• The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 9 – Working together)

    Richard Derengowski
    (This is the ninth and last in a series looking at the benefits of using promis•e in all phases of the Plant design process)
    So far in this series, I’ve treated this as a simplified process where there are very discrete stages where one group stops work, turns over the project to the next group and work continues.  In the real world things become much more complex.   There are multiple groups involved at different…

  • The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 8 – Turn over to the Operator)

    Richard Derengowski

    (This is the eighth in a series looking at the benefits of using promis•e in all phases of the Plant design process)


    After completion of construction the Plant operator normally receives a large set of drawings from various sources in various formats and in varying standards. The operator needs to sort thru these drawings to trouble shoot every maintenance problem that occurs during the life to the Plant…

  • The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 7 – Turn over for construction)

    Richard Derengowski

    (This is the seventh in a series looking at the benefits of using promis•e in all phases of the Plant design process)
    Construction has always been a matter of working out in the field with lots of paper. In most cases it still is. promis•e can produce all of that paper at the EPC or build site including:


    • Field wire list
    • Cable schedules and diagrams
    • Wiring diagrams
    •…

  • The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 6 – Supplier to EPC turn over)

    Richard Derengowski

    (This is the sixth in a series looking at the benefits of using promis•e in all phases of the Plant design process)

    When the supplier returns drawings back to an EPC they usually are recreated from what the EPC originally gave to the supplier. Detailed wiring and part information has been added along with layout drawings and, possibly, wireing diagrams. The information has probably acquired a few errors after…

  • The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 5 - Supplier – EPC to Supplier turn over)

    Richard Derengowski

    (This is the fifth in a series looking at the benefits of using promis•e in all phases of the Plant design process)
    Suppliers of MCC's and Switchgear have long been a core customer group in promis•e. They have found a number of features fit in perfectly with their design work.


    • The ability to create panel layouts based on schematic drawings has always been a core feature for them.
    • Creating…

  • The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 4 - EPC – Doing the design)

    Richard Derengowski
    (This is the forth in a series looking at the benefits of using promis•e in all phases of the Plant design process)
    The promis•e product has a number of benefits to the Plant EPC in any design.
    • Information can be imported directly from AutoPlant. The P&ID information is imported and the electrical components are ready to be placed into the Electrical drawings.
    • Typical wiring can be saved as …

  • The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 3 - EPC – Getting the Owner Requirements)

    Richard Derengowski
    (This is the third in a series looking at the benefits of using promis•e in all phases of the Plant design process)
    When an Owner specifies their requirements to an EPC the EPC is frequently given high level requirements and in some cases references to existing plants. When owners refer to existing construction, whether the old design was done by the EPC or another company, the information is difficult to sort thru…

  • The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 2 - Owner – Specifying the new plant requirements)

    Richard Derengowski
    (This is the second of a series looking at the benefits of using promis•e in all phases of the Plant design process)
    The new Plant Owner is an expert in their industry. They know what they require the new plant to do and provide one or more EPC's with a set of requirements to meet in doing their design. They may have had similar plants before and have had experience with what has, and what has not worked at other…

  • The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 1 - Introduction)

    Richard Derengowski

    (This is the first of a 9 part series looking at the benefits of using promis•e in all phases of the Plant Electrical design process)
    The promis•e product has long been the ECAD tool of choice by manufactures because they can use it through the entire life cycle of their equipment design. They can quick-start the design of a new piece of equipment by importing BOM's, re-using existing designs and automating project…

  • It's about building it!

    Richard Derengowski

     

    Modern design software products are great. Engineering design software takes the grunt work out of engineering and drastically shortens design times from initial concept to a design that's ready to build. But once that design is complete it needs to go out to the shop floor or construction site to get put together. And that's were there has been little change for 50 years. promis•e's contribution to that problem…

  • promis•e Part Number Use with Generic Part Numbers

    Richard Derengowski

    Users of promis•e know that to get the benefits that promis-e provides for linking different types of drawings/modes (control schematic, single lines, panel layout etc.(, you have to have part numbers assigned. Some potential users see this as a problem because they don't assign manufacture part numbers as part of the drawing process. The manufacturer part numbers are supplied later by a different user, department or…

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