PS AIM: The New UltraPIPE®Process Safety Asset Integrity Manager Software

Answers for Process Safety.

What is PS Asset Integrity Manager™?

Asset integrity management is critical to the operation of any process facility. That’s why it is important to have the most technologically advanced inspection data management system to closely monitor and manage the health and remaining life of your equipment. Failure to do so may expose your operation to equipment failure, repairs, scrapped inventory, lost production, and severe environmental and regulatory fines.

Process Safety Asset Integrity Manager (PS AIM ): The New UltraPIPE represents the future of inspection data manage-ment. It incorporates 25 years of refine-ment to the software, and includes the most recent advances in technology available to the inspection industry. It is ideal for managing fixed and rotating equipment, electrical and instrumenta-tion, valves, and piping. PS AIM sets a new standard in the number of ways it can help efficiently and effectively manage your equipment.

Siemens has proven engineering workflow/execution methodologies

for mechanical integrity programs and IDMS implementations.

Why choose PS AIM from Siemens?

PS Asset Integrity Manager® (PS AIM: The New UltraPIPE) software is built on the UltraPIPE® software that has over 500 licensed facilities in over 40 countries. Siemens has a global team dedicated to Asset Integrity Management & Training, executing over 3,000 projects with 25+ years of software history.

We have a dedicated technical support team, evergreening support, and the abi-lity to mobilize staff onsite at short notice. We have an in-house software development group for customization and linking to third-party software.

Siemens is there to support you 100% of the way. Our software is in

over 500 facilities in over 40 countries worldwide.

■ Track asset inspection schedules for piping, vessels, tanks, relief valves, rotating and electrical (thickness, visual, internal)

■ Analyze thickness data to predict corrosion rates & remaining life

■ Create scheduling reports: What needs inspecting and when?

■ Manage documents for inspection history (Word, Excel, PDF, etc.)

■ Link inspection drawings to any equipment (AutoCAD, etc.)

■ Automatically display TML information on the drawing

■ Provide Risk Based Inspection (RBI) scheduling

PS AIM at a glanceDid you know?

Started as a DOS programPIPE / PIPE+

The Windows version UltraPIPE® released

PS AIM carries through history and functionality of UltraPIPE®

1986

1997

2012

UltraPIPE 8.0 released with PVCalc

1999

UltraPIPE 10.5 Released

2007

UltraPIPE 10.0 released with RiskCalc and RBI Methodology

2002

What’s different about PS AIM?

Read Only

Data Entry

Engineer

Supervisor

Administrator

Role Based Security

Privileges are assigned according to role and resource. Some roles are strictly read only or editing only. There is no access to any back-end database. Users can have many combinations of these roles, such as a clerk who has a data entry role for one part of the plant and read only rights to another. Security is managed by an Administrator, so roles may be modified as necessary.

Real-time Calculations

Calculations are performed as you change data in the software, not through a batch process when closing windows. Instant feedback is provided for possible data entry errors and high risk equipment.

Audit Trail

This feature allows users to track the history of a piece of equipment throughout its life cycle. Users are able to audit over 45 different fields to see changes to the database. With this feature, users are able to see changes made to the database by all users.

Equipment tree hierarchy

This view allows rapid navigation between equipment with convenient options using a right click menu.

EQUIPMENT 2

COMPONENT A

UNIT

COMPONENT B

EQUIPMENT 1

COMPONENT C

Scalable, Flexible & Configurable

• Custom reports • Customizable analytical settings • Many user-defined fields • Global filters • Single desktop to enterprise installation

Intuitive Navigation

• Fewer clicks to get to any information • Equipment based instead of module based• Visual indicators for data entry and analysis• Tabbed browsing

Global Filter

Allows user to view only desired unit, category, type, or other user defined criteria.

Minimum Client PC Requirements / Standalone

Operating system: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7

CPU speed: 500 MHz processor or higher

2GB RAM

Hard disk space: 30GB or higher *Contingent upon expected drawings and file attachments

Database Server Requirements

Xeon at 2.8 GHz or Dual-Core at 1.6 GHz

2 GB RAM

36 GB SCSI at RAID1 (System and Boot Partition)

30 GB or higher SCSI at RAID5 (Data) *Contingent on expected drawings and file attachments

Windows Server 2003 with latest service pack or Windows Server 2008/2008 R2

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with SP1 (Enterprise Version) or SQL Server 2008/2008 R2

Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2005/2008

Corrosion monitoring• Store engineering information and

unlimited thickness surveys for

thickness measurement locations

(TMLs) with numeric or grid format.

