Plant-Wide Monitoring with
Clarity and Context
Process-intensive Industrial Operators are increasingly wading into the Digital Transformation
revolution to streamline production in the face of globalization, a shifting workforce, and
heightened cyber security threats. Delivering safe, reliable, and environmentally friendly
operations while maintaining a competitive advantage over peers is virtually unachievable
without intelligent adoption of technology and cultural acceptance of changes to long standing
processes.
As long-time machinery experts retire, companies must adapt to the realities of integrating a
new generation of technically savvy workers that lack extensive operational experience.
Simply put, it is difficult to replace human expertise; however, technology can be leveraged to
scale pockets of knowledge throughout global organizations, by collecting and transmitting
contextual data from the edge to centrally managed locations for analytical development and
remote support.
Bently Nevada has been partnering with customers to help solve these challenges by
focusing on 3 key strategic pillars: Connectivity, Analytics, and Visualization. We are here
to provide access to clear and contextualized data to support improving your businesses
objectives.
Pillar 1: Connectivity
System 1 connects to data sources on the Edge and collects high resolution vibration,
process, and control system data. This data can be collected from a Bently Nevada Device,
such as 3500 or Ranger Pro, from a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), or from another
Historian. All data can be stored at up to once-per-second. In addition, an alarm on any tag
mapped to a machine will trigger high-resolution data capture from all other tags, which
includes 100ms static data from 3500.
Comprehensive Connectivity
Bently Nevada realizes many customers are using internal or external solutions (such as AI)
to mine their data lakes and gain new insights. To support such initiatives, Bently Nevada has
expanded System 1’s export capabilities allowing Data Scientists to have access to System
1’s simple and complex data sets. The OPC protocol is the primary interface, with DA export
currently supported and UA export for Waveforms targeted for release in v19.2.
Pillar 2: Analytics
Within System 1, threshold alarms can be configured per machine
operating state, with adjustable settings for time delay, latching, and
suppression. While the S1 alarming engine is powerful, it can be
augmented by supporting modules.
Decision Support allows users to easily create rules to gain new
insights into the behavior of their machines and/or process conditions.
For over a decade, customers have been using Decision Support to
expedite processing of vibration analysis, process conditions, and
machine performance conditions. Decision Support consumes live data
from System 1, performs mathematical and logical operations on the
data, and returns derived values to System 1 for alarming, visualization,
and notification. The next generation Decision Support package, with
enhanced features, will be available in August 2020.
Bently Performance further extends the analytic capabilities of the
System 1 Platform with online thermodynamic performance
monitoring. It is fully integrated with System 1 and provides access to
comprehensive mechanical and thermodynamic machine-condition information.
Pillar 3: Visualization
Post collection and analysis, System 1 provides best-in-class visualization tools. The HMI
Builder allows customers to graphically represent their entire Plant System using the built-in
symbol library. Measurement status can be associated with components within the HMI view
and navigational links can be added to any Machine or Device View within the Enterprise.
The Events List enables customers to view all alarms throughout the enterprise and quickly
navigate to supporting data. Notifications can also be tied to Events for managing assets by
exception.
With all of that said, the true star of the application is the Plotting workspace, where
collected data can be viewed and manipulated to diagnose machinery health issues. With a
multitude of plot types and tools, users can quickly hone in on abnormalities to support
smooth operation of their machinery.
FPSO Compression System HMI Viewed Alongside High-Res Trend Data
Designed for Key Customer Use Cases Across All Industrials
Expectations of usability have grown
substantially over the last decade and as a result,
users of consumer and industrial technology now
demand products that seamlessly support their
life and work. Through user research in 20
countries with more than 400 end users, we have
studied our customers’ team dynamics, site
processes, and technology suites to determine
how System 1 can best support Plant-Wide asset
monitoring. As a result, we have designed System
1 around 11 key customer use cases, rather than
to individual features and functionality. Every
new feature is integrated in a manner that
enhances these use cases, while maintaining
consistency in interactions and visual patterns.
System 1 Key Use Cases
Notable features that have been driven into System 1 based on user research around our key
use cases include:
• Replication – A key capability that enables OT/IT System Integration, Replication can
transfer all System 1 data from the Edge to seamlessly integrate with Digital
Transformation platforms. This includes 1-second trend data, startup/shutdown
captures, and high-resolution alarm captures.
• HMI Builder – After engagements with major Oil & Gas Customers, the desire for an
integrated HMI Builder within System 1 was identified. This capability, combined with
external interfaces to import process and control system data, allows customers to
graphically depict the health of their entire system. Layering on fundamental System 1
capabilities (e.g., high speed data storage, strong trending capabilities, performance
curve overlays) rounds out the Diagnostic HMI use case.
