Workshop In Dockyard

Services provided in this workshop are as follows:

Electric motor rewinding up to 200w

Electrical installation

Repair of communication Equipment

Repair of navigation equipment (radar, echo sounder, logs)

General electronics and precision equipment.

Circular cutting of steel rod up to 300mm diameter

Cold bending and straightening of shaft up to 300mm diameter

Plasma (precision) steel plate cutting using flame

Power former (for folding)

Forging (various shapes)

MIG/MAG and TIG welding machines (for all types of welding)

Capable of fabricating most of the spares needed for the repair of ship engines,

pumps, heavy electrical generating sets and valves.

Turning

Milling

Shaping

Boring (vertical and horizontal)

Precision grinding for cylindrical surfaces

16m Lathe machine

6m Lathe machine

Numerical and computer-controlled shaping machine

The 16m lathe machine is first of its kind in the whole of West Africa.  It is used for

machining and carrying out repairs on propeller shafts for big merchant ships and

warships. 

For perfect finish and mirror smooth surface grinding, the surface grinding machine in the

mechanical workshop is one of the best in its category.

The heavy duty machine, the radial (cylindrical) grinding machine is very important for

cylindrical surface mirror finish up to micro on cylindrical pieces of up to 1.5m in length and

0.5 diameters.

Cast pot equipment (24 hours capacity, automatic casting (non-ferrous metal)

Mixer: Forming machine (for casting)

Casting spare parts

Vibrator point. (Silicate filter)

Sand filter

Pneumatic Sand Charger

Sand storage

Hydraulic System (automatic)

Fire fighting system

Source water

Sand blasting

Control panel

Laboratory (3) - Testing Metal Area

This workshop is suitable for the repairs of marine electronic system such as navigational

aids (radar, gyro, log & echo sounders) communication equipment and fire control systems.

The workshop is also equipped to manufacture other accessories/components for the

auto/communication industries e.g. car bumpers, satellite dish accessories, mud guard and

fenders, lagging of oil pipelines etc.

This is the most economical and best established means of preventing rust where repeated

painting is not feasible.  The following facilities exist in the Galvanizing workshop:

Phosphate bath- this bath is for degreasing

Acid bath to remove rust and all other impurities from the surface of the job to be galvanized

Water rinsing bath

Flux bath

Overhead cranes for mechanical handling of the jobs.

The baths size is 21.5 ft length x 4 ft breath x 8 ft deep

Electroplating is a form of metal protection by the use of direct current and electrolyte of

metallic salt to coat a structure with the base metal.

Our Electroplating Workshop can handle the following:

Chrome plating (whereby chrome is deposited on the job by electrical means)

Hard Chroming

Cobalt Chroming

Copper Cyaniding

This workshop is well equipped for carpentry, joinery and cabinet works.  Seasoning and

painting of wood are also carried out at the workshop.  The workshop is capable of

handling any customized wood works.  Our team of qualified in-house architects will be

glad to place our professional advice at your disposal at no extra cost to you.

To ensure that we meet our deadlines, our ultra modern wood working machines are

serviced by a 500KVA (standby) generator: Hence we work round the clock, just to satisfy

our clients.

Sawmill with overhead loading crane

Spindle moulder

Wood Plainer

Surface plainer

Multi-Dimensional saw benches

Drum/Belt sanders

Band saw

Pivot Driller

Lathe machines

Central Dust Extraction unit

Spraying unit

Central Air Compressor System

Flush Door Pressing Machine

Exclusive Spraying Chamber

500KVA Standby Generator

The NND has a Quality Assurance Department with

Frank Hardness Tester Frankoskop 385 32 used to determine the hardness on metallic

materials.

SCHENCK TREBBEL compression, tensile and bend test machine (three in one).

Pendulum Impact Testing Machine RPSW 15/300 for Notch – bar impact tests according to

various standards.

The equipment in the non-destructive testing laboratories include:

X-Ray Laboratory – The X-Ray laboratory is equipped with ERESCO Industrial X-Ray

Equipment type – As2.

Photographic Laboratory – The photographic laboratory is equipped with cameras, both

urface and underwater, video cassette recorders and monitors, film developing outfit, as

well as printing machines.

Other equipment – Other equipment in the non destructive testing outfit include

equipment.