December 6, 2010 - AVEVA announced IntelliLaser software that enables owner operators of industrial process plants to add intelligence to laser-scan data. IntelliLaser automatically creates the associations between objects within the laser scan and asset tag information, helping owner operators reduce operational cost and risk.Plant owner operators are facing increasingly severe regulatory and commercial challenges for the management of information related to their operational assets.
An older plant that has undergone revamp and upgrades throughout its lifecycle presents a particularly difficult problem since most of the original design and maintenance data is quickly out-of-date.Laser scanning is now the most effective, low-cost method of creating photo-realistic views of an as-built facility. IntelliLaser integrates laser-scanned data into an organisation's asset management strategy. It does this by creating intelligent “hotspots” that automatically link piping and equipment to all their associated plant information for access through AVEVA NET.
The result is an intelligent digital reference of an operational facility created in a fraction of the time it would take when using conventional manual utilities.The benefits include:
- Safer and more effective training – Intelligent digital visualisation supports low-risk plant familiarisation and training for staff and suppliers.
- Reduced danger to personnel – A live plant area is a hazardous work environment.
- Rapid response – Photo-realistic, laser scan views are automatically linked to the asset data model produced by AVEVA NET.
- Fast addition of data – It is very quick to produce new, intelligently linked scans, allowing operators to systematically add data that ensures the ever-green state of the digital plant.
Rapid and effective communication of procedures, emergency response, instrumentation, safety systems and site regulations
Intelligent laser scans enable users to navigate and measure items without exposing personnel to the dangers of a live site
This provides a highly intuitive means of finding plant information, which is critical to reducing down time when quickly coordinating corrective action in response to abnormal events.