• Use calculated long- and short-term

corrosion rates to determine both

TML and component retirement and

inspection due dates in accordance

with user-set analytical settings.

• Meets all API thickness interval

requirements. Also calculates

caution TMLs according to plant

defined thresholds.

• 9 fixed-format text reports.

Inspection activity schedules and reports• Identify and assign intervals for any

number of scheduled inspection

activities. Scheduling can be time

based, condition based, or user

defined.

• Attach written reports to document

results of both scheduled and

unscheduled inspection activities.

Reports can be written with MS

Word or Excel® (for digital photo and

analytical capability), simple internal

database memos or any other file

types (BMP, PDF files, etc.).

• On-the-fly reporting

Data transfer• Direct interface to GE Krautkramer

DMS 2, DMS, USN 60/58, DR1 as well

as Olympus MG2DL, 36DL, 37DL,

38DL Plus +, and Datatronics EHC-

09DL programmable data loggers.

• Compatible to utility programs using

UltraMATE®, DATAMATE, DMSMATE

or GUS file structures.

• DMS 2 allows attached A-Scans,

B-Scans or MicroGrids to store and

display in PS AIM. The ease and

reliability of programming and

downloading a data logger provides

the confidence for a data logger

program.

T-min calculators• Calculate thickness requirements

due to internal pressure using

code calculations (with automatic

material stress selection). The result

is compared to the requirement for

structural thickness.

• Piping T-min calculator calculates

minimum allowable wall thickness

for piping per ANSI B31.1, B31.3,

B31.4, B31.8 and B31.11.

• Atmospheric storage tank T-min

calculator calculates minimum

allowable wall thickness for shells,

annular rings, roofs and floors per

API650 Stainless and Carbon.

• Power boiler T-min calculator

calculates minimum allowable wall

thickness for seven components per

ASME Section I/ PG27 and PG31.

• Pressure vessel T-min calculator

calculates minimum allowable wall

thickness for 12 geometry types and

sub-types (heads and shells, etc.) per

ASME Section VIII, Div . 1 and 6 per

Div. 2.

Equipment drawings interface for AutoCAD and Microstation• Option to select AutoCAD for an

interface to AutoCAD 2004/2005

/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010, or

Microstation for an interface to

Microstation V8/V8.1/. Both have

easy-to-place drawing markers for

TMLs.

Application Features/Details

• Valve locations automatically update

with user-defined data. Also allows

use of any CAD viewer or simple CAD

program.

• AutoCAD option provides a

comprehensive AutoCAD symbols

library for creating inspection

drawings.

Valve testing and inspection• Addresses all critical plant valves,

with 5 unique valve types and design

specific data fields for each.

• Store general engineering

information, list all associated

equipment and document test/

inspection results with API-type

check sheets for SRVs.

• Status after test accommodates

warehousing.

• Eight fixed-format text reports.

Reporting• Fixed-format text reports are

standard (i.e. corrosion monitoring)

and are designed to meet day-to-day

reporting requirements. In addition,

T-min calculation reports show all

calculations and all data “views”

can be printed from the data entry

screen.

• Custom Report Builder: Enables

custom production of any database

information within PS AIM. Design

and save custom reports with the

built-in reporting engine. All reports

export to MS Excel® facilitating

common formatting and e-mailing of

reports.

RBI methodology• Supports the use of RBI values from

any source to automatically control

inspection activity schedules.

Advanced corrosion monitoring analysis• Provides statistical analysis for life

predictions based on overall system

corrosivity.

• Enhances analysis with archive

corrosion rate calculation, growth

compensation, temperature

correction as well as a

comprehensive zero corrosion

allowance settings to control

inspection due dates for 0 C.A. TMLs

and equipment.

Non-recurring activites• Recommendations, repairs,

inspections and replacements can

be tracked with due dates, priorities

and completion status and include a

memo description.

• Repairs can be tracked by work order

and approval status and also have a

memo description.

• Six standard reports are available.

Audit Trail• This feature allows users to track

the history of a piece of equipment

throughout its life cycle. Users are

able to audit over 45 different fields

to see changes to the database. With

this feature, users are able to see

which other user made each change

to the database.

Global Filter• Allows user to view only desired unit,

category, type, or other user defined

criteria.

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