Marine System Integrator

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Electrical System Integration in the Maritime Industry

Quad Plus is a leading system integrator in marine and industrial applications, providing electrical power and control solutions for power generation, power distribution, mooring controls, drilling controls, pumping and compressor controls and crane controls. For either new construction, short notice retrofits or modernizations of existing systems, National Service Alliance applies our extensive familiarity of OEM products, expertise in marine applications, compliance with marine regulations and brief-as-possible lead times to provide your best return on investment

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Why Quad Plus?

Our engineering team applies solid industry experience to offer solutions that meet or exceed your many requirements. We use the latest innovations from our vendor partners to optimize power, devise better control, and take advantage of new automation technologies to meet changing efficiency and regulatory demands. Our service personnel arrive ready to work with appropriate technical and safety certifications. Our team is ISO 9001 certified for design, development, production, installation and servicing of custom integrated electrical power and controls systems. We offer after sales support, flexibility to support your OEM preferences, and a commitment to deliver service regardless of the original builder or integrator.

Marine Services

All aspects of shipboard equipment are changing to meet more demanding standards of efficiency, safety, and environmental impact. Electrification of traditionally diesel-powered equipment can provide more precise operation while delivering better reliability, lower emissions, and reduced maintenance costs. Quad Plus professionals are at the forefront, bringing new technologies to better support marine propulsion, electrical winch, hoist, and material transfer applications.

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Project Identification and Development

We start with customer requirements, equipment constraints, and performance criteria to engineer and document automation, electrical, and mechanical designs. Through design reviews, we verify safety and functionality to achieve system operating requirements within project space constraints. We then produce all final studies and manufacturing drawings needed for necessary approvals and for fabrication.

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OEM Supplier to Turnkey Integration

Your requirements define our role. We can provide solutions as an OEM supplier, a contributing vendor, or as a turn-key integrator. As an integrator, we will be your single point of contact, handling every aspect of your project from design and development to manufacturing and implementation.

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Premium Support

We service most manufacturers’ equipment regardless of the original vendor. You choose the level of service response according to your business needs. In addition to onsite repairs, we offer offsite component refurbishment and retrofit services that can extend the useful life of affected systems. Secure remote diagnostics systems can be added to allow your team or ours to prepare for a service call with correct parts and personnel for on-vessel service.

Diverse Technical Capabilities

Quad Plus delivers equipment and services for a wide variety of electrical applications. Our technical team will assist with design selections to help achieve your return on investment targets such as increased efficiency and reliability, implementing new technical solutions, and extending the life of existing equipment.

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Automation

Quad Plus offers service and support for automatic tensioning mooring systems, crane controls, active heave compensators, generator control, material or fluid transfer systems and more. Repair, refurbish, or replace, Quad Plus can help.

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Propulsion Systems

Our extensive work with electric propulsion systems, AC and DC drive systems, and controls in offshore vessels provide service and upgrade options with a minimum of down time. New technology offers automation, efficiency and analysis for predictive maintenance.

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Operator Controls for Harsh Environments

Climate controlled and environmentally isolated E-House facilities offer increased operational safety, equipment reliability and personnel performance while meeting efficiency and functionality targets.

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PLC, VFD, MCC, Switchgear, and Distribution

Whether building a new vessel, refurbishing key electrical components to OEM specifications, or applying new technologies to replace unserviceable, damaged or inefficient systems aboard, Quad Plus engineering teams offer solutions designed for your specific needs.

Smart Winch

Smart Winch is an affordable and compact control package. Supporting most Low Voltage AC powered winch or spooling equipment, Smart Winch provides active heave operational features required for marine applications.

Smart Winch performs its corrections based on data input from an industry-standard Motion Reference Unit (MRU); No external PLC or load cells required. Coupled with integration services, Quad Plus engineering can configure the system to meet environmental and space requirements as well as options like custom packaging and HMIs.

Smart Winch Features:

  • Full torque at zero and low speed enabling winch start and stop smoothly
  • Reduced noise
  • Synchronized control for mechanical disc brake in starting and stopping of the winch
  • Dynamic braking with an integrated brake chopper and added external braking resistor
  • Control software with parameters for anchoring, auto mooring, and hand mooring
  • Special packaging for NEMA 4X and Class I Div2 installations available
  • No 3rd party active heave systems required

Typical Applications:

  • Towing
  • Escort Towing/Auto Payout
  • Active Heave Control (AHC)
  • Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS)
  • Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV)
  • Push Mode Constant Tension
  • Oceanographic Sub Sea Winching

Case Studies

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Services Available

Quad Plus offers a wide variety of services to assist you no matter where you are in the system integration lifecycle. For new builds, we offer design and project management services, for existing plants, we can make your operation run smoother and more efficient. For plants with obsolete control systems, we can assist with retrofits and upgrades. No matter your business need, we have you covered!

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Certifications

Our service personnel are experienced with the complex power and control systems in use for marine and offshore petroleum facilities. Whether dispatched dockside or at sea in the territories of the Gulf of Mexico, Canada, the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, Africa, or Asia, our technicians have specific medical clearances and training that include HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training) and BOSET (Basic Offshore Survival Emergency Training).

We have been ISO registered since 2014 for the design, development, production, installation, and servicing of custom integrated electrical power and control systems. We received our ISO 9001:2015 certification since 2018.

We know that your service providers must meet substantial requirements for safety and efficiency. We have the tools, equipment, training and experience to exceed those requirements.

Let’s Take the Plunge

Quad Plus earned its reputation by listening to our clients’ needs and providing customized solutions using up-to-date automation, control, and generator management systems. From new operations to retrofitting existing control systems, we will put our experience to work. Safety is always our priority, and you can depend on our technical system integration expertise to deliver superior results and reliable, friendly after-sales support.

Ready to get started?

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