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An integrated bridge system ties the radar, ECDIS, conning display, autopilot, compass, and the rest of the navigation sensors into one networked workstation, so a fault in a single module can dim the whole bridge picture rather than just one screen. Because the system is type-approved and built around one maker's architecture, a replacement part has to match the maker, the model, and often the software version. Integrated bridge system spare parts suppliers carry those parts, from display units and processor cabinets to the network and control hardware that hold the bridge together.
What an IBS Is Built From
An IBS is less a box than a network of subsystems sharing sensors and displays. The parts that get ordered come from across that network:
- Multifunction displays and consoles - the flat-panel workstations that show radar, chart, and conning, and their trackball and keyboard control panels.
- Processor and interface cabinets - the units that run the application software and gather the sensor feeds.
- Network hardware - the switches, interface modules, and cabling that carry data between the sensors and the displays.
- Sensor inputs - the gyro, speed log, GPS, wind, and depth feeds that the integrated picture is built from.
- Power supplies and controls - the supplies, dimmers, and alarm panels that keep the consoles lit and monitored.
What Gets Replaced
The screens and the control panels are what the watch handles hour after hour, so a display, a trackball, or a keyboard is the part that wears first. Behind them the processor and interface cards, the network switches, and the power supplies are the electronic spares, and they fail far less often but take the whole console down with them when they do. A sensor feed lost to a bad interface card can leave the chart or the radar overlay wrong in a way that is not obvious from the screen, which is why the part is traced to the module rather than guessed at.
Matched to Maker and Software
Nothing here crosses between makers. A Kongsberg, Wartsila, Alphatron, Sperry, or Raytheon Anschutz bridge each runs its own hardware and software, so the model of the console and the software version it runs decide the part, and a replacement has to keep the system's type approval intact. Where a console is old and its software no longer supported, replacing the workstation or upgrading through integrated bridge system services can be the sounder call than chasing a discontinued card. Individual sensor spares, when only one feed has failed, come through the matching subsystem, such as ECDIS spare parts.
The displays and control panels are what get handled and wear, so the integrated bridge system spare parts suppliers worth keeping on file stock those alongside the processor and network hardware behind them. Filter the vendors below by brand - Kongsberg, Wartsila, Alphatron, Raytheon Anschutz - and by whether you need an OEM channel, a used unit, or a reseller, since a bridge console and a single interface card are very different orders.
Year Founded: 2018
VerifiedCATEGORIES:
Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS)
15 PPM Monitoring Equipment
AIS (Automatic Identification Systems)
AMS (Alarm Monitoring Systems)
ARPA (Automatic Radar Plotting Aids)
(195)
BRAND:
Alewijnse
WARTSILA
KONGSBERG
Sperrymarine
L3HARRIS
(4)
CLASS APPROVED:
IACS: ABS, ClassNK, CCS, BV
WAREHOUSES:
China