Cyber-Erection at Daewoo

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co has initiated use of Cyber-Erection, its new 3D digital measuring and simulation program. It says the technology enabled greater precision when it was used for the first time last November to help join the heavy fore and aft sections of a 75,000 dwt bulk carrier in its floating dock. By feeding in measurements taken using 3D laser-measuring devices, the Cyber-Erection program creates a precise digital image of the ship blocks. These digital images are then used as the basis for repeated advance simulation of setting the blocks in the dock.