Leica Geosystems laser scanners and Hexagon PPM 3D design software access ‘true reality’

Author:Jesús Bonet Edesa

The quality of every project is defined at its start.

当跟踪数十亿美元的产业cilities, even small mistakes can have huge, imme-diate financial impact.

An enormous amount of complexity is driven by engineering and compliance, with tens of thou-sands of specifications. That’s why creating a digital reality to simulate the project is so vital to stay-ing on time and on budget.

Cepsa knows this.

这家全球能源公司在整个碳氢化合物价值链中具有集成运营，从天然来源为化学工业生产原材料，并具有可再生能源业务。CEPSA在五大洲开发了业务，并在三年前开始了一个战略项目digitally capture its facility and fuse it with the digital world.

Highlighting Hexagon’s capacity to leverage its full spectrum of solutions across the project lifecycle,Hexagon PPMprovided digital design, and Hexagon Geosystems delivered reality capture.

This places the digital plant at Cepsa’s fingertips.

Going Digital

第一步是所有事物的“数据缺陷”，以更好地了解资产的细节。这涉及数千次扫描以捕获整个设施。

与新的Leica Cyclone REGISTER 360, scans can now be fused fully and automatically, wildly faster than anything else in the market.

The clarity is stunning, and the possibilities are limitless.

Patricia Chacon Sangines, Cepsa’s piping department lead, said“由于Leica Geosystems Solutions是面对我们数字化转型的关键，因此对工程设计新技术的实施的承诺。这个过程使我们能够在紧迫的时间表上执行项目，找到高度成本有效的解决方案并优化工时，使我们处于3D工厂设计的最前沿。”

Simple savings

This technology is set tosave 1 to 2 per cent on projects, which adds up tohuge savings on ventures with budgets of US$100+ million.

“We have further strengthened our position in the market and addressed some major bottlenecks preventing a wider adoption of 3D point cloud processing technology,”said Faheem Khan, vice president of business development at Leica Geosystems.“These bottlenecks range from long pro-cessing times, lack of automation, missing quality control functionality and pure complexity of the task. With Cyclone REGISTER 360, registration is up to 20 times faster with a simple drag – drop – go function and quality management is built into the heart of the product.”

Users can start with registration in their desired local language and produce final deliverables using modern, visual, simple and workflows.

Once the scanning is performed, Cepsa is using Hexagon PPM solutions – such as Intergraph Smart® 3D and SmartPlant Review – to access this true reality, by fusing the point cloud with the facility’s design.

That’s why Cepsa is now empowered to maintain their facilities safe, compliant, profitable.