POSEIDON Digital Marine Control System

Press article HEINZMANN (September, 2006)

POSEIDON is a Digital Control System for marine applications to control the speed of the propulsion engine by usual means as well as its load by controlling the pitch of the propeller. It can be adapted easily to single or multiple engine installations.

Not only HEINZMANN Digital Control Units like PRIAMOS, HELENOS or PANDAROS but also the EFI Control Units of the DARDANOS family are suitable as the core of the POSEIDON system.

The Actuators for digital control units can be chosen up to 300 Nm to match engine size and power.

EFI Control Units for PPN or Common Rail Systems can be delivered according to the number of cylinders of the engines.

Especially for the retrofit market, our systems with digital control units are very easy to handle, since electric
actuators do not need any mechanical drive or hydraulic support and the control units can be interfaced via 4 20mA, CAN Bus or other.


Main Features of the POSEIDON System:

• Speed & Load Control
• Engine monitoring functions
• Master/Slave Control
• Synchronizing the engines to the gear speed
• Clutch Control
• Asymmetric Load Sharing
• Smooth Load transfer between two engines
• CAN Bus or Modbus Communication to Bridge Control