Hexagon unveils PV Elite 26 updates for pressure vessel design, analysis | CompositesWorld

Comprehensive software now comes with enhanced workflows, codes and connections for pressure vessel design, evaluation and analysis.

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Hexagon’s (Huntsville, Ala., U.S.) Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division presents the latest version of its pressure vessel analysis software, PV Elite 26.

PV Elite, in its 30th year, is a comprehensive solution for the design, analysis and evaluation of pressure vessels and heat exchangers. It also provides capabilities for evaluating and re-rating existing vessels, including Fitness for Service analysis. Application areas include chemical, equipment, food and beverage, offshore, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, piping, power, process and plant design, shipbuilding and water treatment.

Key new features and advancements include:

“Modeling a pressure vessel can be a tedious and time-consuming task,” Kristin Coyle, PV Elite product owner, Hexagon, notes. “Streamlining this process is at the core of PV Elite’s latest update. Drawing directly from user feedback, this iteration focuses on helping our users get work done faster, making it easy to verify inputs and ensuring that their vessel meets requirements. It means that our users have more time to optimize their designs and cultivate their competitive advantage.”

Hering AG, a user of PV Elite, notes that the technology has helped reduce engineering and calculation costs by 30%, in addition to maintaining high design quality and validating its products.