ADEM is an integrated suite of Web-based tools used by Pratt & Whitney and our customers to manage our commercial and military service programs. This toolset enables internal and external fleet managers and power plant engineers to make the “best maintenance decisions” and helps to prevent IFSDs, UERs, D&Cs, extends time-on-wing and averts minor engine anomalies from developing into operational issues for the customer. If necessity is the mother of invention then ADEM, the brainchild, is maturing to a world-class leader of prevention. To date, ADEM tools have been used to detect V2500 C6 abradable disbond events on more than a dozen engines in our support of a major U.S. airline fleet, preventing severe secondary damage and high costs that Pratt & Whitney would have to bear.

The success of well-executed service programs is attributable to the technical competence of the commercial and military fleet managers coupled with the ADEM toolbox. The Engine Diagnostics tools allow for on-wing performance monitoring -- automatically detecting and interpreting alerts and trend shifts, focusing analysts on high priority issues and optimizing time on wing through performance watch-lists. Engine Management tools are invaluable for on-wing configuration management and removal and shop visit planning. These tools include fleet removal watch lists and optimization, modification standardization, modification incorporation, automated shop maintenance instructions, workscope planning, and shop visit stagger planning. Engine Business Systems tools allow for the collection and analysis of metrics and costs associated with engine utilization and events.

Now that you know who we are, watch us unfold our ADEM products in subsequent articles featuring functionality of deployed tools, more documented success stories from our customers, and what’s on the horizon. We’re proud to be doing our part to power change at Pratt & Whitney.