Hydratight announces a load calculation software update

May 1, 2012 - PRLog -- Bolting specialist company Hydratight has introduced significantly updated versions of its hugely successful bolt-load calculation software, Informate, and joint management system, JDMS.

New Informate ICE (Integrity Calculation Engine) and iDMS offer a better user-experience and, in the case of iDMS, a far more flexible and capable system that can be tailored to many more industries.

The two systems build on jointing software created in 2000, and continually developed since to put them in the top flight of such systems.

Hydratight’s major updates followed demands for tougher world safety standards and an increased awareness of the importance of leak-free bolted joints.

Informate ICE can calculate bolt-load figures based on a large number of joint combinations to existing and emerging industry standards. The much-improved tool is even capable of joint analysis on custom parameters and worst-case conditions. Informate ICE also improves the user experience with an easy-access “toolbox” of frequently-used calculations.

Hydratight joint integrity leader Joe Gill said: “Informate is the perfect tool for bolt load calculations for any industry in which reliable joint performance is essential. Any company that needs to work on bolted joints will find Informate ICE invaluable.”

Hydratight’s dramatic update to the JDMS joint-management platform (http://www.hydratight.com/en/products/software/jdms), already one of the leading tools used within the joint integrity market, offers far greater capability to far more industries.

The new cloud-based, platform-independent Hydratight iDMS is configurable not only for oil and gas industries, but also for chemical, engineering, nuclear construction and other operations needing to keep track of the status of tens of thousands of bolted joints.

The new iDMS system allows projects to be planned in advance, controlling all stages from joint integrity (http://www.hydratight.com/en/services/joint-integrity-man...) to tightening and testing. The software permits progress reporting and tracking, ensuring all operations are kept on schedule. Specialist instructions, tooling and safety requirements - including the qualifications needed by the personnel selected to work on any joint - can be included on the iDMS database.

Informate ICE is also built into the iDMS system, to handle any bolt calculations needed in normal operations.

Website: http://www.hydratight.com/en