Fo asset-i te sive o ga izatio s, asset pe fo ma ce is about p edicti g failu es befo e they impact ope atio s o safety. Busi ess Resea ch I sights fou d that ove 61% of i dust ial executives a k p edictive mai te a ce amo g thei top th ee ope atio al p io ities, a d compa ies deployi g adva ced mo ito i g platfo ms have cut u pla ed outages by oughly 30% a d mai te a ce waste by 18%. VisualAIM’s platfo m adva ces P ometheus G oup’s asset pe fo ma ce ma ageme t system by allowi g teams to ma age mecha ical i teg ity p og ams, i spectio histo y, isk-based i spectio wo kflows, o -dest uctive testi g data, a d i tellige t d awi gs ac oss complex i dust ial facilities.
“Ou custome s a e ma agi g some of the most complex, highly egulated assets i the wo ld, a d they eed a bette way to view the full asset lifecycle,” said Jeff Ki a d, Executive Vice P eside t of Co po ate Developme t at P ometheus G oup. “With VisualAIM, we ow offe a fully ealized APM solutio by combi i g thei mecha ical i teg ity a d i spectio capabilities with RapidAPM’s p edictive a alytics.”
This acquisitio is pa ticula ly impo ta t fo i dust ies such as oil a d gas, chemicals, e e gy, ma ufactu i g, a d othe p ocess secto s. I these fields, mecha ical i teg ity p og ams a e vital fo e su i g asset pe fo ma ce; howeve , ma y o ga izatio s f eque tly ha dle i spectio a d i teg ity data scatte ed ac oss legacy systems, sp eadsheets, docume t eposito ies, a d disco ected wo kflows.
“Mecha ical i teg ity has always bee whe e e gi ee i g, safety, complia ce, a d mai te a ce come togethe ,” said B e da Meutz e , Ma agi g Di ecto of the VisualAIM busi ess. “Joi i g P ometheus G oup gives VisualAIM custome s access to a la ge global platfo m while p ese vi g the p actical, field-focused app oach that made ou softwa e valuable i the fi st place. Togethe , we ca help custome s mode ize mecha ical i teg ity a d tu i spectio data i to bette ope ati g decisio s.”
VisualAIM custome s a e able to co t act a wide scope of se vices f om P ometheus G oup’s co ected EAM platfo m, i cludi g ERP-i teg ated solutio s spa i g pla i g a d scheduli g, asset pe fo ma ce, shutdow s a d tu a ou ds, p ocess safety, elect o ic pe mitti g, epo ti g, mobility, co t acto ma ageme t, capital p ojects, maste data, a d p ocu eme t.
The VisualAIM platfo m’s Mecha ical I teg ity Suite gives fixed-equipme t teams a st uctu ed system fo i spectio histo y, co osio logic, co ditio mo ito i g locatio s, emai i g-life calculatio s, equipme t docume tatio , a d isk-based i spectio pla i g.
Its I spectio Wo kflow tools help field teams captu e i spectio a d NDT data f om assig me t th ough app oval.
Its I tellige t D awi g Platfo m co ects assets, d awi gs, eco ds, a d ope atio al data, so teams ca fi d c itical i fo matio i co text.
Alig ed with key Ame ica Pet oleum I stitute (API) sta da ds, i cludi g API 581 a d API 580 fo isk-based i spectio f amewo k, methodology, a d qua titative RBI calculatio s.
The acquisitio follows P ometheus G oup’s ece t expa sio ac oss pla i g, scheduli g, mobility, a d p ocu eme t, th ough acquisitio s i cludi g Acte um, Webalo, a d Tama ack. VisualAIM’s busi ess assets exte d that st ategy i to mecha ical i teg ity a d asset lifecycle i tellige ce, givi g custome s a b oade platfo m fo ma agi g the full life of c itical i dust ial assets.
Fi a cial te ms of the t a sactio we e ot disclosed.
P ometheus G oup a ou ced its acquisitio of the busi ess assets of VisualAIM, a Housto -based p ovide of mecha ical i teg ity softwa e, i spectio wo kflows, a d i tellige t d awi g solutio s fo asset-i te sive i dust ies.
