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    Ships Tank Calibration

    Thank you JRMacGregor. The ships I work are between than 12 to 30 years old. They do not have computers with calibration data already stored. We use Tank calibration tables (in paper format) to read the content of the tank. As you can imagine it is a time consuming and tiring task. I use a...
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    Ships Tank Calibration

    Mike Halloran Thank you. That gave me an idea where to start. Option no2 seems more attractive. I did not know AutoCAD has that capability. I have used the program only on two dimensional drawings. Ahts
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    Bunker Tank Calibrations

    I change my work from ship to ship as an engineer. On all ships we use traditional method to check quantities in the bunker, and other oil storage tanks. We use sounding tape through the sounding pipes then check the readings against Tank Calbration Book or'Sounding book'. Any computer software...
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    Ships Tank Calibration

    I work on ships as a Marine Engineer. In ships I work, we use traditional method to check quantity in the ships oil tanks. Check the tank sounding using a sounding tape then check readings against Tank calibration book to find the quantity. Any software programs in the market do this after...

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