Abstract
Assessment, acquisition, and assembly of pipe components. Pipe technology accounts for ca. 30 to 35% of the planning of chemical plant and refineries. The reason for this high proportion lies in the numerous possibilities of variation. Each part must be defined, assessed and executed. The programme system developed consists of an assembly of several individual programmes which utilize available data. The overall procedure, from specification to assembly, is performed or supported by this programme system. The “general text system” (ATS) stores all pipe texts and pipe classes in several languages. With the aid of the “Lurgi piping macro‐system” (LUROMAK) the piping components are processed on the basis of flow charts, assembly plans and isometric drawings. The materials determined are transformed into buying information by the “execution system” (DISPO). Registration of material entering and leaving stores in the “assembly organization system” (MOS) permits work preparation for assembly on the basis of the resulting stocks. It is also possible to assess the progress of assembly and to prepare costing information. The continuous processing of piping is permitted by a systematic standardization and classification, accomplished in particular by uniform definition of piping components in the ATS programme system.