Power of Industrial Gaming and Mobile 3D Come to Plant Industries

27 March 2014

AVEVA has launched AVEVA Activity Visualisation Platform (AVEVA AVP). AVEVA AVP, built on Industrial Gaming technology enables: efficient facility familiarization; staff training; construction planning and simulation; operations and maintenance planning. It aids the rehearsal of safety and schedule critical activities, without putting either personnel or the plant itself at risk.

The platform supports customers to create immersive, interactive multi-user plant environments. AVEVA AVP generates its realistic simulations direct from 3D design models, even before the physical plant has been built. With operator error recognized as the leading cause of safety incidents, AVEVA has created a solution that addresses this by revolutionizing the way in which Owner Operators and engineering contractors (EPCs) can train staff. This simulation solution will enhance plant operational safety while reducing costs and overall risk.

“Preparing people to work safely in potentially hazardous plant environments is absolutely essential,” said Derek Middlemas, COO and Head of Enterprise Solutions, AVEVA. “People learn best by doing and providing effective training is a vital aspect of plant operation. AVEVA AVP enables users to practise anything, from the simplest inspection walk-around to the most complex maintenance, safely in a realistically simulated live plant environment. Operations staff can now learn and practise tasks in complete safety before going onsite, instead of having to do so for the first time in a potentially dangerous environment.”

The oil & gas, power and process plant industries make extensive use of 3D models. Because the AVEVA AVP simulations are created directly from the plant’s original design model, they are visually convincing, realistic and accurate. Trainees can be immersed in a hands-on scenario and interact both with the model and with each other as avatars in a realistic virtual environment. They can quickly become familiar with ‘must know’ areas of the plant, such as access, maintenance locations and evacuation routes. They will even be able to answer practical questions such as ‘Can I drive a forklift around this area?’

Mobile 3D

AVEVA also launched of E3D Insight, the Microsoft Windows 8.1 app that enables project decision makers in the power, process plant and mining industries to view and approve AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) designs from a mobile tablet device. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft, AVEVA E3D Insight demonstrates AVEVA’s commitment to anticipating and meeting changing customer requirements by offering the ability to inspect, comment upon, and approve designs at any time, from anywhere around the world.

AVEVA E3D Insight streamlines the design review and approval process to support Lean business practices. It maximizes project efficiency by providing authorized users with direct access to the live AVEVA E3D design model, regardless of their location, 24 hours a day.