Insert Shop and Field Welds

The SPOOL module allows the insertion of Shop and Field welds to split up the long or complex piping networks. Field welds can be used to cut a pipe into shorter lengths or break up a network where there are no convenient joints, these welds are made at the erection site. Shop welds can be used to separate parts or assemblies that need to be fabricated and tested before being attached to other parts of the spool. Welds can be inserted to break a piping network at a p-point of a particular component or at some defined point along a length of a pipe.

If a component needs to be tested in the fabrication shop before shipping and then connected to pipes and other components at the erection site. Insert Field welds., where possible, welds should be inserted at a p-point (Design Point) of a welded component, because the component is attached to the pipe by a weld anyway, so it is not creating any extra work just moving the location for the work from the Fabrication Shop to the Erection Site.

The Create Weld window is a dual purpose window, which allows the insertion of a weld at a design point or at a position in the tube (pipe).