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Machine Essence combines rotating equipment reliability consulting with SAHAS functional-health assessment. We use prepared operating data and reference behavior to assess available functional capacity, with findings reviewed by MEC engineers for the agreed asset and scope.
Rotating equipment and reliability consulting supported by data-calibrated, physics-based models
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Failure investigations
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Motor-pump and rotating equipment troubleshooting
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Reliability Centered Maintenance studies and maintenance strategy optimization
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System performance modeling, digital twins, and reliability assessments
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Functional-health assessment from prepared operating data
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SMAC: SAHAS Machine Available Capacity
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Comparison with reference behavior and defined functional requirements
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MEC engineer-reviewed findings for the approved scope
Illustrative concept
Engineering context
Understand functional health
SAHAS uses physics and information theory to assess how much of its required function a machine can deliver, using prepared operating data and reference behavior.
Bring operating experience
MEC brings rotating equipment, reliability and field experience to each assessment. Engineers interpret the findings with the people who operate and maintain the asset.
Define the assessment
We agree the asset, required function and assessment task, then review operating coverage, sensor quality and whether the data can reveal the behavior of interest.
Industry applications
For asset owners, maintenance teams and service providers: connect operating problems with engineering decisions. MEC combines scoped SAHAS assessments with reliability expertise to investigate performance changes, prioritize work and guide discussions with the people responsible for the equipment.
Oil & Gas
Recurring pump failures can interrupt production or injection even when equipment still runs.
SAHAS assesses available capacity against required duty. MEC reviews the trend with operating changes and maintenance history.
Use the findings to prioritize bad actors, plan investigations and prepare maintenance and critical spares.
Chemical and Petrochemical
Is a process pump degrading, or has its operating duty changed? Repeated seal problems and lost performance need engineering context.
MEC combines failure investigation with scoped SAHAS assessment of capacity and operating behavior.
Use the findings to focus inspections, investigate recurring problems and choose the next maintenance action.
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Power Generation
Cooling-water and auxiliary pumps must meet demand as plant load changes. Stable output can conceal a loss of available capacity.
SAHAS examines capacity and health margin; MEC interprets changes alongside duty, control effort and maintenance history.
Use the assessment to prioritize investigation, prepare outage work and review operating constraints.
Maintenance decisions
A machine can keep running while its ability to meet required duty declines. SAHAS assesses that functional capacity; MEC engineers interpret the findings alongside operating conditions, maintenance history and the decisions your team needs to make.
Use the assessment to focus investigations, prioritize maintenance and prepare for changes in equipment performance.
Explainable
Physics- and information-theory-based methods with explicit reference behavior and functional requirements.
Data readiness
Review measurements, operating coverage and data quality to establish what the assessment can reveal.
Current functional capacity
How much of its required function the asset can still deliver, measured against reference behavior
Maintenance priorities
Connect capacity trends and risk-ranked findings with inspection, maintenance and spare-parts planning.
Engineer-reviewed
Findings retain MEC engineering judgment and operator context.
Health margin
The capacity remaining above the required-duty boundary. Its trend helps assess current remaining useful life under stated operating assumptions.
Early degradation signals
Surfaces early signs of degradation from the operating data, within the limits of observability and data quality.
Founders
Mike Bryant, PhD, PE
CEO
Mike’s expertise spans tribology, thermodynamics, machine design and mathematical modeling. His research connects wear and degradation with machine performance and provides a foundation for MEC’s functional-health approach.
Benito Fernández, PhD
CTO
Benito’s expertise spans applied intelligence, nonlinear control, mechatronics and industrial diagnostics. With an MIT doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, he brings physical modeling and computational methods to SAHAS development.
Antonio Machado
CBDO
Antonio brings more than 40 years of rotating equipment, reliability and maintenance experience. His work spans failure analysis, maintenance strategy and critical spares, connecting MEC’s findings with practical asset decisions.
