Plant management/Automation Case Study: Ecophos Industrial Services Saves
40% of Time in Creating Permit Drawings The engineering and project services company within Ecophos group improves engineering efficiency with CADWorx® & Analysis Solutions
short deadline, Ecophos Industrial Services decided to standardize permit drawing layouts to ensure that all the deliverables would be automatically up to the standards of both the client and Ecophos Industrial Services. CADWorx & Analysis Solutions, more specifically OrthoGen, were chosen for the project to reduce time needed for producing the drawings. Being quick to implement, learn and configure, Ecophos Industrial Services were able to start creating permit drawings from their 3D models just two weeks after purchasing OrthoGen.
Identifying Goals Within the Ecophos group, a world leading provider of technological solutions for the phosphate industry, Ecophos Industrial Services offers engineering and project services, both for Ecophos’ internal projects and external customers. Ecophos group is also an active industrial producer of phosphate products for the animal feed business and a distributor of related animal feed ingredients, carrying these operations under the Aliphos brand.
Ecophos Industrial Services had recently designed and built a new plant for Aliphos in Dunkirk, France. The facility
produces up to 220,000 tons of animal feed grade phosphate. Ecophos Industrial Services’ most recent goal was to update the existing permit drawings to create an as-built permit dossier, that subsequently would save plant personnel time during future maintenance projects. The company needed a software solution that would automatically generate new permit layouts when changes to the model occurred.
Overcoming Challenges One of the key challenges for the project was the tight schedule: Ecophos Industrial Services was expected to deliver the new drawings within one
month.To meet the
Realizing Results During the Aliphos Dunkirk project, Ecophos Industrial Services used CADWorx & Analysis Solutions for design, piping, mechanical and structural design as well as for stress calculations. CADWorx Plant Professional was used to design all the piping in 3D, which gave both Ecophos Industrial Services and the client a total overview of the project.
During the design, Ecophos Industrial Services could extract all the necessary data, such as bills of materials, isometrics, layouts, etc. for price inquiries, construction and as-built dossiers.
Ecophos Industrial Services also used CADWorx Equipment to design all the equipment in 3D. With CADWorx, Ecophos Industrial Services could easily introduce and add the required CADWorx intelligence when receiving 3D equipment models from external parties.
CADWorx Structure was used to design all the structural steel items, such as platforms, secondary steel and pipe racks. Having this information available in 3D enabled Ecophos Industrial Services to avoid clashes and improve project efficiency.
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Ecophos Industrial Services used CAESAR II to calculate and analyze the pipe stresses. As the software is compatible with the CADWorx suite, pipelines were exported from CADWorx directly to CAESAR II and back to CADWorx to update the 3D piping model post-analysis, which saved time and helped to avoid mistakes.
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