Condition monitoring platform

Staff -- Control Engineering, 5/1/2006

System 1 condition monitoring, optimization, and diagnostics platform v. 6.0 delivers more than 50 enhancements, including a new commercial structure reflecting user requests for easier purchase, install, maintenance, and use. Enhancements include two for which U.S. patents are pending: support for state-based capabilities, allowing discrete machinery conditions, such as machine on/off or various load states, to be used when performing diagnostics and compiling trends; and a set of special analytic processes for handling stepless unloaders within the Bently Nevada Reciprocating Machinery Application Package. Software is part of the company's portfolio of optimization and diagnostic software, dedicated to mechanical and thermodynamic condition monitoring, process optimization, heat-balance modeling, and reliability enhancement. www.ge.com/energy GE Energy