May 2019

A new approach to monitor plant equipment – whether the machinery is a hard to access piece of power plant equipment, or situated on an off-shore platform – provides engineers with access to a far more complete picture of the actual conditions, stresses and events that lead to structural failures.

A formal product validation process helps ensure that steps are understood, well-defined, documented and rooted in proven fundamentals.  Some may strive to validate via testing or simulation alone. Six D recommends a testing and simulation approach where real-world operating data (encompassing expected and unanticipated usage scenarios and conditions) feeds and