Docent Pipestress & Piping Design & Engineering
Docent Pipestress & Piping Design & Engineering
Course programme
The training course consists of five practice-oriented sessions in which participants develop a step-by-step understanding of the key principles of piping within process installations. From material selection and corrosion to piperacks, utilities, 3D models, pipe supports and welding documentation, each session addresses a topic that directly affects the safety, reliability, maintainability and constructability of an installation.
Participants will not learn how to develop complete pipe routes or build piping models themselves. The focus is on understanding the choices made by piping engineers and the consequences of those choices for process, mechanical, E&I, structural engineering, maintenance and construction. This enables participants to interpret design documentation more effectively, contribute more purposefully to meetings and interdisciplinary checks, and identify earlier when a design decision may affect space, accessibility, safety, cost or maintenance.
The sessions combine fundamental technical knowledge with recognisable practical situations from engineering and modification projects. This provides broad and directly applicable insight into piping, without training participants to become piping designers.
Evening 1: Materials Knowledge, Corrosion and Piping Specifications
- Basic materials knowledge for piping
- Carbon steel, stainless steel and cast iron
- Corrosion mechanisms and common forms of corrosion
- Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
- Piping specifications and component descriptions
- The relationship between material selection, process conditions and reliability
Evening 2: Piperacks and Utilities
- The function and layout of piperacks
- Routing principles and the standard arrangement of a piperack
- Crossing levels and clearance in the design
- Utilities such as steam, condensate, nitrogen, compressed air and water
- Key considerations for steam lines, drip legs and condensate
- Safety, accessibility and maintainability in the layout
Evening 3: Layout Design, Scanning and 3D Design
- The development of piping layouts and plot plans
- Specification-driven design in 3D systems
- Laser scanning and working with point clouds
- The role of 3D models and isometric drawings
- Ergonomics, fire safety and maintainability
- Interdisciplinary checks between piping, process, mechanical, E&I and structural engineering
Evening 4: Pipe Supports and Pipe Stress
- Why pipe supports are essential
- Thermal expansion and piping flexibility
- Basic principles of pipe stress
- Anchors, guides and sliding supports
- Spring hangers, expansion joints and secondary support structures
- Risks associated with insufficient flexibility, vibration and stress
Evening 5: Standards and Welding Documentation
- The role of standards and specifications in piping
- Basic principles of welding and welding documentation
- The effect of welding on material behaviour and corrosion resistance
- Sensitisation of stainless steel
- Constructability, inspection and quality during the construction phase
- Optional: short final knowledge assessment
Target audience
Who is this training course for?
his training course is intended for technical professionals who regularly work with piping but do so from another discipline. This includes:
- Process engineers and process technologists
- Project engineers and technical project leads
- Mechanical and package engineers
- E&I, automation and structural engineers
- Maintenance, reliability and asset integrity engineers
- Work planners, technical coordinators and supervisors
- Professionals working on plant expansions, modifications, revamps or brownfield projects
The training course has been specifically developed for professionals who need to understand, assess and coordinate piping more effectively within their own role. Professionals who need to develop pipe routes, 3D models, isometric drawings and complete piping designs themselves would be better suited to the Piping Design & Engineering programme.
Training duration and investment
Practical information
The Piping in the Process Industry training course consists of five evening sessions. A hot evening meal, course materials and a certificate of participation are included. The fee is €1,862.50 per person, excluding VAT.
Investment: €1,862.50 excluding VAT
Duration: 5 evenings
Course dates
Time
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Location
Rotterdam
Trainers
Language
Nederlands
Trainer Piping Design & Engineering
Hans Mouws is docent Piping Design & Engineering in Antwerpen en Bergen op Zoom
De locatie
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The benefits
Why follow this training course?
In multidisciplinary projects, bottlenecks often arise at the interfaces between disciplines. A pipe route may seem technically correct, but may also block maintenance access, conflict with cable trays, leave insufficient room for instrumentation or prove difficult to execute on site.
With greater insight into piping, employees recognise these consequences earlier. They better understand what information piping requires, which design choices are critical and when they need to ask further questions. This leads to stronger collaboration, better design decisions and fewer surprises during engineering, construction and commissioning.
After completing the training course, participants will be able to interpret piping documentation more effectively, participate more effectively in design meetings and interdisciplinary checks, and contribute more purposefully to safe, constructible and maintainable process installations.
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The importance of piping
After completing the training course, participants will have a shared technical frame of reference for piping within the process industry. They will better understand the key terminology, design considerations and interfaces with their own discipline, enabling them to participate in design meetings, reviews and modification projects with greater confidence. If desired, the training course can be concluded with a short knowledge assessment. Participants receive a certificate of participation upon completion.