Patent ID: 8095335
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: F17D,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for mapping a facility having at least one facility unit and a piping system, wherein the piping system includes at least one pipeband extending through at least a portion of the facility, each pipeband contains at least one piping line through which a designated substance flows there through and at least one piping line device associated therewith, comprising: locating and identifying select land based identifiers within the facility and assigning a unique intersection identifier for each of the select land based identifiers and providing descriptive information for each of the select land based identifiers, wherein each of the select land based identifiers being located in the vicinity of one of the at least one facility unit and a piping system; locating and identifying at least one location for at least one cut sheet in the vicinity of at least one of the select land based identifiers and assigning a unique cut sheet identifier for each location of a cut sheet, wherein each cut sheet is located adjacent to the piping system and identifies each piping line at the location of the cut sheet; mapping each of the least one cut sheet to identify each piping line within the pipeband at the location of the particular cut sheet, wherein the mapping of each cut sheet includes identifying each piping line at the location of the particular cut sheet and location within the pipeband; and mapping each of the at least one piping line, wherein mapping each piping line includes (i) assigning a unique piping line identifier for the piping line, (ii) providing descriptive information for the piping line, (iii) identifying each piping line device associated with the piping line, (iv) providing description information for each piping line device, (v) mapping the location of each piping line device associated with the piping line, (vi) providing a unique descriptive identifier for each piping device, and (vii) mapping at least one of the location of each cut sheet location on each piping line and the location of each piping line on each cut sheet location.