With PipeCloud, shop floor workers have access to a dedicated, simplified work order view on a touchscreen device at their workstation.
On the shop floor, workers often rely on stacks of engineering drawings or printed lists such as cutting lists at their workstations. Ensuring that everyone is working with the latest revision can be a challenge. It often disrupts productivity, especially when urgent orders or last-minute changes occur. In many cases, workers must leave their station to retrieve updated work orders or seek guidance from a supervisor, which further slows down the process.
With PipeCloud, each shop floor worker has access to a dedicated and simplified work order view specific to their role. Each worker can access PipeCloud on a touchscreen device at their workstation. This ensures they are always working with the latest revision, fully aligned with planners and supervisors.
Since work orders remain dynamic until the task is started, workers don’t need to worry about urgency or last-minute changes. The system handles prioritization, keeping the workflow smooth and reducing variation in the process.
Workers can communicate directly through PipeCloud in the case they have questions for each other. For example, they can request missing components or ask for instructions without interrupting others or leaving their workstation.
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In PipeCloud, a project is where the rules for a job live: which work phases its spools go through, how long each component takes, which material catalogue applies and who can see it. Set it up once, and every spool imported into it is estimated and planned the same way.
A spool drawing is rarely final when it reaches the workshop. PipeCloud lets the office add notes, stamps, weld numbers and bending data directly onto the PDF, and the annotated version is what fitters and welders open from their bundle.
When a revision is coming, the most expensive spool is the one someone keeps working on. PipeCloud’s stop work blocks the affected spools across every phase and work queue, records the reason, and releases them in one step when the new revision arrives.
PipeCloud’s cutting bundles calculate how every pipe piece in the bundle fits onto stock tubes and stored remnants, show the cut plan as a visual bar for each tube, and turn useful leftovers into remnant tubes for the next job.
Shop floor problems get solved faster when they are reported where they happen. PipeCloud tickets are raised from the bundle or drawing in use, linked to the exact spools and components, and routed to the right person automatically.
PipeCloud customers using AVEVA E3D Design can now export pipe spool PCF files straight into PipeCloud with a script built together with AVEVA’s engineering team. One batch import generates the full digital spool structure, machinery programs, work orders and weld maps, cutting work-planning effort by up to 80% for one customer.
PipeCloud has been selected by Helsinki Shipyard to modernize pipe prefabrication with a digital platform. The partnership strengthens Helsinki’s shipbuilding capabilities as production scales under Davie ownership, combining heritage expertise with real-time visibility, advanced planning, and improved efficiency for future icebreaker and specialized vessel projects.
Generate and download machine-ready bending programs based on spool geometry and your bending machine setup — no manual calculations needed.
PipeCloud is exhibiting at FABTECH 2025 in Chicago! Visit us at Booth D42542 to see how our SaaS platform brings smart, digital tools to pipe prefabrication. Experience live demos and explore how we solve real challenges in planning, tracking, and production management.