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2012

ABB

Energy and Automation
ESAPRO automates P&ID and material lists in energy projects
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Key results

ABB chose ESAPRO to move beyond a purely graphical AutoCAD approach, controlling piping classes, datasheets and MTOs with DWG deliverables and automatic material lists.

-25% first drafting time · -40% estimated project time · Errors almost eliminated · Automatic material lists

We estimated that with the reduction of the project development times, the substantial annulment of the error rate and the integration with the other departments (instrumentation and piping), the time element will be cut down by about 40% therefore allowing us to provide the materials available at a much earlier stage

Gabriele Patrì, P&ID’s Manager of ABB

Our path

Process optimization in order to reduce:

  • time wasting
  • risk of errors

At the beginning of 2011 The Sesto San Giovanni ABB division, pushed by the competitive attitude of the market in recent years, identified the necessity to adopt an advanced instrument for the layout of process diagrams, so far developed through standard instrument such as AutoCAD.

“The main drawback of this approach” Gabriele Patrì P&ID’s Manager of ABB explains “was represented not so much by the lack of dedicated graphic instruments, but rather by the impossibility to check on the congruity of the components on the diagram with the piping classes and by the necessity to provide the lines, valves and equipment lists in the manual mode”.

After a careful and in-depth analysis of the various products available on the market, ABB chose ESAPRO for its comprehensive functions, its simplicity of use, and the possibility of providing standard DWG documents. In addition, the provider is capable of developing functions responding to specific requirements, has an excellent after-sales service and last but not least, is available at a very tempting price. The choice of this product has been based also on reliability and expertise in the industrial sector demonstrated by ESAIN.

Used modules:

  • ESAPRO P&ID for the development of process schemes
  • ESAPRO Instrumentation for the Datasheet and Hook-up Management
  • ESAPRO MTO for obtaining from P&ID, not only the usual line, valve and equipment lists, but also the estimates of the detail piping materials

February 2012: the introduction of ESAPRO into ABB and the organization of training courses. A two-days course and a short period of training on the job were sufficient to enable the users to operate the program proficiently.

April 2012: ABB acquires an important order, valued at 60 million US dollars, commissioned by Shell Gas Iraq B.V., for the construction of the Khor Al Zubair Power Generation Plant in South Iraq. Here was the first chance for giving ESApro a field test.

ESAIN constant support on-site contributed to minimize delays, to improve time management and minimize downtimes so as to finish the project in well within the deadlines.

“The ESAiIN technical after-sales service” Patrì confirms “has always lived up to expectations. We have particularly appreciated the timeliness of the service: each time we asked for hot-line assistance, we always and immediately found an expert technician ready to provide completely thorough solutions to our problems.”.

Thanks to P&ID design graphic instruments the timing for the project draft have been reduced of an approximate 25% in comparison to the past. But the main benefit was to automatically get hold of the material lists. Such an advantage was even more evident when revising the project, when the material lists had to be updated: in this phase a the revision comparison function was particularly useful.

“We estimated” Patrì concludes “that with the reduction of the project development times, the substantial annulment of the error rate and the integration with the other departments (instrumentation and piping), the time element will be cut down by about 40% therefore allowing us to provide the materials available at a much earlier stage”.

For the next project ABB is looking forward to implementing the additional modules ESAPRO Datasheet and ESAPRO MTO for the instrumentation datasheet management and the estimate computation of the piping materials, with all components such as flanges, fittings, nuts and bolts, gaskets etc. included.

Company description

ABB is leader in energy and automation technologies for the improvement of utility and industry performances, while reducing environmental impact.
The ABB Group Companies are active in over 100 different countries and give work to around 145,000 employees.
In Italy the ABB Group has around 6,000 employees, located in North and Central Italy and it has been gathering actual experience and know how from many of the better-known Companies in the electromechanical national industry that have contributed to the industrial history of the country. These Companies include the likes of Ercole Marelli, SACE, Officine Adda, IEL, Ansaldo Trasformatori and Elsag Bailey.
In 2012 the exports revenues represented 61% of the total sales. ABB invests 23% of the turnover into research and development.

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