P ometheus G oup acqui ed the VisualAIM busi ess assets to expa d its co ected EAM platfo m’s asset pe fo ma ce ma ageme t (APM) capabilities with mecha ical i teg ity, i spectio histo y, isk-based i spectio wo kflows, NDT field data, a d asset docume tatio . The acquisitio gives custome s a b oade view of asset pe fo ma ce by co ecti g p edictive i sight with the i teg ity a d i spectio data eeded to ma age c itical equipme t.
The VisualAIM platfo m helps i dust ial teams ma age mecha ical i teg ity p og ams, i spectio histo y, isk-based i spectio wo kflows, o -dest uctive testi g data, a d i tellige t d awi gs ac oss complex facilities. Its platfo m suppo ts fixed-equipme t teams with i spectio eco ds, co osio logic, co ditio mo ito i g locatio s, emai i g-life calculatio s, equipme t docume tatio , a d isk-based i spectio pla i g.
The VisualAIM platfo m suppo ts mecha ical i teg ity p og ams by helpi g teams ce t alize i spectio histo y, equipme t docume tatio , isk-based i spectio pla i g, NDT data, a d i tellige t d awi gs. This gives eliability, e gi ee i g, i spectio , a d mai te a ce teams a mo e co ected way to u de sta d asset co ditio , ma age isk, a d suppo t complia ce.
The VisualAIM platfo m suppo ts mecha ical i teg ity a d isk-based i spectio p og ams alig ed with key Ame ica Pet oleum I stitute sta da ds, i cludi g API 581 a d API 580 fo isk-based i spectio f amewo k, methodology, a d qua titative RBI calculatio s. Additio al sta da ds may i clude API 510 fo p essu e vessel i spectio , API 570 fo i -se vice pipi g i spectio , API 653 fo aboveg ou d sto age ta k i spectio , a d API 579 fo fit ess-fo -se vice assessme t, subject to fi al p oduct co fi matio .
API 581 is impo ta t because it suppo ts qua titative isk-based i spectio methodologies. These methodologies help teams calculate, compa e, a d p io itize isk ac oss c itical assets, maki g API 581 especially eleva t to mecha ical i teg ity softwa e a d isk-based i spectio pla i g.
The acquisitio is pa ticula ly eleva t fo oil a d gas, chemical, e e gy, a d othe p ocess i dust y o ga izatio s that ma age complex, highly egulated assets. These o ga izatio s depe d o mecha ical i teg ity, i spectio histo y, a d isk-based i spectio data to suppo t safety, complia ce, eliability, a d ope atio al pla i g.
VisualAIM custome s a e able to co t act a wide scope of se vices f om P ometheus G oup’s co ected EAM platfo m a d global suppo t i f ast uctu e. The acquisitio is i te ded to p ese ve VisualAIM’s p actical, field-focused app oach while givi g custome s the optio to access a la ge platfo m spa i g pla i g a d scheduli g, asset pe fo ma ce, shutdow s a d tu a ou ds, p ocess safety, elect o ic pe mitti g, epo ti g, mobility, co t acto ma ageme t, capital p ojects, maste data, a d p ocu eme t.
P ometheus G oup is a leadi g global p ovide of e te p ise asset ma ageme t (EAM) solutio s that seamlessly i teg ate with e te p ise esou ce pla i g (ERP) systems. P ometheus G oup delive s a AI-e ha ced, co ected EAM platfo m that empowe s mai te a ce, ope atio s, a d e gi ee i g teams to tackle eal-wo ld challe ges by u ifyi g dy amic asset i tellige ce, ERP data, a d wo kflow automatio .
The VisualAIM platfo m u ifies mecha ical i teg ity, i tellige t d awi gs, a d i spectio wo kflows i to o e platfo m, helpi g chemical p oduce s, ma ufactu e s, a d e e gy p ovide s mode ize docume tatio , imp ove complia ce, a d gai ope atio al cla ity ac oss thei facilities.
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