Coating solutions company Hempel (Lyngby, Denmark) announced the launch of HEET Dynamic, which it describes as an innovative new coating software. It is specially designed to make intumescent coating estimations on steel sections quicker, easier, and more accurate for structural engineers and estimators.
According to the company, benefits include:
- Speed: It performs calculations up to 10 times faster than traditional methods.
- Accuracy: It achieves 100% estimation accuracy for reliable and dependable results.
- User-friendly: An intuitive interface is easy to install and simple to use.
Hempel Engineering and Estimation Technology (HEET) Dynamic aims to empower users to make efficient and effective fire protection decisions quickly and easily, all without consulting third-party engineering services or PFP (passive fire protection) coating providers.
Built with the user in mind, the software automatically performs volume calculations to detail the intumescent coating required for a project. In accordance with location and design codes, calculations are based on steel profiles, fire ratings, and fire testing standards.
“It is a very good piece of software for our engineers and designers,” a representative from J&D Pierce (Contracts) Ltd. says. “It allows us a lot of flexibility when designing structures without the need to keep contacting Hempel.”
Easy to download and simple to use, HEET Dynamic is updated with the latest industry standards, all while providing an innovative software that makes light work of complex situations. Using in-built calculators for automated thickness and volume calculations, HEET Dynamic features a simple copy and paste functionality to give the user full control, according to the company.
HEET Dynamic features include section factor calculations, default limiting temperatures, cellular beam calculations, a customizable user interface, and a project dashboard with a libraries feature. These are designed to deliver efficient calculation accuracy, and without a need for overly complex technologies.
For advanced users, the HEET Dynamic license can be upgraded using a feature called structural fire design (SFD). The SFD upgrade allows suitably qualified engineers to flexibly calculate project specific design temperatures, leading to overall cost savings and increased productivity, according to the company. In addition, the optimised PFP volume and thickness calculations require less materials and utilize best engineering practices.
Another addition available with HEET Dynamic is its building information modeling (BIM) plug-in tool. This intelligent, modifiable tool allows users to work seamlessly alongside BIM software, in turn creating automated calculations for three-dimensional (3-D) models and construction details. This intelligent tool also facilitates information flow, both ways, for real-time design and estimation.
“The new HEET Dynamic software is simple and intuitive to use, and the SFD and BIM integration is very beneficial for our technical staff when designing various elements of our projects,” a representative from Billington Structures Ltd. says.
Source: Hempel, www.hempel.com.