For chief & second engineers

Read the trace.
Know what's failing inside.

APEX Marine turns a single indicator diagram — a CSV log, a spreadsheet, or a photograph off the gauge — into a cylinder-by-cylinder diagnosis: gas leakage percentage, injector wear, and a confidence score behind every call.

Dual-mode CNN-LSTM + SVM
Offline-first, syncs when ready
CSV, Excel, or photograph
Cylinder 3 · Diagnostic window 360–722°CA
Pressure Trace Readout
SVM · BASELINE-FREE
bar window → 360° 720°
Cylinder leakage8% · Borderline
Injector stateNominal · 0.70mm
Decision margin0.21
Confidence76.4%
Queued locally · awaiting shore sync #0042
How it works

From a photo of the gauge
to a cylinder diagnosis

Four steps, no teardown required to find out what's wrong.

INPUT

Capture

Upload a CSV or spreadsheet pressure log, or photograph a printed indicator diagram straight off the instrument.

φ · dp/dφ

Extract

The trace is digitised if needed, then reduced to invariant features across the 360–722°CA diagnostic window.

LSTM / SVM

Diagnose

CNN-LSTM compares against a matched baseline; SVM classifies from features alone. APEX picks the best available.

SYNC

Queue & sync

Every reading is queued the moment it's diagnosed and uploaded to shore whenever a connection is available.

On every reading

What APEX actually measures

Not a pass/fail light — a graded diagnosis with the numbers behind it, built around real cylinder pressure physics.

LSTM · SVM

Two independent engines

CNN-LSTM reads the delta against a matched baseline operating point; SVM classifies from invariant features with no baseline at all. Each cross-checks the other.

0 / 8 / 16%

Graded leakage classes

Cylinder gas leakage is reported as healthy, moderate, or severe — with a decision margin attached, so a borderline call is never disguised as a confident one.

0.70 → 0.77mm

Injector wear detection

Spray-geometry erosion shows up as asymmetry in the pressure derivative long before it shows up on deck. APEX flags nozzle wear from the trace shape alone.

IMG → CURVE

Photograph digitisation

No logger output on hand? Photograph the printed diagram, set the axis limits, and APEX rebuilds the p–φ curve automatically for diagnosis.

QUEUE

Offline diagnostic queue

Diagnosis never waits on a signal. Every reading is analysed and held locally, ready to upload the moment shore connectivity returns.

SESSION

Fleet-ready session stats

Running totals of faults versus healthy readings, synced in one tap, so a chief engineer can hand over a shift with the full picture.

A pressure trace tells you everything about a cylinder, if you know how to read the shape of the curve. APEX reads it the same way an experienced engineer would — it just doesn't need thirty years to learn how.
— on the diagnostic philosophy behind APEX Marine
Physics-grounded features

Skewness, EVO pressure, asymmetry — invariant features derived from the trace itself, not a black box.

Works with or without a baseline

No matched baseline on file? The SVM engine still classifies from the trace alone.

Built for the engine room

Offline-capable by default — a weak shore signal never blocks a diagnosis.

Every call shows its margin

Confidence and decision margin are surfaced on every reading, not hidden behind a verdict.

Diagnosis modes

Auto-selects the best available engine

APEX defaults to the highest-accuracy mode it has the data for, and tells you when it falls back.

DEMO

Demo

No trained model files loaded
  • Heuristic ratio-based screening
  • Useful for a first look
  • Clearly labelled, never silent
HIGH ACCURACY

CNN-LSTM

When a matched baseline exists
  • Compares against a stored reference curve
  • Matched by power and load setpoint
  • Falls back to SVM outside baseline range
FAQ

Good to know

Do I need a baseline reading to get a diagnosis?

No. The SVM engine classifies cylinder leakage and injector wear from the trace's own invariant features, with no baseline required. CNN-LSTM is used automatically when a matched baseline is available, for a higher-accuracy comparison.

What if I only have a printed indicator diagram, not a data file?

Photograph it. APEX digitises the printed curve from the image once you set the axis limits, then runs the same diagnostic pipeline as a logged CSV.

What happens without a connection to shore?

Nothing waits. Every reading is diagnosed and queued locally the moment you run it, then synced in one tap whenever a connection is available.

Why APEX

Built around the trace, not around a checklist

APEX Marine reads a diesel engine's cylinder pressure trace the way an experienced engineer does — by the shape of the curve across the 360°–722°CA window — and turns that into a graded, confidence-scored diagnosis for cylinder gas leakage and injector wear.

Two independent diagnostic engines, CNN-LSTM and SVM, cross-check every reading. Input comes from a logged CSV, a spreadsheet, or a single photograph of a printed indicator diagram — whatever is actually on hand in the engine room.