PEI FLOC - Overview

Locations are organized in Site – Plant – Unit – Functional Location (FLOC). These are the highest hierarchy levels in IMS. In PEI Hierarchy - Overview you can see a visual depiction of this Hierarchy. Have a look!

The FLOC typically have specific operating parameters: flow rates, temperatures, pressures, fluid composition. FLOC IDs never change, at least until the Unit or the FLOC is retired. Generally, each FLOC has one child, which is a piece of Equipment (with an Equipment ID). Some FLOCs cover more than one Equipment group, e.g. For Exchangers-FLOCs two separate pieces of Equipment can be assigned: a Bundle and an Exchanger. The Equipment in turn might contain Circuits and/or Components. Some data will or can be inherited from a higher level (e.g. Inspection Reason is inherited from the FLOC down to Equipment and Circuits).

Details for Sites, Plants and Units are registered and organized in Settings\Company\Toplevel (see Configuring the Toplevel via Settings). While the Functional Locations (FLOCs) are registered in the FLOC Main Screen (see Creating New FLOCs). 

The FLOC Main screen shows an overview grid, with a list of FLOCs (see PEI FLOC - Main Screen). The FLOC Details Page is where the FLOC is defined. From here an Equipment can be added to the FLOC (see PEI - FLOC Details Page ).