asset55 Calculate

Flawless start-up & operational excellence. The gold standard in bolting assurance.

asset55 Calculate (previously iQ) is our industry leading bolt load calculator and flange management software. It provides a single source of truth – seamlessly linking industry best practice engineering directly to project workflow capability.

This supports flawless start-up and operational excellence. As an independent provider, we are uniquely placed to offer asset owners, operators, and contractors our flange management bolt load calculator and workflow database – the industry leading solution for bolted joint assurance.

Key features

Calculation engine

Extensive libraries

Tools

Joint integrity review

Joint manager

Work pack manager

Calculation engine

Bolt load calculations derived from legacy systems, spreadsheets, or even slide‐rules, with no assurance of their provenance or execution context has led to outdated and often inaccurate tightening practices.

This can cause safety and cost issues in the form of both hydrocarbon leakage and unnecessary damage to flange components. Our bolt load calculation engine uses a proprietary calculation methodology, which is the only one that is directly traceable to only the very latest best practices, including ASME PCC-1. In addition, the asset55 Calculator engine is embedded with the calculation methodologies of numerous operators. This allows work to be carried out by service providers on their assets to their own standards.

Material & component libraries

Extensive libraries essential for bolt load calculations

asset55 Calculator features the industry’s most extensive libraries of flange, gaskets, fasteners, materials, and lubricants. Using asset55 Calculator for critical calculations ensures no second‐guessing is required.

Tools

Wide range of tools based on the latest manufacturer data

As a wholly independent provider, we provide an objective view of tooling requirements. Users can select from a huge range of hand and hydraulic tools based upon the tool manufacturer’s latest published data. It also includes guidance on the capability of each tool – allowing both operators and contractors to optimise their tool inventory.

Joint integrity review

Powerful, visual bolt load reviews

asset55 Calculator’s joint integrity review provides a unique and powerful tool for quickly assessing the impact of any given bolt load upon the flange components. Its simple visual representation allows the user to quickly view the relevant stress levels on the gasket, flange, and bolt. The joint integrity review isn’t just limited to the assembly of the joint – it also provides a full integrity picture during operation and under test conditions. Our bolt load calculator puts the power of very specialised integrity engineering expertise in the hands of the user. This allows them to make swift, safe, and traceable decisions in the field, without the necessity of raising an engineering query – reducing both project cost and delay. With the quick creation of safe and traceable bolt load calculations, asset55 Calculator already provides huge value even when used as a standalone tool. However, when integrated with asset55 Calculator’s flange management tools, it becomes part of a massively powerful workflow support system.

Joint manager

Powerful joint management

asset55 Calculator’s joint manager has the ability to bulk upload and cleanse data for hundreds of thousands joints from 3D models or legacy systems. Primary joint data can be populated via an interface file with the 3D model, which creates efficient data transfer and enables the potential for feeding back as built information to the model for use in commissioning and operational phases. Once sorted into the required project structure, users can quickly search across systems, sub-systems, and lines down to individual joints. This allows the user to revise detailed joint information, recalculate bolt loads, review technical drawings, view a joint’s history, or create work packs.

Work pack manager

Powerful workflow and pack management

asset55 Calculator’s work pack manager provides simple creation of a wide range of work and test packs. The user has the ability to update the joint status across a range of milestones, specific to the pack type, which is instantly viewable to all users, even if the joint resides in multiple packs. The system captures all activity and changes, allowing a creation of a full joint history, including any relevant technical drawings, documentation, and reports.

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Discover why asset55 Calculator is the modern day replacement for traditional methods of flange management.

Independently validated

"I confirm the completion of my independent assessment of asset55’s flange analysis methodology. This was undertaken by checking the Flange Methodology document Rev00 supplied by the company dated 9th November 2018. I can confirm that the methodology is consistent with the methods used in ASME B16.5, B16.47, ASME VIII Div 1 2017, WRC Bulletin 538, and using gasket data in accordance with ASME B16.20 and 16.21."

Professor David H Nash

Director, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Knowledge base

Help, how-tos, and FAQs

Our team of skilled engineers and software developers are on-hand 24/7/365 to offer help, advice, and support to our valued customers and users of asset55 software. However, there are lots of common questions that we are asked, which have very simple answers – this is where our knowledge base comes in.

Our knowledge base is your go-to resource for common, non-urgent queries. With its predictive search and intuitive categorisation of articles, the knowledge base enables you to find answers quickly and easily, meaning less time requesting support and more time making use of our industry leading software. Each month, we upload more help and support articles to our knowledge base, helping to create an even larger resource for all users of asset55 software.

The knowledge base can be easily reached from within asset55 software.