Maintenance technicians who find condition monitoring of mechanical, electrical and fluid applications difficult to conduct in areas where accessibility is an issue, are offered a number of solutions in newly available accessories for UE Systems’ Ultraprobe instruments.

UE Systems’ Remote Access Sensor (RAS), includes a sensing transducer which is permanently mounted on a test subject such as a pump, motor, bearing or valve housing. It is connected to a cable, which can be inserted through a test port and attached to an Ulraprobe to data log and/or record sound samples for analysis.

DALLAS - May 30, 2006 - Flowserve Corp. (NYSE: FLS), a global provider of fluid motion and control products and services, announces the launch of new Learning Resource Center (LRC) instructional labs, which offer hands-on technical facilities for pump, valve and seal system optimization and maintenance training. The LRC is an innovation in the industry, offering hands-on training in a simulated plant environment that features complete pumping systems and equipment from both Flowserve and other manufacturers.

Latest version of Invensys CM provides early failure detection and analysis for plant equipment using an even wider range of real-time and historical data sources

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA – May 31, 2006 – The Avantis (www.avantis.net) unit of Invensys Process Systems has introduced an enhanced version of Invensys’ award-winning intelligent real-time condition monitoring and management solution. Among other improvements, the Invensys Condition Monitoring (CM) version 2.1 solution integrates with many new data sources and systems to provide even more effective early detection and analysis of impending plant equipment failures.  New workflow and reporting features are also included.