The Spool Management System provides an end-to-end solution for managing the lifecycle of piping spools—from engineering inputs to fabrication, inspection, storage, dispatch, and erection. It ensures complete traceability, quality control, and real-time tracking of spool activities across projects.

Features

Engineering Input

• Captures all technical drawings and documents from engineering for spool creation, tracking, and control.

Cutting and Beveling

• Manages cutting of raw materials based on spool drawings and fabrication specs.
• Kitting groups all necessary components (pipes, fittings, gaskets, etc.) for a specific spool.

Positive Material Identification (PMI)

• Captures and manages data like material grades, chemical compositions, and inspection results.
• Supports uploading test certificates and ensures full traceability and compliance.

Fit-Up

• Aligns and positions piping elements before welding with proper gap and tolerance control.
• Tracks heat number, MTC, report number/date, and inspection outcomes.

Bay Planning

• Allocates spool fabrication tasks to designated bays based on priority, size, and readiness.
• Supports shop floor workload planning and real-time tracking.

Welding

• Logs welder details, weld types, WPS used, weld status, and links to NDT/inspection outcomes.

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

• Supports RT, UT, DPT, MPT, PAUT, PWHT, and HI for checking weld integrity.
• Enables rework tracking, lot creation, clearance, and test progress monitoring.
• Fully integrated with QC workflows and generates NDT Coverage Reports.

Spool Clearance

• Marks spool as QC-approved post fabrication, welding, NDT, and inspection—ready for next steps.

Painting

• Tracks paint specs, status, batch numbers, and inspection outcomes for corrosion protection.

Laydown

• Manages the storage of finished spools in designated laydown yards with mapping and tracking.
• Supports movement history, inventory control, and space optimization.

Dispatch

• Oversees transport of cleared spools to site with linkage to packing lists and dockets.
• Tracks dispatch, delivery status, and ensures accurate site receipt.

Spool Erection & Erection Item Installation

• Handles installation of spools and components on-site including fit-up and final welds.
• Logs location, date, and responsible team for every erected item.

Flange Clearance

• Confirms mating flanges are aligned, inspected, and ready for bolting or hydro-testing.
• Includes inspection of bolt holes, gasket faces, and orientation.

ISO Clearance

• Confirms all components of an isometric drawing are fabricated, erected, inspected, and documented.

Change Management

• Manages site-initiated changes to joints/components with logging and approval workflows.

Revision Management

• Tracks and manages drawing revisions—automatically migrates previous activities and highlights new additions for progress tracking.

Benefits

• Increased productivity: SPOOLMAN ERMAN can help you generate piping spool drawings and reports up to 10 times faster than manual methods
• Improved accuracy: SPOOLMAN ERMAN uses a comprehensive library of piping components and fittings to ensure that your drawings are accurate and up-to-date.
• Reduced costs: SPOOLMAN ERMAN can help you reduce your piping drafting costs by up to 50%.
• Enhanced collaboration: SPOOLMAN ERMAN can help you improve collaboration between your engineering, fabrication, and erection teams.
• Efficient Spool Dispatch: Coordinate spool dispatch to the construction site, ensuring timely erection.
• Mechanical Clearance and Insulation Tracking: Track mechanical clearance and insulation processes to avoid delays and maintain compliance.
• Swift Final Clearance: Achieve final clearance for loops and systems swiftly and efficiently.