Syncrolift

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Syncrolift, Buenos Aires

Syncrolift AS is a supplier of ship-handling equipment for shipyards.[1] It manufactures the Syncrolift shiplift.

Shiplift[]

The Syncrolift shiplift is a piece of equipment for lifting boats, ships and vessels onto land and back at sea for maintenance work or repair.

The vessel is maneuvered over a submerged cradle, which is then lifted by a set of synchronized hoists or winches. The vessel can be worked upon in place, or it can be moved inland.

The largest shiplifts can lift vessels up to 100,000 tons.[2] Because of this capacity, shiplifts have almost completely supplanted the older dry dock systems, most of which could handle only one vessel at a time.[3]

History[]

The Syncrolift shiplift was invented in the mid 1950s by Raymond Pearlson when he was working as Chief Engineer for Merrill Stevens, a small Miami shipyard. In 1958 he formed Pearlson Engineering Company (PECO) to develop his invention.

In 1959, PECO was taken over by the British engineering group Northern Engineering Industries (NEI) . PECO became NEI SyncrRolls-Royce developed the modern Syncrolift shiplift until 2015.

In 2015, Nekkar ASA (previously TTS Group ASA)[4] purchased the Syncrolift assets from Rolls-Royce t . Today, Syncrolift AS is a subsidiary of Nekkar ASA.

In 2002, Raymond Pearlson was awarded the Elmer A. Sperry Award for the "invention, development and worldwide implementation of a new system for lifting ships out of the water for repair and for launching new ship construction.".[5]

Footnotes[]

[1] https://syncrolift.com/

[2] Rolls-Royce: Why choose a Syncrolift shiplift? Archived 2015-01-25 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Evans, B: "Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape", p. 471. W.W. Norton, 2005

[4] http://www.sperryaward.org/Sperrybrochure2002.pdf

[5] https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/482076

References[]

  1. ^ "Syncrolift AS I Shiplift and Transfer Systems I Docking Solutions". Nekkar. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  2. ^ Rolls-Royce: Why choose a Syncrolift shiplift? Archived 2015-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Evans, B: "Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape", p. 471. W.W. Norton, 2005
  4. ^ "NewsWeb". newsweb.oslobors.no. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  5. ^ "Sperry Awards - ASME". www.asme.org. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
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