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PreDiCon is a family company with the intent of supplying
on-line, predictive maintenance (PdM) solutions and PdM
engi-neering services to industry.
Overall, the company can be characterized as a high quality
engineering company which specializes in providing PdM solu-tions
and the means to ensure that those solutions are actually carried
out.
For many years companies and corporations with a maintenance
department have been supplied with off-line PdM systems from
hardware manufacturers and software houses, coupled with some basic
training.
The condition of industry today is such that only a very few
companies have managed to develop an effective PdM system, the vast
majority of installed systems (over 90% ac-cording to sources) have
atrophied to such a low level of activity that to all perception,
there is no practical operation of predictive maintenance. The
premier drawbacks of an
off-line system are:
Firstly that there is no inherent value in the system because
the system is only as effective as the last time the technician
gathered data and carried out analysis.
Secondly, the data is only gath-ered (nominally) monthly. Many
failures develop much more quickly and are thus missed.
The companies using these sys-tems are often hard pressed to
supply the required manpower for contin-ued operation of the
system.
PreDiCon is the only company to offer a proven auditable PdM
system which is tai-lored to the customers requirements and is
structured to continually provide the plant management with proof
that quantifiable cost savings are being made. No other com-pany is
providing a structure that is self monitoring and accountable for
profitable operation of a predictive maintenance sys-tem.
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In response to demonstrated needs of our market, new services
are being developed to include systems reengineering, audits of
existing systems, and systems effectiveness evaluation. These new
services are espe-cially useful to senior management who can now
quantify the success, or otherwise, of their existing PdM
systems.
New products are under continual develop-ment and we will soon
be launching low cost vibration monitoring systems, advanced
asset management software with multiple modules including
vibration analysis and performance monitoring.
To enhance our R&D effort PreDiCon is de-veloping an
integrated predictive and per-formance analysis software package
ena-bling plant management to make informed, profitable decisions.
The Angel product is patented as are all new developments.
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Research & development
Company profile
Company History 2
Market Environment 2
Vision & Technologies 2
Mission Statement 3
Services 3
Publications 3
Guardian Angel 4
Financial Independence 4
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Special points of in-terest:
Installer of PdM systems for General Motors in North
America.
Developed Guardian Angel to provide 24/7 monitoring &
analysis cover.
Broad coverage of ALL applicable PdM tech-nologies.
UPDATED JUNE 2002
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Perkins Engines Interbrew UK, Manchester & Samlesbury WERU
Horizon Food Group Shell Transport & Trading BPB Theme Parks
Pilkingtons Glass Group Victoria Hospitals Group Cyprus
Unicom Shipping The UK office was opened in 1997 and since then
the company has gone from strength to strength. After graduating
from college Liam and Kieran joined the company as field
engi-neers. We now have an efficient sales team and software
development team.
PreDiCon has formed an alliance with RMG-Procit to develop
integrated software pack-ages for performance and predictive
analy-ses.
The company started operating in the USA in 1992. Since that
time the company has moved its head office to England and the
company has developed rapidly.
Our customer list includes:
USA GM Lordstown Fab, OH GM Lordstown Assembly, OH GM Lansing
Plants 1 & 3, MI GM Indianapolis Metal Fab, IN BHP Copper,
Tucson AZ Air Enterprises, Akron OH FMC Wayne ISA, MI FMC Walton
Hills, OH Iron Dynamics, Butler IN Magna Stamping, Knoxville,
TN Mexico GM Silao Mexico United Kingdom GM Vauxhall FMC
LandRover
P r e D i -Con offers services in infrared thermal imaging,
ultra-sonic leak detection and vibration analysis. Stocked
equipment includes FLIR PM575 thermal imaging cameras, Commtest
VB1000 vibration analyzers and PDC designed and built ultrasonic
analyzers. PreDi-Con also offers tribological sampling of used and
new lubricating and hydraulic oils.
On Line vibration analysis products include Guardian and Angel
as complementary components of a 24/7 vibration and process
monitoring package. The Guardian component carries out the
monitoring function and Angel transfers data to PreDiCon for
routine analysis and reporting.
B y 2003 PreDiCon will be a highly visible company known as the
best on-line monitoring system and PdM service provider in the PdM
industry. We will also have developed several PdM products and
marketed these prod-ucts and related services to the indus-try,
becoming the leader in PdM after-sales support and service. Sales
will exceed $6,000,000 and PreDiCon will actively be promoting
lower cost PdM to the newer and larger customer base of smaller
industrial plants.
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market environment
COMPANY HISTORY
Vision
Winners of the System of the Year Award at Lordstown Fabrication
Plant. Another system installed by PreDiCon .
The predictive maintenance market is in a unique situation at
present. Over 2,500 off-line vibration analysis systems have been
deployed in the last 5 years.
Approximately 25% of the users of these systems would purchase
an on-line vi-bration monitoring system for their critical
equipment but are dissuaded by the very high purchase cost of
existing systems. Fewer than 1% of existing users ac-tually
purchase on-line monitoring systems for this reason. The Guardian
Angel system provides on-line monitoring at a cost which is less
than the existing off-line system when one considers the cost of
manpower and missed equipment failures.
