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title: "PEI Overview"
slug: "pei-overview"
tags: ["PEI"]
updated: 2026-10-27T23:11:38Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:11:38Z
canonical: "ims-handbook.cenosco.com/pei-overview"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://ims-handbook.cenosco.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# PEI Overview

This online manual explains the IMS PEI (Pressure Equipment Integrity) module.

The IMS PEI module is set up to implement the [Degradation Management work process](/v414/docs/degradation-management-work-process-in-ims). In general, IMS PEI is about identifying when and what Equipment to inspect and to have an audit trail of the results of these inspections. In IMS, the “when” is defined in an Equipment Inspection Schedule event. The results of the inspection are captured in the Equipment Condition History (ECH). The user checks which Schedules are due (having a Scheduled date close to Today), then performs the inspection, captures the inspection results and credit the Schedule(s) in the ECH. In case of recurring Schedule(s), a new Schedule will automatically be created with a new due date.

The Risk-Based Inspection methodologies ([S-RBI](/v414/docs/degradation-management-theory-overview) and [RBI581](/docs/degradation-management-using-api-rbi-581)) built into IMS PEI can be used to optimize these inspections.

Note: For more general IMS information refer to [Symbols](/v414/docs/symbols-guide), [Abbreviation](/v414/docs/glossary-template), [User Interface](/v414/docs/ims-user-interface-introduction), [Settings](/v414/docs/ims-settings-introduction-page), [Approvals](/v414/docs/approvals-introduction), [Dashboards](/v414/docs/dashboard-introduction), [Offline usage](/v414/docs/ims-offline-overview), [Reports](/v414/docs/reports-overview), [Drawings](/v414/docs/drawings-overview), and [Queries](/v414/docs/queries-overview).