swing up action
and cause the propeller to hit the ocean structures and cause great loss.

However FG has introduced the alarm system which can detect any object (danger) around which
can be knocked by the thruster, the detection is reported immediately to the Navigator in order to
take preventive measures.

Effective Emergency Action

Future group has assured the customers about their respective movement of ship by introducing
Automatic Synchronizing system for the required Frequency which is supposed to be used by the
system. That is to say there is no need for the engineers onboard to monitor, however there is
automatic switching on/off which can act within 1/60 Seconds.

Investment
The financial prediction for the new type of thrusters for next seven quarters is given in the table and
the cumulative profit has been shown in the graph with respect to the time.

In the first for four quarters we are only producing 92-type thrusters. In the fifth quarter we start
producing 73-type thruster with very less investment as both the types belong to same product
family. The 73-type are produced in number 2,4 and 5 in quarter 5,6 and 7 respectively. We start
generating cumulative profit from 5th quarter and the investments are very less by the end of the 7 th
quarter. The sales, variable costs and income of 73-type are shown in addition to the 92-type from 5 th
quarter.

Total investment = 15,8 M Total Profit =

25,2 M
Recommendation for the manufacturing process

People and Process

Future group to carry out this project requires the people with the knowledge in Marketing and
Project Management. The following are the processes these people will do to realize the product;
feasibility, definition, system design, engineering, integration, and testing, as well as field monitoring.
More over automation of the processes will be carried out with reduced number of the men force
with more advanced machinery.

Marketing people will look for a sellable profitable product, starting with listening to customers,
followed by managing the customer expectations, introducing the product at the customer and
obtaining customer feedback.

Project Management will realize the product in the agreed specification, resources and amount of
time for delivery of the product.

Design Control people will specify and designing the system. The Design Control Process

Organization and process:

FG (Future Group) manufactures different type of thrusters such as bow, swing up and transit
thrusters. FG has its unique place among its customers and satisfies them completely with unique
solutions .Maximum production is demand based, products are manufactured as per customer
demand and provide new technology to their customer.
 FUTURE GROUP

CEO

MD

ED COMMERCIAL ED TECHNICAL ED PROJECTS

GM MARKETING GM LOGISTIC GM HR GM RESEARCH GM TOOL DESIGN GM PLANNING GM RISK GM PRODUCTION

(ETO) & QUALITY
MANAGEMENT

1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M PROCESS 1M 2M
&
SALES AFTER FINANCE TOOL ROOM&
SALES PRODUCTION
ON LINE

6 Engineers 4 Engineers 6 Engineers

M - MANAGER

E - ENGINEER 10 WORKERS
Production planning unit
GM – GENERAL MANAGER

ED – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STANDARD ASSEBLY COUTOMIZED

MANUAFCTURING TESTING INSTALLATION
LINE ASSEBLY LINE

DEPARTMENTS IN FG:
FG as an organization is divided into different departments such as commercial, technical and
projects. HR, Marketing, Research and development (ETO, TOOL DESIGN), engineering, and
production planning, risk management and production cell are the sub department.

ROLE OF DEPARTMENTS:
Every department is with his own responsibility, finance and admistration sees finance and
admistative work, HR deals with manpower availability, sales department deals with market, design
department is responsible for designing the product, engineering is to convert designed products
into real and check its feasibility, system engineer after the product is evaluated by engineering
department and is meets required demand, production department plans production and production
balancing is done so that required demand of customer should be meet with minimum utilization of
resources.

ROLE OF SYSTEMS ENGINEER:

Systems engineering is concerned with the overall process of defining, developing, operating,
maintaining, and ultimately replacing quality systems. Where other engineering disciplines
concentrate on the details of individual aspects of a system (electronics, mechanics, ergonometric,
aerodynamics, software, etc.), systems engineering is concerned with the integration of all of these
aspects into a coherent and effective system. Systems engineers concentrate their efforts on the
aspects of the engineering process (requirements definition, top-level functional designs, project
management, and life cycle cost analysis) that serve to organize and coordinate other engineering
activities. The systems engineer is the primary interface between management, customers, suppliers,
and specialty engineers in the systems development process.

In FG Systems Engineering is an interdisciplinary process that ensures that the customer's needs are
satisfied throughout a system's entire life cycle. This process is comprised of the following seven
tasks.

1. State the problem. Stating the problem is the most important systems engineering task. It
entails identifying customers generally the ship owners, understanding customer needs (ship
function as ship require dynamic positioning thrusters, easy installation of thrusters),
establishing the need for change (shorten lead time, accurate positioning), discovering
requirements (swing up thrusters can rotate at 360 degree can be used for accurate
positioning) and defining system functions (for example functions of thrusters as transit,
manoeuvring and dynamic positioning).

2. Investigate alternatives. Alternatives are investigated and evaluated based on performance,

cost and risk.

3. Model the system. Running models clarifies requirements, reveals bottlenecks and
fragmented activities, reduces cost and exposes duplication of efforts.

4. Integrate. Integration means designing interfaces and bringing system elements together so
they work as a whole. This requires extensive communication and coordination.

5. Launch the system. Launching the system means running the system and producing outputs
-- making the system do what it was intended to do.

6. Assess performance. Performance is assessed using evaluation criteria, technical

performance measures and measures -- measurement is the key. If you cannot measure it,
you cannot control it. If you cannot control it, you cannot improve it.

7. Re-evaluation. Re-evaluation should be a continual and iterative process with many parallel
loops.