CASE STUDY: proplant, slovakia

FACTS AT A GLANCE Proplant redesigns an extruder

Company: Proplant valve stand in record time
Website: www.proplant.sk Slovakian engineering services provider improves project execution with
Intergraph® CADWorx & Analysis Solutions
Description: Proplant Ltd. is an
engineering company offering services IDENTIFYING GOALS
for chemical, pharmaceutical, power
Proplant is an engineering company established in 2012 in Nitra, Slovakia. It
and mechanical industries. The
is a multi-service company focusing on chemical, pharmaceutical, power, and
company is certified for design of
technological pipelines and qualified mechanical industries. Proplant specializes in basic and detailed engineering, design
and certified in welding practice and documentation, stress analysis, and creation of as-built documentation.
processes by Slovakian authorities.
Together with a local partner, Gasinex Projekt Ltd., Proplant was contracted to
Industry: Chemical, pharmaceutical, redesign and re-construct the valve stand (heating and distribution system) of an
power generation, mechanical existing extruder unit located in a petrochemical (plastic molding) facility. The main
Country: Slovakia project goal was to design the steam distribution and cooling water system. The
system had to be improved so that the plant operator could quickly identify and
PRODUCTS USED: control particular valves used to regulate the temperature of the various zones inside
the extruder. The zones of the extruder need to be quickly cooled, warmed-up, or
• Intergraph® CADWorx® Plant
cooled and warmed-up simultaneously, according to the needs of the product being
Professional
manufactured.
• Intergraph CAESAR II®
• OrthoGen® The secondary goal was to improve the maintenance and accessibility of the valves
• Isogen® and other controls by reconfiguring the plant design.

After an initial review process, Proplant decided that the best approach for the
KEY BENEFITS: future would be to completely redesign the valve stand for the extruder, including
all equipment, steel access structures, pipes, valves, other devices, and supports,
• Data-driven, accurate and timely
because the outdated structure of the existing distribution unit hampered maintenance
materials procurement
activities and safe operations.
• Bi-directional integration avoids
re-modelling, saving time
• Automatically produced consistent, OVERCOMING CHALLENGES
high-quality, industry-standard The client supplied the design fundamentals, P&IDs, and a basic piping layout in
deliverables for fabrication and AutoCAD format. This design basis showed important details such as the connection
construction points to the piping connected to the extruder itself. The client also supplied, in
• Fast-track project execution traditional paper form, piping classes, datasheets for piping and instrumentation, and
supported by a simple, intuitive, valve vendor data sheets.
integrated software
Due to access and space constraints, the new valves stand for the extruder needed to
be designed as two separate but connected units that later could be joined together
on-site.
 REALIZING RESULTS
Thanks to the efficiency and ease of use of Intergraph’s software,
Proplant was able to fast-track the design and deliver the project
on-schedule and on-budget. This was largely due to:

• Quick and easy definition and customization of accurate

materials catalogues and piping classes, including client
A plan for how the flange connection units were to be divided. codes aiding efficient and timely procurement and materials
management.
To successfully achieve this, Proplant needed 100% accurate
• 100% time savings during pipe stress checks due to bi-
materials information for all new components to be included
directional integration between CADWorx and CAESAR II,
in the design and to be constructed and installed in the facility
avoiding re-modelling having to be performed.
eventually. Four piping classes containing more than 3,000
components were quickly developed for the project using • The ability to automatically produce high, consistent quality
CADWorx Specification Editor. isometric, orthographic, and BOM deliverables.
• Improved designer efficiency and productivity – one person
Once specifications were available, a 3D model was created
was able to carry out multiple design tasks including piping
using CADWorx Plant Professional. Proplant redesigned all
classes, 3D models, pipe stress analysis, review models, and
the pipelines to include new valves, existing relief valves, and
production of isometric and orthographic drawings.
condensate drain points, and in addition, all steel constructions
and supports.
MOVING FORWARD
The next step was to conduct static and dynamic analysis Vladimir Cebo, owner and project manager at Proplant,
checks using Intergraph CAESAR II to check the stability and commented on the company’s experience with Intergraph
performance of the new piping design. The analysis showed that CADWorx tools: “Intergraph CADWorx Plant Professional and
no rework was necessary. CAESAR II are exactly what a company needs to improve
project execution. The bi-directional links between the software
As the project progressed, the client raised several queries about
enable easy sharing of data between different disciplines – we’ve
commodity codes used for procurement, which had to be revised
improved efficiency by 100% since implementing CADWorx &
accordingly. To ensure consistency in all deliverables produced,
CAESAR II.”
the CADWorx model was connected to a project database. This
enabled the same codes to be output to all reports automatically During the project, Proplant standardized its work processes on
and directly from the model or database, without manual the Intergraph CADWorx solution suite. The company expects
intervention being necessary. Saving time and avoiding error, to employ Intergraph CADWorx solutions in all of its future plant
high-quality, industry-standard, piping isometrics were produced design and pipe stress analysis projects.
using Isogen, and orthographics and 2D layouts were created via
OrthoGen.

For progress checking and ongoing discussions with the client,

the 3D model was periodically exported to NavisWorks, which
uncovered several minor clash situations requiring design
modifications. These were easily remedied using CADWorx’s
powerful and user-friendly pipe editing tools.

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