CSI Equips Sixteen AEP Power Plants with Advanced Maintenance Systems.KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1997--Maintenance technology innovator Computational Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:CSIN CSIN Chemical Substances Information Network CSIN Computer Systems Information Network ) today announced an agreement with one of the nation's largest investor-owned utilities, American Electric Power American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. It is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It serves parts of 11 states, and is currently the largest electricity generating utility in the United States. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AEP AEP - Application Environment Profile ). Financial terms were not disclosed. AEP will use CSI's advanced maintenance systems in sixteen power plants and four related support operations to better plan on-line and scheduled maintenance activities, resulting in higher power Higher power is a term used in a 12-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, to describe "a power greater than yourself." Although many participants equate their higher power with God, a belief in God or in formal religion is not mandatory; the higher power is intended as a production at a lower cost. "Predictive maintenance Predictive maintenance (PdM) techniques help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to predict when maintenance should be performed. This approach offers cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintenance because tasks are performed only when is one of the key elements included in our restructured fossil and hydro organization," said John Jones, AEP senior vice president - fossil & hydro production. "We are very pleased with the CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International alliance, which will help us move toward a predictive maintenance program, making our operations more efficient." In addition to CSI's total solutions approach to maintenance, the company's recent acquisition of Philadelphia-based Maintenance & Diagnostics (the research, service, and training center for the electric power industry) allows CSI'S to support and enhance AEP's investment in improved machinery reliability. "Standardizing equipment at its plant sites is an important move by AEP," said Kevin Carey, vice president of CSI. "This agreement is the type of joint effort that truly benefits all parties involved and maximizes the benefits of CSI's integrated technology and reliability concepts." Adopting CSI's integrated technology approach to maintenance, AEP will use CSI equipment, including machinery analyzers for vibration fault detection; OilView(R) products for on-site oil analysis; the UltraSpec(R) system for machinery alignment and balance; the InfraRoute(TM) system for infrared thermography thermography (thûr'mŏg`rəfē), contact photocopying process that produces a direct positive image and in which infrared rays are used to expose the copy paper. ; and MachineView portable continuous monitoring systems. In addition, AEP will use CSI's comprehensive database and trending software, MasterTrend, to integrate the technologies for analyzing equipment performance. Predictive maintenance is a strategic initiative to keep plant machinery running at peak production levels. CSI's unique, integrated technology approach to maintenance is known as Reliability-Based Maintenance(R) (RBM RBM Roll Back Malaria (global partnership to reduce malaria) RBM Results Based Management RBM Reserve Bank of Malawi RBM Risk Based Maintenance RBM Reliability Based Maintenance RBM Reticular Basement Membrane RBM Radiation Belt Monitor (TM)). RBM is the process of decreasing maintenance costs and virtually eliminating downtime while increasing quality and production through preventive, predictive, and proactive maintenance of machinery and manufacturing processes. AEP, one of the nation's largest investor-owned utilities, provides electric energy to 7 million people in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. In addition, wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. provide power engineering, consulting and management services throughout the world. The company is based in Columbus, Ohio. CSI provides customers throughout the world with the products, services, and training they need to implement advanced maintenance strategies. CSI's integrated maintenance systems include hardware and software for vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography surveys, electric motor analysis, machinery alignment, balancing, and on-line continuous monitoring. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, CSI provides product and technology training, management consulting, engineering and predictive maintenance services for industrial, commercial and institutional reliability. For more information, contact Kathleen Rosecrance, CSI, at (423) 675-2110 or Tanya Madison, AEP, at (614) 223-1656. CONTACT: Computational Systems, Inc. Kathleen Rosecrance, 423/675-2110 or American Electric Power Tanya Madison, 614/223-1656 |
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