• OPC UA – In pursuit of Digital Transformation, many customers have requested the
ability to extract dynamic waveform data from the System 1 Historian for machine
learning. The first phase of OPC UA capability will support this need with Waveform
Export slated for v19.2. OPC UA will be extended in future releases to include A&E
Export, Static Data Export, and Data Import.
Connectivity + Analytics + Visualization = A Complete Solution!
By combining its Connectivity, Analytics, and
Visualization capabilities, System 1 is positioned
to be the premier Edge Historian and Condition
Monitoring platform of all Industrial Operators.
To recap:
System 1 collects data from any asset within
a facility. Collection rates of up to 1/second are
achievable during steady-state operations, while
sub-second data can be stored during alarm and
startup/shutdown events (when available from East Shore of Lake Tahoe, a short drive from
the device). Bently Nevada’s Headquarters in Minden NV
The stored data can be analyzed to derive insights Bently Nevada’s Headquarters are
using a rich set of tools. The core System 1 application located next to the Sierra Nevada
can configure threshold-based alarms, while Decision mountains and Lake Tahoe, the largest
Support and Bently Performance layer on additional alpine lake in North America and world-
analytic capabilities for earlier detection of renowned for its clarity. Given the
operational issues. objective of the Digital Transformation
to collect large amounts of data to
Replication frees data from the secure confines
of the plant network, allowing users easy access achieve clarity in Plant Operations, we
to the System 1 Platform. Up to 8 Transmitter at Bently have chosen to utilize the
databases can be replicated to 1 Receiver shape of Tahoe when graphically
database on the Business Network. depicting data lakes.
Once on the Business Network, users can access
System 1’s extensive visualization capabilities,
allowing for efficient investigation of abnormal
machine conditions.
Finally, interfaces (i.e., OPC UA) serve up the rich System 1 data to external systems,
populating data lakes and feeding machine learning algorithms.
The System 1 Solution: From the Edge to the Lake
What’s New for v19.2
System 1 v19.2 will be released on 8-November-2019. The new version will include heavily
requested features within all three platform pillars. Upon release, an overview of all new
features will be provided as part of the Welcome to System 1 v19.2 newsletter, accessible
within the Bently Nevada FlexNet download portal. In addition, feature videos will be posted
on BN Tech Support for all customers with an active M&S agreement.
System 1 v19.2 Capabilities
Connectivity Analytics Visualization
Bently Nevada Data Core Alarming HMI Builder
Trendmaster Phase 1 Software Alarm Latching Device Hierarchy Views
Interfaces Decision Support Beta Navigation
OPC UA Wfm Export Custom Rules Point Swapping
OPC External Alarm Sync Integration with S1 New HMI Symbols
CSV Export/Import Bently Performance Plots
Data Management Bently Manual Input State Data Filtering
PostgreSQL Historian Plot Set Delete
Bulk Device Config Sync Plot Set Save As
Bulk IP Address Import
Application Performance
Upcoming System 1 Orbit Articles
The deep capabilities of the System 1 Platform will be explored in upcoming releases of Orbit
magazine. Planned articles include:
Q4 2019 System 1 - Diagnostic HMI
Q1 2020 The Evolution of System 1 – From Classic to Evo
Q2 2020 From the Edge to Lake - OT/IT System Integration with System 1
Q3 2020 (Re)Introducing System 1 Decision Support
Q4 2020 System 1 - Turbomachinery Monitoring
With many more to come…
About Bently Nevada
Bently Nevada has been synonymous with machinery protection and condition monitoring
for more than 60 years. Our network of global experts is dedicated to helping customers
solve some of their toughest challenges. From refineries and petrochemical plants to
hydroelectric facilities and wind farms, Bently Nevada Asset Condition Monitoring offers
trusted and proven vibration monitoring equipment and a comprehensive services portfolio
to help improve the reliability and performance of production assets like turbines,
compressors, motors, generators, and everything in between.
Behind every suite of great products is a team of great people, and the Bently Nevada team is
one of the most experienced in the industry. That experience translates into high-quality,
flexible and scalable solutions coupled with a dedicated services team focused on providing
proactive, consistent support throughout the lifecycle of your operations. Our domain
experts can help you operate safely while maximizing plant uptime and efficiency.
Mailing Address
1631 Bently Parkway South
Minden, Nevada USA 89423
Telephone
+1 (775) 782-3611
+1 (800) 227-5514
Fax
+1 (775) 215-2873
Internet
www.bently.com
