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New unity in plant engineering

Single versatile data model will parallelize

all core disciplines from now on

Aucotec AG has over 30 years of experience in de- that makes parallelization impossible,” explained
veloping engineering software for the entire lifecycle Pouria G. Bigvand, Head of Product Management
of machines, plants and mobile systems. The solu- at Aucotec.
tions range from flow diagrams via control and elec-
trical engineering for large-scale plants to modular Inherently collaborative
harness design in the automotive industry. Aucotec Plant engineering is characterized by major
software is in use all over the world. In addition to its projects with a variety of the most demanding
headquarters in Hannover, Aucotec operates six fur- engineering and management tasks. Since the
ther sites in Germany as well as subsidiaries in Chi- various disciplines involved are often developed
na, South Korea, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, globally, however, it is also necessary to connect
Austria, Poland, Sweden and the US. A global net- the many experts, from different time zones, with
work of partners ensures local support throughout their different skills, languages, technologies and
the world. engineering cultures. Often, even the engineering
At Achema 2018 (International Exhibition-Congress tools are different.
Fig. 1 - Modern plant on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection EB provides special conditions for this connection.
engineering is a parallel
process: all relevant objects and Biotechnology, Frankfurt, Germany, 11-15 The central data model at a separate application
are interconnected in one June) Aucotec AG has shown for the first time server level allows worldwide access to the entire
model residing in just one the comprehensive expansion of its collaborative plant documentation, also via the Cloud. “Thanks
database platform for plant engineering. It is the only system to the versatile model, EB is inherently collaborative,
that integrates all core disciplines in a versatile data and the web connection also facilitates the necessary
model in a single database. Engineering Base (EB) parallelization of engineering. This is the only way in
thus redefines the term which collaboration can be efficient,” said Bigvand.
“consistency”. All core disciplines work with the same database.
“There is great demand in If desired, changes are immediately visible in all
the market to tear down representations of the changed object, but can also
the workflow obstacles be controlled, for example, via proposal fields.
created by toolchains,”
said Uwe Vogt, Executive “Motorization” of engineering
Officer of Aucotec AG. With its expansion, EB covers the entire engineering
“This is why we have now lifecycle in plant engineering and operation. The
completed the range of the platform holds the versatile data model and organizes
versatile model.” According the workflows. Functions such as Aspen data import,
to him, this enables a TÜV-certified pipe classes, DCS configuration for
unique parallelization of different DCS systems in parallel, project status
disciplines: from FEED management or cause & effect tables at the press of
Fig. 2 - The versatile model in EB is the centre for (Front End Engineering a button show the degree of maturity of the solution.
all core disciplines in plant engineering and its direct
communication with complementary systems Design) via process and Networking with 3-D, ERP or PLM systems as well
detail engineering to cause as a web connection are part of the standard offer.
& effect, maintenance and consistent execution “Our idea was to ‘motorize’ plant engineering as such,
management for larger expansions. “Even the rather than just speed up an old carriage with a bit more
best interfaces and synchronization platforms do horsepower. We are convinced that we have achieved
not shorten a toolchain. Engineering Base puts this with EB,” said Executive Officer Uwe Vogt.
an end to the error-prone “forwarding” of data www.aucotec.com

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