The Norcontrol Automation SSU 8810 (P/N 8200049) is a Safety System Unit designed to monitor and protect a vessel’s main propulsion engine. It supervises engine RPM and critical safety inputs and can initiate emergency stop, shutdown, or slowdown functions when monitored conditions exceed configured limits.
Key Features
- Dedicated main-engine safety and protection system.
- Monitors engine RPM and overspeed conditions.
- Provides automatic engine shutdown functionality.
- Supports controlled engine slowdown when configured safety limits are exceeded.
- Provides Emergency Stop control and monitoring.
- Monitors shutdown and slowdown sensors.
- Supervises RPM detector systems and emergency-stop switches.
- Modular architecture with replaceable processor, I/O and interface cards.
- Can function independently or integrate with AutoChief 4.
- Designed for critical marine propulsion safety applications.
Typical Applications
- Main-engine safety systems
- Marine propulsion protection
- Main-engine shutdown systems
- Engine slowdown control
- Engine overspeed protection
- Emergency-stop systems
- Engine RPM monitoring
- Engine Control Room (ECR) installations
- AutoChief 4 remote-control systems
- Legacy Norcontrol/Kongsberg propulsion automation systems
