Feature
May 2020, Vol. 247, No. 5
3-D Scanning Used to Fabricate Replacement Pipe in Offshore Vessel
The task of replacing a pipe sounds simple enough. However, it became much more complicated when that pipe was 50 feet (15 meters) high in an offshore vessel surrounded by other pipes and equipment in a room nearly 100 feet (30 meters) high, 33 feet (10 meters) long and 10 feet (3 meters) wide.