Textile fastenings manufacturer
The chemical compounding area — reactors and buried pipes — scanned, modelled and designed.
- ServiceIntervention validation
- SectorOther industries
What was done
The plant works with sequential assembly lines, and its critical area is chemical compounding: several reactors and the pipes that connect them, buried in a basement for which there was no documentation.
When the time came to replace equipment, the installers asked how to place the new one and there was nothing reliable to hand them.
A3D scanned and modelled that area in as-built BIM and designed the new installation on it, checking its route against what had been measured with the laser.
The installer worked on reliable information and conflicts were anticipated in the model. That area is now measured and modelled, available as a base if the plant decides to continue.
The installer received reliable measurements of a basement with no drawings
“We handed the installer the real condition of the basement where the reactors and pipes are, and the conflicts were resolved before anyone went down to install.”
What was happening
In a plant with sequential assembly lines, the critical area is chemical compounding: reactors and buried pipework in a basement, with no documentation. When the installers asked how to position the new equipment, there was nothing reliable to give them.
What we did
A3D scanned and modelled that area in as-built BIM and designed the new installation on it, checking its route against what the laser had measured.
What changed
The installer worked with reliable information and clashes were anticipated on the model, before going down to the basement. That model remains the starting point for whatever comes next in the plant.
Does your plant look like this one?
Each project started with a measured area: a bounded scan, a model of the real condition and a decision based on data. If you have an intervention ahead, it is bounded, measured and validated.