Hyundai Engineering Files Patent Application for AI-Based 'Pipe Rack Automated Design System'

Hyundai Engineering announced on the 26th that it has filed a patent application for an invention related to the ‘Piperack Automated Design System and Method’ in the field of plant civil engineering structure design.

A piperack is a structure that supports pipes and cables, serving as a passageway for raw materials and products in a plant.

Screen showing the use of the 'Piperack Automated Design System' developed by Hyundai Engineering. [Photo provided by Hyundai Engineering]

The piperack automated design system developed by Hyundai Engineering is an AI-based design automation technology.

It automatically completes the piperack design by reflecting design information of pipes and cables that the piperack must support, as well as environmental data such as wind and seismic loads of the plant construction area, and selects optimized members. Compared to manual input, it reduces the time required for design, thereby shortening the construction period.

One notable advantage is that even if preceding designs such as piping, electrical, and instrumentation?which must be completed first for piperack design?are changed, the system automatically reflects the revised information and provides new design drawings.

Due to the nature of plant design, which is frequently revised during project progress, piperack design, as a subsequent design, undergoes many modifications. By automating this process, the system can reduce the possibility of human errors caused by frequent revisions. It can also reduce the manpower required for design review, leading to cost savings.

Hyundai Engineering plans to fully automate pipeline (piping) structural design by linking the piperack automated design system with other design automation technologies it has independently developed and owns.

A Hyundai Engineering official stated, “Since 2019, Hyundai Engineering has recognized the necessity of AI-based automated design and has continuously selected and researched areas where automated design systems are needed or applicable across the construction industry, including plants and housing. We expect to provide optimized solutions to customers by enhancing efficiency through construction period reduction and cost savings via design automation.”

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