Approval Allows Users Who Design European Pressure Equipment Directive Certified Projects to Benefit From Latest Bentley AutoPIPE Enhancements

The Swedish inspection authority AF-Kontroll has approved the latest versions of Bentley AutoPIPE – the leading professional software for calculating piping code stresses, loads, and deflections under static and dynamic loading conditions – in accordance with European EN 13480. The approval enables users who design European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) certified projects to benefit from the latest Bentley AutoPIPE product enhancements. Other approvals and compliances Bentley AutoPIPE has received include ISO 9001; Nuclear NQA-1; 10CFR21; ASME N45.2; GOST approval for oil, gas and power projects in Russia; and Stoomwezen certification by Lloyd’s Register Nederland B.V.

Bentley AutoPIPE is a comprehensive and integrated piping analysis and design solution that provides improved productivity and increased interoperability with other computer-aided design (CAD) and analyse software, including STAAD.Pro. It analyzes systems of any complexity and provides special features for buried pipeline analysis, wave loading, water or steam hammer, FRP/GRP professional pipe, and built-in pipe/structure interaction.