Case Study: Pilot Chemical Company streamlines custom pipe material database setup with Datacor

Pilot Chemical Company streamlines pipe data setup with Datacor to cut data entry time 70–80%

Pilot Chemical Company utilized Datacor's AFT software suite, including AFT Fathom, to enhance their pipe flow modeling capabilities. Their challenge was the need to work with specialized pipe materials not included in the software's default database, requiring a flexible solution to incorporate custom materials for accurate analysis.

Datacor's solution was the built-in functionality to easily create and add custom pipe materials, such as a "Gold Pipe" material, to the user's local database. This allowed for the definition of precise material properties, friction models, and thermophysical data, ensuring accurate pressure drop and waterhammer calculations. The implementation future-proofed their models for use in AFT Impulse and provided significant time savings by eliminating the need to edit the database later.

Pilot Chemical Company