Custom bracket and mount fabrication
We design, fabricate and fit non-standard mounts for marine electronics in Busan and its ports, Vladivostok and China: transducer fairings and blisters, sensor cages for trawl gear, antenna and mast brackets, console and display mounts, and retrofit adapters when a new unit does not match an old cut-out. The part is measured on board, made locally, then fitted and finished during the same port call. This is the piece of an installation that cannot be ordered online and that most suppliers cannot cover.
Message us on TelegramJobs that overrun in port rarely overrun because of the electronics. They overrun because the new unit does not fit what is already welded to the vessel. The replacement transducer has a different bolt pattern from the tank it must sit in; the display is thirty millimetres wider than a console cut-out made twenty years ago. Waiting for a mount to be shipped in is not an option inside a port call, so we measure on board and make it here.
What the job includes
- Transducer fairing and blister fabrication
- Transducer adapter flanges
- Trawl sensor cages and gear mounts
- Antenna standoff arms and mast brackets
- Satcom and radar foundation plates
- Console cut-out adapter plates
- Display arms, gimbals and bracket mounts
- Cabinet backing plates and DIN rail carriers
- Guards and supports for hull units
- Remaking brackets that keep failing
Timing
- Measurement visit on board
- typically 1-2 hours
- Simple adapter plate or display mount
- often the same day
- Transducer fairing or sensor cage
- typically 1-3 days
- Fitting, finishing and handover
- typically 2-6 hours alongside
What we need from the vessel
- Access to the mounting location, and the equipment itself or its footprint drawing, so we measure against the real part rather than a catalogue dimension.
- The old bracket or the failed part if it still exists. Copying an existing item is faster and safer than measuring an empty space.
- Someone from the crew who knows what runs behind the bulkhead or under the deck, and what must not be drilled or cut.
- The vessel's hot work permit procedure, and yard agreement where welding to structure or grinding on deck is involved.
- Power, lighting and ventilation at the work site for drilling, grinding and welding, plus safe access if the position is aloft or inside a void.
- Honest port call dates and sailing time, so fabrication is scheduled to be fitted and finished before you leave.
Documents issued
- Dimensioned sketch or drawing of the part as fabricated
- Material and fastener list, including grades and any isolating hardware used
- Installation notes: offset, tilt angle and the alignment reference used
- Photographs of the location before, during and after fitting
Frequently asked
Can you make a bracket without the vessel alongside?
We can work from a drawing, from photographs with a scale reference, or from an identical part off a sister vessel, and that gets most of the way. A test fit is still needed, so if the schedule allows it we prefer to measure on board first and cut afterwards.
Do you weld to the hull or to structure?
Yes, where it is the right answer and the vessel and yard agree. It is done under the vessel's hot work permit and coordinated with the yard. Work that opens the hull envelope, such as a new transducer penetration or tank work, is planned for the vessel's docking rather than done alongside.
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Mail [email protected] or message us on Telegram with your port call dates. If we can see the location and the equipment, we can usually say the same day whether it fits your call.