VESTNORSK ENGINEERING AS - SIMULATOR, AIRCRAFT FIREFIGHTING SIMULATOR, DAMAGE REPAIR SIMULATOR, ENGINEERING SERVICES

Vestnorsk Engineering AS (VNE) is a fully integrated supplier of production equipment for shipyards, off shore-yards and to general mechanical industry. They also deliver advanced special equipment for the navy and to airports. The company has been delivering safe and innovative solutions since 1989. As a special Engineering company VNE provides turnkey solutions for their customers.

VNE has highly qualified employees using state-of-art data programs for design and calculation. The lean organization structure with low overhead costs makes VNE very competitive on price and delivery time.

Aircraft Firefighting Simulator

VNE has designed, developed and delivered advanced aircraft firefighting simulators for many airports. There is a growing demand for security in the aviation industry. Training personnel in fire fighting on aircrafts and onboard ships require realistic situations. The VNE  Aircraft Firefighting Simulator simulates the fire damage typical to an aircraft and allows training of the security personnel as close to reality as possible. The excellence of VNE’s aircraft firefighting simulator has led AVINOR (The Norwegian Aviation society) and The Royal Norwegian Navy to award prestigious contracts to the company. VNE has designed and delivered more than ten aircraft firefighting simulator for AVINOR. Simulators from the company have been successfully implemented in major airports. Aircraft firefighting simulators from VNE are very user friendly with minimum maintenance and low fuel consumption which makes it environmentally friendly. The simulator VNE has delivered to AVINOR has eight fire scenarios and is a category 5/6. VNE can deliver simulators for all categories and add more fire scenarios on the customers request.

Damage Repair Simulator

VNE designs and develops advanced damage repair simulators for its navy clients. The Damage Repair Simulator simulates the damage identical to a battle ship. It provides realistic situations for the crew onboard a navy vessel for better training. The damage repair simulator is equipped with sound, smoke and gas system, in addition to the typical hull damages. Instruction and practical training of water break-trough on a vessel can be easily given in very realistic environments. The VNE Damage Repair Simulators is delivered with hull section, twenty three training objects, control system and hydraulic installation for limited movement above one axis.

Engineering Services

Apart from developing products for air and navy training, VNE also carries out various engineering services. Feasibility studies, design, manufacture, installation and commissioning are all involved in the process of engineering services. Complete turnkey solutions to a problem are provided through VNE engineering services. The engineering services specialize in complex systems, with heavy steel structures combined with hydraulic equipment or other high pressure fluids. VNE has extensive know-how within:

• Strength calculations
• Lifetime calculations
• Hydraulic systems
• Pneumatic systems
• Automation systems
• Ship and industry production
• Company consulting
• Design and multi discipline engineering
• Production, layout and planning systems

VNE has delivered all kinds of special equipment to a number of industries. Examples are Plants for upgrading used drill pipes and bulk loading stations for oil rigs.