PreDiCon maintain up to date equipment inven-tories including
the state of the art FLIR PM575.
Over 2,500 off-line vibration analysis systems have been
deployed in the last 5 years
technologies
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be known as a company that cares. Our customers, ven-dors, and
employees see PreDiCon as offering integrity, care, feelings,
knowledge, results, and a better way of car-rying out the business
of predictive maintenance.
In order to achieve our Vision, PreDiCon commits to the
following
PreDiCon ' s Mission is to provide innovative, practical and
top-quality services and products that improve the way people do
predictive maintenance. We believe our first responsibility is to
the clients who use our products and services. Our strong financial
position will enable us to develop new markets and introduce
predictive mainte-nance into plants which have previously
considered PdM as being too capital intensive to be profitable. In
carrying out our day-to-day business we strive to:
1. Treat our employees with respect.
2. Follow the philosophy that our customers are the reason why
the company exists.
Through a long-term commitment to this mission, we will
The owners of PreDiCon have made a decision to avoid out-
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S ERV ICES
Mission statement
go, then he can set up a survey contract with us for a limited
time and let the results help him in the decision making
proc-ess.
Infrared Thermography. Using our FLIR PM575 thermal imager as
well as visual digital cameras, PreDiCon offers a first rate survey
service. Reports are delivered via email the day after the site
visit.
Vibration Analysis. Our engineers travel to the customers site
and take vibration analysis readings using portable vibration
analysis equipment. Re-ports are delivered via email the day after
the visit.
Air Leak Surveys. Using our own designed and built ultrasonic
analyzers, PreDiCon offers energy saving by virtue of elimination
of compresses air and gas leaks.
Guardian Angel. See panel on page 4.
All survey reports are stored in a database using a PreDiCon
designed system for quick data recall and long term analysis
Training. PreDiCon offers a full range of on site and classroom
training courses aimed at all levels of users of predictive
maintenance.
The services offered by PreDiCon are all directly related to
improving the cost efficiency of the customer through the use of
Predictive Maintenance.
Audit of existing PdM system. Many existing systems do not live
up to their original prom-ise. Our engineers carry out audits of
existing PdM systems, suggesting areas for improvement and at the
same time of-fering the services and products of PreDiCon to
implement the improvements.
PdM feasibility studies i.e. Will it work for my plant? Because
of the inherently technical nature of predictive main-tenance,
customers new to the market have little or no idea which
technologies and tech-niques will be suitable to their plant. Our
engi-neers carry out a study to determine which (if any) types of
predictive maintenance will be suitable to the plant in
question.
Database installation & Set Up Predictive Maintenance is an
engineering discipline in its own right. It is not realistic to
expect tradesmen to have enough experience and knowledge to set up
a new system after a few weeks training. Our engineers can set up
the system and give the customer on-the-job training at the same
time.
Regular PdM surveys & reports. If the customer is not sure
if a PdM system is the right way to
The owners of PreDiCon have made a decision to avoid outside
investment in the company thereby maintaining total
independence
p u b l i c a t i o n s
PreDiCon publications include The Press Monitoring Handbook, A
Beginners Guide to Vibration Analysis, Industrial Thermo-graphy in
an Automotive Environment as well as several papers and industrial
magazine articles.
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Managing Director: Ron Frend Financial Director: Carol D Frend
On Site Services: Liam P Frend Kieran J Frend Brian T Wholey
Software: Alex McCracken Mark Carter Sales: Paul Simpson Ian
Cunliffe Office Personnel Gillian K Kay Samantha Brown
PDC Engineering 23-25 Windermere Road Blackpool FY4 2BX United
Kingdom
Every week you receive a summary of the condition of all of your
monitored equipment.
The data under analysis is always current and you can be sure
that trained and experienced engineers carry out the analysis. Your
system will give you full value for all of its operational
life.
We recommend that the server at the plant be linked to a
permanent broadband connections with a fixed IP
address (network integrity is maintained by a firewall on the
server PC). This is so that our engineers can access the data at
any time and see live data at the very high connection speeds
currently available.
By opting for Guardian Angel the cus-tomer will make savings not
only on his equipment but also by optimizing manpower and training
requirements.
Guardian Angel starts at only $10 per day per monitored node
with dis-
counts available for larger systems. Data is information
Information is power to control your destiny
The value of any monitoring system is not in the equip-ment it
is in the data. The data from a portable data collection system
starts to lose value immediately after it is collected because it
is already out of date.
To ensure full value from a portable monitoring system the
engineer must be absolutely certain that all of the failure
mechanism durations on the monitored ma-chines are shorter than the
data collection interval. If the data is old or if the analysis is
wrong then there is no value in the monitoring system. If the data
is new and the analysis is accurate you have full value
continually
At set intervals, the Angel portion of the system transmits all
data to our offices via the Internet so that our engineers can
examine the data in Guardian. The allocated engineer for your
system then examines the log file for alarm events and carries out
a full analysis of the data which has gone into alarm.
If any corrective action is required the PreDiCon engineer calls
his contact in your organisation either by phone, e-mail or fax
depending on your preference.
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Phone: +44 (0)1253 400541 Fax: +44 (0)1253 400552 Email:
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