ProsCon Engineering Saves 40% in Man-Hours in Design of Process Plant With Cost-Effective 3D Software.WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1998--ProsCon Engineering Limited saved 40% in man-hours in the design of a multi-million dollar process plant by implementing a new cost-effective 3D plant design software package. The switch to 3D made it possible to design the solvent recovery plant in 40% less time than would have been required using the old 2D approach. The software and personal computers used on the project was only about 25% of the cost that was quoted for workstation-based packages with comparable capabilities. Based in Cobh, Ireland, ProsCon is the largest Ireland-based supplier of process control equipment and turnkey See turnkey system. integrated process plants. The company's primary area of specialty is solvent recovery systems for the pharmaceutical industry. ProsCon employs 100-plus full-time professional engineering and support staff with expertise in instrumentation and controls, DCS (1) See also DSC. (2) Digital Cross-connect System) A network switching and grooming device used by telecom carriers. See digital cross-connect. and PLC systems, SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control. packages and process engineering. Specific services offered by the firm include process technology, automation technology, information technology, project engineering, asset management, training and product supply. Mick Cremen, Automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. Design Manager for ProsCon, said that he joined the company in 1996 to specifically develop the Automated Design Dept. The previous company he worked with used AutoCAD computer aided design (application) Computer Aided Design - (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". software plus a piping design add-on to design process plants in two dimensions. In the project mentioned above, ProsCon Engineering had committed to developing a 3D design solution in conjunction with a U.S.-based company. However the automated design section was up and running so quickly that the entire project was executed in-house within schedule and budget. This project included design and construction of a number of major solvent recovery modules with distillation distillation, process used to separate the substances composing a mixture. It involves a change of state, as of liquid to gas, and subsequent condensation. The process was probably first used in the production of intoxicating beverages. columns and modules containing ancillary equipment with hundreds of lines and isometrics isometrics n. Isometric exercise. . Cremen examined three competing 3D design packages. "I selected AutoPLANT 97 because it offered more than 90% of the functionality of the workstation-based programs at less than one-third of the cost," Cremen said. "The maintenance charge for AutoPLANT 97 was proportionately pro·por·tion·ate adj. Being in due proportion; proportional. tr.v. pro·por·tion·at·ed, pro·por·tion·at·ing, pro·por·tion·ates To make proportionate. even lower. Another advantage is that AutoPLANT 97 is based on and uses the same file format as the AutoCAD Release 14 software that we were already running. This made it much easier for our designers to learn the program and also made it easier to integrate into our operations." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Cremen, "The project went extremely smoothly, even though this was the first time the majority of this newly formed design In Criminal Law, and especially in regard to Homicide, the killing of one human being by the instigation, act, or omission of another, who has a deliberate and fixed intention to kill, whether or not directed against a certain person. team had ever used the software. It took a surprisingly short time to produce the initial 3D model and once it was complete we were able to generate bulk material take-off, ISOs, layouts and sections in practically no time at all. Best of all, the 3D model helped us detect interferences and other problems prior to beginning construction. This cut way down on the number of changes on the project and also reduced construction time. Based on the success of this project, we are using this software on practically all current projects even though the clients do not require 3D modeling." Rebis, the largest supplier of PC plant design solutions in the world, measured by its installed base of more than 50,000 products, is committed to providing quality workgroup software for plant design and management. Rebis markets products for both conceptual and detailed plant design, as well as systems to manage the full operational lifecycle of these facilities. Rebis offers a complete suite of integrated applications available for piping, structural, electrical and instrumentation design and analysis, and plant information management for AutoCAD and MicroStation. For more information, contact Rebis, 1600 Riviera Ave., Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Telephone: 925-933-2525, Fax: 925-933-1920. Visit Rebis at http://www.rebis.com.
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