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Intervention validation

Speciality chemicals manufacturer

Replacement of one of the line’s six reactors, rehearsed on the as-built model.

  • ServiceIntervention validation
  • SectorChemical and petrochemical

What was done

The plant has six reactors in line and had to replace one. The old ones carried a design limitation: the layout of their pipes left points where cleaning between batches was hard to complete, with the product cost that this entails.

A3D laser scanned the area, modelled the existing reactors and lines in BIM and inserted the new equipment into that as-built model, checking the fit piece by piece.

The design was resolved on the real space, which is tight, with three objectives: fewer metres of pipe, a legible layout and a run with no hold-up points between batches.

The assembly was carried out exactly as designed, and it serves as the template for the remaining reactors on the line.

Case study 12

The new reactor went in with its cleaning layout resolved in the model

One of the line’s six reactors was replaced with the assembly rehearsed on the model, and the new design resolves the cleaning layout between batches.

What was happening

A speciality chemicals manufacturer had six reactors in line and had to replace one. The old ones carried a design limitation: the layout of their pipes left points where cleaning between batches was hard to complete, with the product cost that this entails.

What we did

A3D laser scanned the area, modelled the existing reactors and lines in BIM and inserted the new equipment into that as-built model. The design was resolved on the real space, which is tight, with three objectives: fewer metres of pipe, a legible layout and a run with no hold-up points between batches.

What changed

The assembly was carried out exactly as designed and serves as the template for the remaining reactors on the line.

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