TPE Design Engineering (Pty) Ltd. provides basic and detailed design, process critical
reviews and datasheets, development of key operating/ control philosophies, cause
and effect analysis, review of layouts and orientation, and enquiry packages for key
process equipment.
Design starts with process synthesis - the choice of technology and combinations of industrial units to achieve goals. More detailed design proceeds as other engineers and stakeholders sign off on each stage: conceptual to detailed design.
Simulation software is often used by design engineers. Simulations can identify weaknesses in designs and allow engineers to choose better alternatives. However, engineers still rely on heuristics, intuition, and experience when designing a process. Human creativity is an element in complex designs.
the process of managing an industrial facility's data and information throughout its lifetime. Plant lifecycle management differs from product lifecycle management by its primary focus on the integration of logical, physical and technical plant data in a combined plant model.
A PLM model can be used through a plants whole lifecycle, covering:
The logical plant model may cover:
Physical parts of a plant are usually represented by 3D CAD models. The CAD system used would typically focus on top-down, routing, and DMU and would differ on many point from the systems used in the mechanical industry, or for Architectural engineering. Sometimes the CAD system would be supplemented by software to generate 3D views or walk-through features.
The technical data is typically managed by an ERP system or some other database. There could also be links to systems for handling unstructured data, like EDMsystems.
