System 1
Decision Support

Gain the insights needed to make timely
decisions related to the operation andmaintenance of your equipment and processPreparing for digitaltransformation in theindustrial sector
Process-intensive operators are increasingly looking forways to streamline production in the face of globalization,a shifting workforce, and an ever-growing amount of datafrom connected machines and assets. One of the key
differentiators for truly optimized efficiency will be gaining
a single plantwide digital view of operations. A connectedfacility supported by a powerful condition monitoring
platform turns wide-ranging asset data into focused,actionable insights that help teams across all industries
make smarter, proactive maintenance decisions.
Bently Nevada’s System 1 software platform empowers
Reliability, Operations, and Maintenance teams to proactively
improve productivity. System 1’s Decision Support application
takes predictive maintenance to the next level; this helps
decrease unplanned downtime, improve operational
efficiency, increase personnel safety, and protect against
environmental hazards.
As top industrial performers have learned, maintaining acompetitive advantage is virtually unachievable without
intelligent adoption of technology and cultural acceptanceof change. By leveraging System 1 Decision Support, digitaltransformation initiatives are moved forward, empowering
your people to do their jobs better than ever before.

Industries include:• Refining• Upstream oil and gas• Power• Petrochemical• Metals• Pulp and paper• Mining and aggregate• Food and beverage• Pharmaceuticals

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Challenges of modern industrial operations

Expectations for business improvements continue to grow, often spurred by thepromises of digital transformation and big data. However, many challenges
limit the ability of industrial operators to achieve these productivity goals while
minimizing downtime and protecting the integrity of operations.
Overwhelming quantity of data, making it impossible tocontinuously monitor and analyze assets for known failuremodes, anomalies, and tracking KPIs
Lack of central knowledge base for tracking and retaining
corporate knowledge related to machinery operations andprocess improvements
Difficult to acquire and deploy proven analytics to support
risk mitigation as outlined in plant reliability strategies and/orOEM documentation
Aging workforce means losing machine and plant knowledge
Complexity of available tools for creating, modifying, anddeploying custom algorithms or KPIs to proactively detect
evolving asset issues
Limited ability to correlate analytic results with machine/
process conditions for root cause analysis, due to disparate
historian monitoring platforms
Time-based maintenance or condition monitoring of only critical assets
cannot achieve the reliability and productivity gains your business demands.
Top‑performing industrial plants know that proactive condition monitoring is theonly reliable way forward.

We have the industry-leading
condition monitoring tools you need

Bently Nevada has a rich 60+ year heritage in helping customers solve complex
industrial maintenance challenges. Through research in over 20 countries, andwith more than 400 end users, we have studied our customers’ team dynamics,site processes, and technology suites to determine the best support methods forcomprehensive, proactive condition monitoring.
The resulting rich connectivity and visualization capabilities of System 1 and theadvanced insights of the Decision Support application combine to protect yourassets like no other system can.

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program with Decision SupportDecision Support delivers advanced
insights for all of your operational assets

Plants have immeasurable knowledge about their processes andproduction assets. Combining that knowledge with System 1’s Decision
Support application capabilities will greatly improve your ability to meetproduction targets while ensuring safe operations.

• Utilize System 1 data to build rules that detect issues withmachinery, process, and auxiliary systems• Develop analytic insights using the simple and intuitive
rule‑building workspace

Decision Support Analytics automate diagnostics and provide early
detection of mechanical, operational, instrumentation, and process
events. The application acquires high resolution data from System 1,analyzes it with model‑based logic rules, and feeds the results backto System 1 for notification, visualization, and root-cause diagnostics.
A broad range of data types can be processed within a rule, including
vibration, process, and emissions data.

• Deploy created rules to multiple assets and quickly modify
already deployed rules• Efficiently share rules between sites and units, achieving
consistent fault detection methodology across a global operation• View resulting insights in the System 1 platform, leveraging its
notification, visualization, and diagnostic tools• Export analytic insights from System 1 to support
corporate initiatives

Built-in flexibility
Decision Support contains a collection of proven Bently Nevada
algorithms, engineered to detect a wide variety of failure modes. They canbe easily adjusted to suit the unique operational application of a machineor asset.
You can also use Decision Support to design and deploy custom rulesthat help you capture, disseminate, and leverage knowledge of yourequipment, processes, and business solutions. Custom rules preserve
operational knowledge in a usable format that can be broadly applied inan easily repeatable and manageable way.

25%

Production

System 1Acquire

Process

Decision Support

50%

Machinery
costs

Analyze

System 1+Decision Support

70%

Machinery
breakdown

Enhancedinsights

Operations
data
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Benefits of anestablished condition
monitoring program

40%

Downtime

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System 1 Decision Support lets you dive
deeper into your plantwide machine data

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1. Failure modes

12323• Rotor instability (whip/whirl)• Rotor imbalance• Rub• Bearing wear3

• Misalignment

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2. Process

3• Compressor—suction strainer issue• STG N intercooler problem/fouling• Pressure and temperature ratio calculation• Possible liquid carry over compressor• Compressor—suction drum level high

3. Auxiliaries

3121• Dry gas seal problems• Seal oil problems• Lube oil pressure and temperature problems

33• Lube oil filter problems• Oil quality

3123

The complete
Decision Support process
Providing valuable insights and automating
diagnostic analysesBuild• Build rules in a graphical user interface that’s intuitive andsimple to use• Drag and drop mathematical and logical steps, and connect
them to perform desired operations• Use advanced properties to enforce data and unit constraints
to error-proof analytic deployment

Deploy• Decision Support analytic results seamlessly integrate with theSystem 1 data historian• Measurement properties are inherently understood and smooththe process of mapping measurements to rule inputs• Rules are applied to System 1 Enterprise and grouped for ease ofnavigation, visualization, and diagnostics

Manage• Easily modify previously deployed rules• Copy existing custom rules to save time in creating new ones

• Rules can be imported and exported for knowledge sharing andimplementation

89Performance spotlights
US refinery uses
Decision Support tomanage machinery
below the alert level
and avoid unplanned
maintenance.

Decision Support
helps refinery in India
avoid severe damage
to pump rotor by
identifying source of
unbalance in criticalhydrocracker unit.

Australian facility avoids
failure when Decision
Support identifies
rolling element bearing
degradation on pump.

Decision Support
saves $61,000 USD bydetecting crosshead
pin and bushingwear at US plant.

And many more examples industry-wide

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