Intuitive Weld Management by Denis Morais

Intuitive Weld Management

Denis Morais

Evolution of Shipbuilding

Evolution of Weld Management

Why have we not improved our

management of welding?

1. Welds are not 3D?

2. Are welds that that big of a deal?

3. Is our current processes good enough when managing welds?

Welds Are 3D!

Welds Are a Big Deal!

Welding can account for 20-30% of

production hours and approximately 10% of

total cost.

Boekholt

Current Weld Management workflow is Not Ideal!

If our processes are left unchanged we will

be spending a significantly more time on

managing welds for no additional $

Rethinking Weld Management

Rethinking How To Present Weld Management

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How Do Client Manage Welds Today?

Setup

Detail Modeling

Production Planning

Production Documents

Management

Inspection

Warranty / Traceability

CAD

Product Data Model

Issues with Current Management of Welds

• Manual calculations

• Not leveraging of information in 3D Product Model

• Difficult/impossible to manage changes

Not leveraging 3D Product data model

• No leveraging of information

• Welding & 3D Model

• DisconnectedSilos of information

• 2D Reports

• Manual or No Feedback

Traditional approaches not

updated for todays capabilities

Modern Weld Management Solution

1. Leverage 3D Product Data Model

2. An Integrated Open Environment

3. Intuitive, Immersive & Visual

Activities

Modern Weld Management Solution

Setup

Detail Modeling

Production Planning

Production Documentation

Management

Inspection


Setup

• Catalog based Weld Standards

• Rule based Weld Schedule

• Weld Naming Convention

• Import / Export

Setup

Detail Modeling

Production Planning


Management

Inspection


Detail Modeling

• Automatically find and generate

weld paths

• Geometry based

• Leverage relationships

• Leverage rule based Weld Schedule

to automatically select default weld

standard

• No more undefined welds

• Updatable with 3D model changes

• Visually verify weld / checking

Setup

Detail Modeling

Production Planning


Management

Inspection


Example


TODO video showing how to use webpage

Production Planning

• Estimation with weld properties

• Low effort for better initial estimation

• Improved planning of welders

• Accurate material usage

• Reduce overstock

• Weld orientation

• Have changes in Build Strategy

reflected instantly

• Simulation of build sequence to

improve construction

Setup

Detail Modeling

Production Planning


Management

Inspection


Build Sequencing


• Automatic generated detailed

production documents

• Annotation (labels)

• Bill of materials

• Weld Standard Symbol

• Updates with changes to 3D product

model

• Create customizable traditional reports

Setup

Detail Modeling

Production Planning


Management

Inspection


Examples of Production Documentation

Management of welds

Management

• Type of information

• Progress of detail modeling

• All welds properties defined

• Estimation

• Progress of implementation

• Textual reports

• Always up-to-date

• No generating and passing reports

• Visual representations

• Little to no CAD experience

• Communicates information clearly

Setup

Detail Modeling

Production Planning


Management

Inspection


Example


TODO: Visualize Weld Progress & Status

Inspection

• Schedule and plan up coming work

• Generate document of daily work

• Support disconnect workflow

• Import results of daily work

• Reports of progress

• Visual representations of progress

Setup

Detail Modeling

Production Planning


Management

Inspection


Feedback loop

• Generate surveyor report of selected

welds

• Report can be used and modified to

document progress

• Report can be imported into

WeldManagement

Example


Example of Inspection: TODO


• Who welded it

• How it was welded

• The day it was welded

• Who inspected it

• Was it inspected

Setup

Detail Modeling

Production Planning


Management

Inspection


Key Take-Aways: Current Method

Wasteful processes using the same methods when we were design ships

decades ago

Siloes of information which relies on manual and disconnect processes to

pass information

Textual Reports which are out-of-date and require significant knowledge of

the project to interpret and make any valuable decisions

Key Take-Away: Rethinking Weld Management

Lean Weld Management. Remove the waste of re-entering information and

maximize the information available

Integrated Open Environment where all information is leveraged reused

Intuitive, Immersive & Visual when entering data, verifying and managing of

welds

Intuitive Weld Management by Denis Morais

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