Enabling predictive maintenance in oil and gas

To avoid costly unscheduled maintenance and downtime you need to ensure that your instrumentation and key process parameters are constantly performing to specification. And in the event of an issue with a device you want immediate and clear guidance on what to do.

Our expertise in the field

The diagnostic capability of Heartbeat Technology allows our field devices to continuously self-monitor themselves providing a health check of your instrumentation and processes to ensure key parameters are performing within specification. With continuous diagnostic checks of everything from the sensor to the output signal, you can be sure your measurements are reliable.

• Ensure high device reliability and safe plant operation
• Clear error messages and corrective guidance enable cost-effective, simplified condition-based maintenance
• Leverage in-depth diagnostic coverage of up to 98%

Periodic verification to assess the functional performance of an instrument is often required to fulfil external or internal compliance requirements, e.g. regulatory, legal, contractual, quality or safety-related. You need to verify that your devices are functioning correctly with minimal process interruption, ideally without removing the instrument from the process.

Our expertise in the field

Heartbeat Technology allows you to verify that your devices are functioning correctly directly at the measuring point, without process interruption. A simple guided procedure generates a test report with clear results along with a verification protocol required by regulators, laws and standards.

• Reduce effort by verifying anytime anywhere, saving time in the field
• Reduce proof-testing costs and extend your test cycles
• Devices with Heartbeat Technology include SIL wizards for guided proof tests

Devices in constant use can develop issues because of process influences that can reduce measurement performance and lead to costly unplanned downtime. But it can be hard to know the exact condition of your instruments and processes and what maintenance or process actions are needed, and when.

Our expertise in the field

The monitoring function of Heartbeat provides detailed instrument and process data to facilitate condition-based maintenance. Examples include detecting the extent of coating build-up on radar-based level devices and in flowmeter tubes, permitting optimization of their cleaning cycles. Reliable detection of corrosion and abrasion in flowmeters are other examples. This visibility into the condition of your devices and processes permits trend analysis, making predictive maintenance possible.

• Know when equipment and assets will need service or are likely to fail
• Plan targeted service according to actual need / preventive maintenance to minimize costly unplanned downtime
• Recognize trends from instrument and process data to enable predictive maintenance

Your field devices collect a huge amount of data, and most of it is unused. To take maintenance management to the next level this wealth of data needs to be analyzed and translated into actionable knowledge.

Our expertise in the field

For this we developed Netilion, our IIoT ecosystem. Built upon our more than 15 years’ experience of Life Cycle Management concepts like W@M, this platform and growing portfolio of intelligent apps unlocks the full potential of your field instrumentation to give you more information and insight to vastly improve maintenance efficiency.

• Harness the power of connected data and analysis to deliver the outcomes you care about
• 3rd party devices can also connect and benefit
• Extensive Heartbeat data enables the richest IIoT insights and benefits

When an unexpected event occurs on a key component of your plant, it is crucial to act quickly. The traditional control and asset health management systems might inform you in real-time about the status of the assets. But it is often necessary to be there on the spot and when something is reported, clear instructions on how to solve the problem can be missing.

Our expertise in the field

The Netilion Heath service and app ensures you have the essential know-how right at hand so you can take quick action. Health identifies the error, accesses precise information from the device manufacturer, and gives clear instructions on how to solve the issue. And there’s no need to rush back to the office to search for the correct documentation – as the Health app delivers it to your smartphone or tablet.

• Asset maintenance made easy - always have the right information at hand
• Track the health history of key devices for deeper insights

Minimizing unscheduled and unnecessary downtime and identifying the optimum timeframe for carrying out maintenance on a device are vital challenges. You need the right information at the right time and true visibility into the condition of your equipment.

Our expertise in the field

Coming soon. Our predictive maintenance app makes concrete predictions based on the condition of your devices. Built upon the continuous recording and analysis of monitoring data, the app calculates the optimum timeframe for carrying out maintenance on a device, minimizing unscheduled downtime, reducing maintenance costs, and increasing system availability. The service will also support 3rd party instrumentation.