Health Monitoring Software Reduces Maintenance Costs, Increases Efficiencies and Extends Life of Ship’s Machinery

Stonington, CT, December 17th, 2005 – MACSEA Ltd., a global provider of diagnostic and predictive CBM software, has just announced the commercial release of DEXTER, version 4.0, targeted at Health Monitoring of Marine Equipment for the marine industry.

DEXTER is software that automates the monitoring, analysis and diagnoses of equipment health in marine environments as an integral part of any maintenance program. A proven, off-the-shelf technology that has been used worldwide by the U.S. Navy for over 10 years, DEXTER has been shown to reduce operating costs, increase efficiencies, and extend the useful life of machinery on board ships.

With onboard maintenance overheads typically running up to 20% of operational costs, there is significant opportunity to reduce them by applying intelligent maintenance technologies. Utilizing DEXTER on board ships has a major and measurable impact in the basic business objective of cost savings and capitalizing of profits.

DEXTER targets both the warning signs of impending failure and the recognition of small problems that begin the chain reaction that leads to much larger failures. It does this by detecting trends and patterns that even highly experienced engineers have difficulty seeing. Using automated alerts generated by DEXTER, maintenance actions can be taken to avoid potential costly breakdowns.

“Most often, the symptoms of failure mask the root cause or they are presumed themselves to be the cause”, said Martin French, Vice President of Marketing. “DEXTER’s expert intelligence can detect even the most subtle changes in performance and point the engineer in the exactly the right direction to head off failures”



DEXTER’s ability to focus crew on both immediate and future problems allows engineering staff to make decisions that increase efficiencies dramatically and increase the overall health and performance of marine equipment.

Implementing DEXTER is simple, readily connecting into existing control systems and sensors for equipment health monitoring and predictive analytics on demand. Using it is even simpler. Engineering personnel at any skill level can exploit DEXTER, using its timely intelligence to make operations and maintenance decisions quickly.

The upgrade of MACSEA’s flagship CBM product, DEXTER, brings yet another level of sophistication to a product that is already far in advance of current monitoring technologies. Using the DEXTER software, customers can drill down into equipment fault alerts, rapidly determine causal factors, and make intelligent decisions regarding maintenance scheduling, operational economics, and safety issues.

The technology can be seen in action by visiting MACSEA’s website www.macsea.com and downloading a demo. The demo allows a client computer to read real-time simulated engine data off a server on the Internet.

About MACSEA Ltd.

Founded in 1982, MACSEA Ltd. is one of the first companies to offer commercial software specifically focused on machinery and process health assessment. Over a decade of research and another decade of applied experience has resulted in some of the most advanced intelligent technology on the market for real-time machinery diagnostics and prognostics.

For more information please contact:

Martin French
VP Marketing.
MACSEA Ltd.
163 Water Street, Stonington, CT 06378 USA

tel: 860-535-3885
eMail: mfrench@macsea.com
URL: www.MACSEA.com