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gration between their respective cloud services. ve di monitoraggio della corrosione nelle industrie per la
Each company will bring to market cloud-based solu- produzione di petrolio offshore e onshore, raffinazione,
tion offerings, which include services of both and provide chimica, energia, oleodotti, aziende metallurgiche, mi-
construction workflows not previously possible. Initially, niere ed altri settori. I sistemi di monitoraggio Perma-
Bentley Systems will offer its ProjectWise Connect Edi- sense utilizzano la tecnologia basata su singolo sensore,
tion users seamless connectivity with Magnet Enterprise, la trasmissione di dati con tecnologia wireless e analisi
and Topcon will incorporate Context Capture image avanzate per il monitoraggio in continuo della perdita di
processing for its mass data collection via unmanned metallo dovuta a corrosione o erosione in tubi, conduttu-
aerial systems (UAS). “Topcon and Bentley share a vi- re o serbatoi, fornendo dati ad alta integrità anche negli
sion about the advancements we can achieve through ambienti più difficili.
what I call the continuous representation of reality,” said L’acquisizione rappresenta un ulteriore passo avanti nel-
Ray O’Connor, president and CEO, Topcon Positioning la strategia di Emerson di investire nelle sue piattaforme
Group. Greg Bentley, CEO, Bentley Systems, said, “To core business, espandendosi in mercati che detengono
date, surveying, engineering, and construction industries significative opportunità di crescita a lungo termine.
have separately advanced to 3D technologies. But un- La corrosione e l’erosione possono influenzare in modo
believably, until now, 3D models have been recreated— determinante il funzionamento delle infrastrutture, con
rather than reused—at each phase. It’s been exciting to possibili conseguenze disastrose. Il monitoraggio wire-
work with Topcon to introduce constructioneering so less non intrusivo della corrosione è una tecnologia che
that our engineering users can start from the reality-cap- aiuta gli utenti a comprendere in tempo reale l’integrità
tured survey context and leverage and update their delle infrastrutture, permettendo di ottimizzare al massi-
digital engineering models through the construction pro- mo i processi e massimizzando la sicurezza.
cess. Our joint cloud service innovations for constructing La linea di prodotti Permasense entrerà a far parte del
and improving roadways, including as-built capture, are portafoglio di Emerson di strumenti di misura e tecnolo-
enabling the highest level of workflow automation. I be- gie di analisi Rosemount. Infatti, le tecnologie Permasen-
lieve that Topcon will continue to pioneer new positioning se sono un complemento alle soluzioni Emerson Roxar
devices to take advantage of every emerging opportu- per il monitoraggio intrusivo della corrosione e i sistemi
nity, and we are enthusiastic about working with them non intrusivi del controllo della sabbia, rafforzando le ap-
to advance constructioneering into the mainstream for plicazioni Pervasive Sensing. Annoverando le tecnologie
infrastructure projects around the world.” Compared to Permasense e Roxar nel proprio portafoglio, Emerson
traditional workflows between design and construction sarà il maggior fornitore sul mercato di soluzioni per l’in-
in which data from survey and digital engineering models tegrità e la gestione della corrosione.
can be lost and inefficiently recreated, constructioneer- I sistemi di monitoraggio della corrosione Permasense
ing empowers engineers to extend their role within both sono basati su sensori che impiegano il collaudato prin-
surveying and construction. Cloud services first bring cipio di misura a ultrasuoni dello spessore della parete. I
the construction site conditions to the engineers so their sensori sono alimentati a batteria e comunicano in mo-
work starts with an accurate model of the current 3D dalità wireless, minimizzando il costo di installazione e
context—as captured by Topcon UAS photogrammetry consentendo l’impiego in aree remote e su larga scala.
and laser scanners—and then processed into engineer- I sensori sono inoltre progettati in modo che possano
ing-ready 3D reality meshes by Bentley’s ContextCap- essere distribuiti in aree pericolose.
ture software. Cloud services subsequently convey the
engineers’ work directly to construction processes in
the field. This automation process—achieved through
the connection between Topcon MAGNET cloud ser- GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE)
vice and Bentley’s ProjectWise CONNECT Edition cloud Gas power plant for Latin America
services—improves project delivery, with design per-
formed in context, and the resulting digital engineering GE last October announced it has secured a more than
models feeding the 3D machine control that guides the $900 million turnkey order with Centrais Elétricas de
construction machinery. Topcon and Bentley expect to Sergipe SA (Celse) for Brazil’s Porto de Sergipe com-
expand the constructioneering workflow to further appli- bined-cycle power plant. With a generating capacity of
cations for infrastructure services. 1,516 MW, the facility will be the largest gas power plant
in Latin America and can deliver an efficiency rate of over
62%.
EMERSON The plant will feature three of GE’s world record setting
HA gas turbines and a steam turbine as well as a heat re-
Acquisizione di Permasense per covery steam generator (HRSG) and other related equip-
il monitoraggio wireless non ment added to the GE portfolio through the Alstom ac-
quisition nearly one year ago. The contract also includes
intrusivo della corrosione a robust transmission system provided on a turnkey ba-
Emerson ha annunciato nell’ottobre scorso l’acquisi- sis by GE Energy Connections. This system incorporates
zione della società Permasense Limited, con sede nel a high voltage step up substation at the power plant,
Regno Unito, fornitore leader di tecnologie non intrusi- transmission lines and a bay at an existing substation.

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