NVision’s Multi-Tool, Full-Plant Scans Let PMs Offer a Broader Range of Superior Solutions and Cost Savings
NVision's comprehensive plant scanning and engineering solutions offer significant enhancements for power plant project managers. By broadening your range of deliverable solutions, our services empower you with a distinct competitive edge.
Efficiency, Cost Savings, and Financial Predictability
Our holistic "done-in-one" approach uses multiple specialized scanners to gather all essential data in a single site visit. “The single visit allows us to precisely predict the overall cost of the project and gives us the ability to only pay for and process the data that’s needed at each phase,” says the project manager for a leading power systems and services provider. "By covering the entire scope of a plant's structure, building systems, and infrastructure in one visit, NVision eliminates the need for repeat visits. This saves time and travel expenses while minimizing operational disruptions for clients. Moreover, it helps us prevent budget overruns, as each additional site visit can cost between $10,000 and $20,000.”
To achieve this efficiency, NVision conducts “full-plant” scans, exceeding typical scanning coverage to capture the details required now and in the future. Our comprehensive scanning results in highly detailed 3D computer-aided design (CAD) models, which expand your technical capabilities, enable virtual walk-throughs of scanned areas and create additional sales opportunities with clients. With this level of detail, more informed decisions can be made regarding refurbishments and process improvements, significantly maximizing efficiency and increasing your clients’ output.
For example, our comprehensive scanning played a key role in streamlining the conversion of a Southeast power plant from coal to a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) system, saving the owners over $250,000. To optimize the placement of new sensors and emissions control components, our engineers used multiple specialized scanners: a Large-Area laser scanner captured extensive surface data, a laser tracker gathered high-precision measurements for smaller areas such as bolt-hole locations on the turbine cover, and a HandHeld scanner mapped additional turbine components like airfoils and diffuser contours. The resulting 3D models allowed engineers to quickly identify optimal installation points for new components. “This use of enhanced visualization not only reduced costs by avoiding slower, less precise measurement methods but also boosted the plant’s output by nearly 35% and cut CO₂ emissions by 50%,” states the project manager.
NVision’s advanced scanning technology also accelerates turnaround times for more equipment-specific tasks, leading to further time and cost savings. For example, ”Reverse-engineering turbine blades is now 60% faster, with precise CAD files delivered very rapidly,” says the project manager. Overall, our comprehensive scanning significantly improves operational and cost management efficiency, leading to better resource allocation, enhanced project capabilities, and increased profitability for your clients.
Demonstrating Value
The data-rich scans from NVision significantly enhance your ability to provide additional value-added services to clients. Project managers can use the data to clearly show clients the full scope of what can be offered and demonstrate exactly how much money they’ll save. In one standout example, an engineer used NVision’s scans to perform a stress analysis on turbine blades. Presenting the findings visually to the client proved invaluable. By effectively showcasing the stress data, the engineer secured additional service and repair work that might not have been possible otherwise. This experience illustrates how our detailed scanning technology is a powerful tool for demonstrating the system-optimizing value you can bring to clients.
A Better Way to Work
NVision's solutions are more efficient and productive than other scanning services. “Their scans have greater spatial reach, capturing every square foot of entire plants in precise detail,” says the project manager. Our comprehensive scanning not only helps you with current projects but also opens doors for additional service and repair work across multiple projects.
There is a better way to work! By partnering with NVision, you’ll deliver superior solutions to your clients while advancing the broader mission of providing efficient, safe, and reliable power in an increasingly technology-driven world.
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