Now almost all work in any industry will always depend on the compressor.
On a ship, the compressor is one of the mechanical components designed in the ship's work system.
Why ships are in dire need Air Compressor to dock? Yes, because the air compressor on this ship will function as a tool for producing high-pressure air.
The development of increasingly sophisticated technology, especially in compressor systems capable of compressing air is significant in industry. Air compressors are used in various marine vessels to provide compressed air. Compressed air can be used for various applications, such as powering main engines, auxiliary engines, emergency generators, and emergency fire pumps.
Compressors on ships consist of two levels of auxiliary aircraft in the operational process. Namely, on board for the process of starting the main engine, generator, and bow thruster which is an important part of the ship. And also for the processing of ship motion with a ship that uses a pneumatic gearbox system.
The compressor is one of the components of the shipboard air system (Kumar et al., 2017; Nitonye, 2017) which is related to the smooth movement of the ship (Antra et al., 2019). With a properly functioning compressor, the preparation of air supplies in air tubes will be safer. If at any time used to anticipate the maintenance needs of ship movements.
What happens if the air production in the compressor is reduced or even exhausted? The impact that will occur if the air production in the compressor is reduced. Then the ship will certainly not be able to operate and move according to the procedures that have been made. This is because, at the beginning of starting ship engine (main engine)the ship will need compressed air.
In addition, many factors can cause reduced air production produced by air compressors. Among them is the lack of performance of the suction valve and exhaust valve in the high pressure section. In this section that causes less than maximum or longer time filling air into the air bottle. The low flow of the lubrication system on the piston which causes no compression to produce air.
Therefore, the importance of the compressor in the ship is as an auxiliary tool for the production of compressed air. If there is no availability of compressed air in the ship, then some of the main engines and generators will not function. In addition, this air compressor will be used as a control for other pneumatic tools.
On ships, it is common for the air filling from the compressor into the air bottle to be so slow that the air in the air bottle runs out or is lacking, causing the operation of the main engine or main engine or main engine to be disrupted during the initial start.
Lack of performance on compressors, especially on Suction and Exhaust Valves is very sensitive. This is because if the two valves cannot function properly. So that there will be an overload on the air compressor.
