INTRODUCING
Automated Pipeline Design Solutions
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Control at your fingertips
Digitally Designing
Transforming the pipeline industry
Pipe WizardTm
Pipe Wizard™ pipeline designing, laying. and construction services will revolutionize the planning and installation of pipelines. One aspect of Pipe Wizard™ incorporates the use of a software package to facilitate the planning and installation process.
“Pipe Wizard™ brings a whole new dynamic to the pipeline industry including a software package for designing pipelines, streamlining pipeline laying and construction services, and providing for pipeline designing services. It is a game changer. We can now handle all aspects of the design with one integrated software program, and utilize GPS to take the guess work out of pipe bending and installation. Most importantly, we can now get the job done in about a quarter of the time, and benefit from a large reduction in wasted material.” E. Alex Paris III, President and C.E.O., Alex E. Paris Contracting Co. Inc.
Bend Master Tm
Bend Master™ pipeline designing, laying, and construction services will revolutionize the planning and installation of pipelines. One aspect of Bend Master™ incorporates the use of a software package to facilitate the planning and installation process.
“Paired with Pipe Wizard™, Bend Master gives the pipeline engineer complete control of the design at their fingertips including customized pipeline designing services. It produces results in real-time with pin-point accuracy that provides efficiencies in user’s pipeline laying and construction services..” Armando Ferri, Senior Project Manager, Alex E. Paris Contracting Co. Inc.
Automated Pipeline Design Solutions (APDS)
Created in 2016 out of the need to establish a better and more efficient way to engineer pipelines in the field. The PLS software was born in early 2013 when we decided to create a digital way to design pipelines and to incorporate upfront GPS survey to actual GPS excavation.
This combination allows for the excavation to match the same parameters of the digital design and field fabrication of pipelines.
The challenges when laying pipelines
AEP lays pipelines across a range of different terrains. Numerous bends and gradients need to be negotiated when laying pipelines, especially in areas of mountainous or hilly terrain. The individual pipes therefore need to be bent in a variety of ways before they are laid. They also need to be laid in an underground trench that is excavated in advance, taking into account the exact pipeline route. If a section of pipe does not fit perfectly into the trench, it has to be removed and corrected. This places additional stress on the pipe and results in delays on-site, thus increasing construction costs. The number of bends in a pipeline also has a significant impact on costs, the greater the number of bends, the greater the overall cost. The key project challenges are therefore:
“The PLS software package gives the pipeline engineer complete control of the design at their fingertips, and produces results in real-time with pin-point accuracy.” Armando Ferri, Senior Project Manager, Alex E. Paris Contracting Co. Inc.