{"id":267,"date":"2019-04-16T19:11:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T19:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2019\/?p=267"},"modified":"2019-04-29T14:56:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:56:32","slug":"devil-in-the-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2019\/toc\/devil-in-the-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Devil in the Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"circle-shape-example\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"curve noborder alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2019\/04\/toc-detail.jpg\" alt=\"Enlargement of chip from capacitor\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Devil in the Details<\/h1>\n<p>Every engineer from MMA knows a tiny thing can stop a big ship. Keeping a watchful eye and maintaining critical systems are taught in a variety of ways, but none more so than hands-on shipboard training.<\/p>\n<p>Take the example Chief Engineer Sandy Cameron \u201984 shared as preparations were made for this year\u2019s training cruise \u2014 a broken, fingernail-sized chip (see bottom left in background photo) from a capacitor module\u2019s insulating board that separates two electrical conducting panels, which route 690+ volts each as part of the ship\u2019s electric propulsion motor drive system.<\/p>\n<p>The broken chip was discovered during inspection and the module replaced, thereby preventing what could have been a catastrophic electrical arc that could halt the ship in the water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the engine room, you have fuel, mechanical and electrical systems\u2014all requiring a degree of condition that has to be spot-on in order to keep it running and everyone safe,\u201d Cameron says. \u201cYou can\u2019t learn that in the classroom. You have to experience it, and that is why the students are here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"photoCredit2\">Photo: Billy R. Sims<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"curve noborder alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2019\/04\/toc-detail.jpg\" alt=\"Enlargement of chip from capacitor\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Devil in the Details<\/p>\n<p>Every engineer from MMA knows a tiny thing can stop a big ship. Keeping a watchful eye and maintaining critical systems are taught in a variety of ways, but none more so than hands-on shipboard training.<\/p>\n<p>Take the example Chief Engineer Sandy Cameron \u201984 shared as preparations were made for this year\u2019s training cruise \u2014 a broken, fingernail-sized chip (see bottom left in background photo) from a capacitor module\u2019s insulating board that separates two electrical conducting panels, which route 690+ volts each as part of the ship\u2019s electric propulsion motor drive system.<\/p>\n<p>The broken chip was discovered during inspection and the module replaced, thereby preventing what could have been a catastrophic electrical arc that could halt the ship in the water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the engine room, you have fuel, mechanical and electrical systems\u2014all requiring a degree of condition that has to be spot-on in order to keep it running and everyone safe,\u201d Cameron says. \u201cYou can\u2019t learn that in the classroom. You have to experience it, and that is why the students are here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Billy R. 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