| Game Changing Applications
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| INOVx customers have seen significant improvements in work patterns in what had
been ill-served business areas. Improved coordination between operation,
maintenance, and field personnel is now possible, allowing staff to have a
window into their daily activities that corresponds naturally with the way they
approach their jobs. Virtualization enhances countless tasks with significant
time savings while increasing the accuracy of communications and work. 3D
Visualization is bringing to the inspection and maintenance functions what
process control brought to the plant’s operational functions: productivity,
predictability, and a simplified way to work.
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| Here are some sample applications supported by RealityLINx®
that can be configured and implemented to meet your organization’s specific
needs:
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| Emergency Response – During
emergency response planning, it is possible to use 3D models to determine the
route emergency response vehicles must take to access every area of the plant.
In the event of an accident, the same 3D models can help locate critical
shutoff valves and support the determination of the ideal positioning of
emergency response vehicles and equipment which will ultimately improve the
safety of plant, emergency response personnel and the communities surrounding
the plant.
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| Safety Design Walk-Through – While
green-field projects are well served through engineering and construction
companies, design walk-throughs for revamp and retrofit projects require
imagination or time in the field, and often both. With Virtualization there
are two significant areas of improvement: 1) it is possible to hold safety
walk-throughs early in the design process, thus preventing costly engineering
change orders; and 2) safety walk-throughs can be accomplished from a
conference room where all relevant parties can comfortably attend and
collaborate online.
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Compliance – Many aspects of compliance are
facilitated by Virtualization including the accurate and consistent adherence
to procedures by field and plant personnel. Virtualization helps make complex
procedures and documents much easier and faster to understand and communicate.
Visually reviewing and confirming procedural steps becomes a straightforward
process making them less prone to error when executed. |
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| Disaster Scenario Training –
Disaster training requires significant discussion and review, with much time
spent clarifying situations and potential actions. With Virtualization it is
possible to review, discuss, and refine potential reactions to various
scenarios with the ability to confirm the viability and acceptability of
everyone’s actions based upon an actual plant layout. |
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| Analysis of Fugitive Emissions –
Using sniffers to measure and Virtualization to pinpoint and record data, it
is possible to visualize the source of potential fugitive emissions without
speculation. The analysis also can be expanded to correlate to at-fault
equipment, enabling changes in either hardware or procedures to eliminate such
emissions.
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| Definition of Special Exposure Areas
– In the case of material release, Virtualization allows one to define areas
of exposure in 3D coordinates with much more accuracy than in two dimensions.
Furthermore, it is possible to overlay weather data to predict and analyze
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Knowledge Capture – It is possible to append
information to the 3D model that captures procedures and expertise from
experienced personnel. This information can then be ordered to define safe
operating procedures and can be tagged and associated with the physical unit
providing concise instructions to less experienced staff. |
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Maintenance Work Orders – Maintenance work
orders today are generally computerized, text-based forms. Maintenance staff is
required to consult various, typically difficult-to-obtain documents and to
rely heavily on their experience and knowledge to properly perform requested
work. Virtualization supports several improvements in this process: 1) the
work order can be visualized as to the equipment involved and procedure
required; 2) planning the work can ensure that adjacent crews do not interfere
with each other and that proper tools and equipment can be delivered to the
jobsite in a timely fashion; and 3) plant personnel can visualize the status of
planned, open, and completed work orders through color encoding of the 3D
models. |
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| Clear Communications – Often times
an experienced operator provides instruction to new or less experienced field
technicians. The operator frequently accompanies the technician to the
specified equipment to ensure proper identification of the equipment requiring
attention. With Virtualization, this communication can occur at the
operator’s workstation, saving valuable time while ensuring complete and clear
communications. |
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| Piping Systems / Vessel Inspection –
Virtualization allows inspection personnel to easily search, locate, and
review inspection points along with associated readings and historical data. By
combining the physical data of the assets with the corresponding corrosion
data, users are better able to analyze corrosion trends and perform root-cause
analysis on problematic systems and equipment. Furthermore, Virtualization
can help optimize inspection schedules based on the geographical proximity of
inspection points and the potential scaffolding required to reach them. |
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| Common Portal to All Asset Data with Visual
Query – Plant personnel can navigate the physical plant and make
queries by selecting equipment. For example, one can locate a pump and request
its work order history or identification of all similar pumps in the vicinity.
There are endless possible queries that can be made via the 3D model with the
results being presented visually, color-coded, and in 3D reality. All existing
plant data can be accessed this way, including the enormous masses of data that
have been collected and stored in plant historian and enterprise systems. |
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