The software uses what the company calls a vault concept to protect unauthorized access to particular documents. The server software runs on the NT operating system. AFT Fathom 4.0 models incompressible flow in pipe and in duct networks. Another product, AFT Arrow 2.0, models compressible flow in pipe and in duct networks, and also models the gas thermodynamics. Both products offer an advanced graphical interface for model assembly.
Users can create numerous output reports.
PS-SSTM is a steam trap software program in downloadable Microsoft Access format from the developer's Web site. The software package is a database for steam traps and serves as a place for plant employees to store many different pieces of information about plant steam traps. Because the software is of open architecture, users can modify it to meet any plant requirement and also can modify it to be used for steam safety valves or any other steam system component. Users can view and share mechanical designs over the Internet in real time, which allows vendors, manufacturers, and customers to participate in a live planning session. Participants watch from any personal computer that includes a standard Web browser.