Software Agents assess machinery health in real-time.

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DEXTER Agents(TM) v3.3 allows companies to build and deploy software agents for machinery health monitoring and predictive maintenance. Agents automate time-consuming and complex data processing tasks associated with continuous maintenance strategy. They acquire real-time machinery sensor data, monitor alarms, detect trends, diagnose equipment faults, and predict impending problems. Probabilistic neural networks are used to decipher alarm conditions associated with machinery faults.



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Intelligent Software Agents Assess Machinery Health in Real-Time



Stonington, CT February 25, 2005: MACSEA Ltd. has released DEXTER Agents(TM) Version 3.3, a software tool that allows companies to build and deploy software agents for machinery health monitoring and predictive maintenance. Software agents automate the bulk of the time-consuming and complex data processing tasks typically associated with a continuous condition-based maintenance strategy for machinery monitoring. DEXTER Agents(TM) allows companies to rapidly deploy software agents for real-time equipment health monitoring without costly software programming. Software agents keep a continuous watch over equipment and process health, detect abnormal conditions, pinpoint developing problems, and alert operators before process interruption can occur. The agents use probabilistic neural networks to decipher the multitude of alarm conditions associated with machinery faults, and can generally isolate a fault much faster than a human operator. The agents acquire real-time machinery sensor data, monitor alarms, detect trends, diagnose equipment faults, and predict impending problems. DEXTER Agents(TM) can monitor sensor data in virtually any machinery application.

Value
Improved reliability, machinery uptime, and production profitability are the goals of every manufacturer, no matter how large or small the operation. Many companies have installed modern plant automation systems to measure and control equipment performance, however, often times more process data is generated than companies can feasibly analyze. Yet this data contains valuable diagnostic indications of developing machinery problems. Turning this data into useful information requires peoples' time, knowledge, and specialized skills, all of which are a premium commodity in today's lean organizations. Software agents are an ideal solution for transforming raw process data into money saving decision information that can improve equipment reliability, eliminate downtime, and reduce maintenance costs. Agents can work around the clock at no extra expense to the company.

Interoperability
DEXTER Agents(TM) easily integrates with most process automation and data historian software on the market. This means that existing investments in networks, process automation, and asset management systems are further leveraged with the addition of DEXTER Agents(TM). Attaching intelligent software agents to monitor and assess process data will add significant value to the plant IT infrastructure that is already in place.

About MACSEA Ltd.
Founded in 1982, MACSEA Ltd. is one of the first companies to offer commercial software agents specifically focused on machinery and process health assessment. Over a decade of research involving artificial neural network models for pattern recognition, control, and machine learning has resulted in some of the most advanced intelligent agent technology on the market for real-time machinery diagnostics and prognostics. The company has been active in the Naval and marine market segments for the past twenty years. Over 40 Navy ships are currently using DEXTER Agents for diesel engine, gas turbine engine, and auxiliary ship systems health monitoring. MACSEA has recently shifted its focus to industrial markets, as the commercial demand for profitability and reliability has surged. "The demand for intelligent software agents is just starting to gain momentum", says company President, Kevin Logan. "I expect the software agent market to explode in the next two to five years, as companies realize the tremendous impact agents can have on profits. The U.S. Government is actually spending heavily on agent development today. We see the market coming on very strong".

Contact Info:
Kevin Logan
MACSEA Ltd., 163 Water Street, Stonington, CT. 06378
Phone: 860-535-3885
Fax: 860-535-3357
Email: marketing@DEXTERagents.com
Web: www.DEXTERagents.com

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