Written by Anton Dooley
We have light at the end of the tunnel. You may have noticed significant change to pipingdesigners.com over the past few week. Our previous Content Management System (CMS) for the site was becoming overbearing and required a lot of maintenance, just to stand still, so we took the decision to move to a more robust … Continue reading “Site Updates”
Written by pipingde
You may have noticed a bit of upheaval on pipingdesigners lately. We are currently in the course of migrating to a different platform, as the previous system was getting too difficult to handle in it’s previous guise. Please bear with us while this happens … as it will take a while to get all functionality … Continue reading “We are moving things around”
Written by Anton Dooley
To train to use any given 3D software, would take a piping designer no more than about 2 weeks to learn. To train a 3D CAD operator with minimal piping experience, to become a senior piper, however will take a LOT longer! The thoughts, ideas, concepts and opinions contained in this article are my rambling … Continue reading “Blog 1A: Piping Experience Vs 3D Cad abilities”
Written by James Pennock
Reprint courtesy of: HYDROCARBON PROCESSING December 2003 By James O. Pennock, Piper, Consultant (Retired), Bayonet Point, Florida USA Designing the modern process plant is not a simple task. The typical process plant is a long, costly and complex effort. The total project effort is normally made up of a large diverse group of people from … Continue reading “Blog 1B: Process Design Team: Thinking outside the box”
Written by James Pennock
(The thoughts, ideas, concepts and opinions contained in this article are solely those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by pipingdesigners.com/wp/ or website creator.) Before I get into this, I want to clarify a few things. First, I am not trying to tell you what your job description should be. Second, I … Continue reading “Blog 1C: Thoughts on Job Descriptions”
Written by James Pennock
Written by James Pennock
The term “Piping Designer” as used in this document refers to that person responsible for the overall plant layout, the Plot Plan, the equipment location, the pipe routing, the development of the CAD models, the piping isometrics. It does not refer to the Piping Material Engineer or the Pipe Stress Engineer who each are involved … Continue reading “Blog 1E: What does a Piping Designer need to know?”
Written by James Pennock
Written by James Pennock
The term “Piping Material Engineer” as used in this document refers to that person responsible for the development and maintenance of all Specifications related to the pipe, fittings, valves, bolts, gaskets, Paint, Coatings, Insulation and any other piping related item to be used in the design and construction of a Process Plant Project.
Written by James Pennock
The term “Pipe Stress Engineer” as used in this document refers to that person responsible for insuring that the pipe routing done by the piping layout designer is consistent with the allowables in the applicable piping Code. This includes; the thermal forces and the live and dead loads the piping system imposes on equipment, equipment … Continue reading “Blog 1H: What does a Pipe Stress Engineer need to know?”
