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S
oftware for tube and
pipe manufacture
is an exacting tool
for exacting people, never
more so than when it is
employed in the service of
management. This is the
area of rapid advances
and importunate new
requirements, many of
them imposed from some
distance beyond the perimeter
of the plant.
The watchword of the hour is
energy conservation. To tube
makers, the wise use of energy is not an ideal but standard operating
practice to which the right software makes an invaluable contribution.
An online software tool introduced in November provides a case in point. It offers an overview of
the plant’s major energy-consuming systems and a cost analysis of energy purchases. It enables
plant personnel to monitor energy use minute-to-minute, and to quickly identify opportunities for
savings. It includes an energy intensity spreadsheet and a carbon footprint calculator. It has a
trouble-shooting feature that remedies minor user errors.
For good measure, this sophisticated
software also confers citizenship of a
globalized world: it provides Chinese
language support for every program.
Nothing has been left out of
this software except what is
unnecessary, and that has been
ruthlessly excluded. In tube and pipe
manufacture, energy conservation
is a serious concern and a practical
necessity.
Fortunately, software development
has proceeded in parallel with that
necessity; and its products are as
advanced as the industry they have
been created to serve.
Roni3D software aids the user in visualizing tube and pipe production (see page 90)
Rapid analysis and simulation of the entire hydroforming
process (see page 96)
S
oftware for
D
esign,
P
roduction
&
M
anagement