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Efficiency and Time Saving in Pressure Vessel and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing with AutoPIPE Vessel

Technology Category

Sensors - Haptic Sensors
Sensors - Utility Meters

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development
Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Additive Manufacturing
Time Sensitive Networking

Services

Training

About The Customer

The customers in this case study are global leaders in the manufacturing of pressure vessels and heat exchangers. They operate in the vessel manufacturing, industrial gas, petrochemical, and oil and gas industries. Their operations involve pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, and air coolers. Their objective is to simplify vessel stress analysis and achieve optimized and compliant designs in the least amount of time. They have large production requirements and need to speed up the modeling and drawing process, as well as the calculation and cost estimation time for their plant vessels, while staying in compliance with international design standards and codes.

The Challenge

Global leaders in the manufacturing of pressure vessels and heat exchangers are faced with the challenge of meeting large production requirements. They need to accelerate the modeling and drawing process, as well as the calculation and cost estimation time for their plant vessels, while adhering to international design standards and codes. Additionally, they are required to reduce the time taken to bid for proposals generated for their clients. The challenge is to find a solution that increases design efficiency, saves engineering hours, and ensures confidence in vessel design while improving competitiveness through improved design quality.

The Solution

Many of these manufacturers have turned to Bentley’s AutoPIPE Vessel, a vessel design and analysis application, to meet their needs. The application is chosen for its reliability, speed, ease of use, optimization and calculation capabilities, and the ability to produce detailed drawing deliverables. AutoPIPE Vessel’s processing speed allows the design team to analyze more complex models in less time. Automated detailed drawings reduce manual drawing time and rework, delivering accurate and safe designs with fewer resource hours. The software supports numerous regional and global standards, including pressure vessel design codes and regional wind, seismic, wave, and blast loading codes. It also allows the use of new and older design codes, and material standards from any year, improving flexibility for re-rating and revamping of existing vessels. This helps to shorten design time and rework by eliminating guesswork, and reduces training time by providing a single, easy-to-use application for global projects.

Operational Impact

The use of AutoPIPE Vessel has resulted in a number of operational benefits for the manufacturers. The application’s processing speed has enabled the design team to analyze more complex models in less time. Automated detailed drawings have reduced manual drawing time and rework, delivering accurate and safe designs with fewer resource hours. The software’s support for numerous regional and global standards has ensured compliance with pressure vessel design codes and regional wind, seismic, wave, and blast loading codes. The ability to use new and older design codes, and material standards from any year, has improved flexibility for re-rating and revamping of existing vessels. This has helped to shorten design time and rework by eliminating guesswork, and has reduced training time by providing a single, easy-to-use application for global projects.

Quantitative Benefit