PIPE-FLO launches browser-based platform with AI-assisted fluid modeling
PIPE-FLO has launched PIPE-FLO Connect, a browser-based platform that uses AI-assisted model creation, real-time collaboration and 3D visualization for fluid system engineering. The company says the platform helps teams move from existing diagrams to working starting models faster while keeping calculations on the PIPE-FLO engine.
- PIPE-FLO Connect is a browser-based fluid system engineering platform.
- AI converts uploaded P&IDs or PDF schematics into working starting models.
- Calculations continue to run through the PIPE-FLO calculation engine.
- Real-time collaboration works in a browser with no per-seat limits.
- The PUMP-FLO catalog includes data from more than 150 OEM manufacturers.
AI prepares the model, while engineers remain in control
PIPE-FLO Connect is designed to address the work that comes before fluid system analysis. Engineers can upload an existing P&ID or PDF schematic, after which the platform's AI-assisted image-to-model import creates a working starting model.
Users can then change the model using plain language and ask diagnostic questions. The AI prepares and adjusts model inputs, but it does not perform the calculation. According to PIPE-FLO, every result continues to come from the same PIPE-FLO calculation engine engineers have used for decades. Engineers remain responsible for reviewing the model and validating the results.
Customer data remains isolated and is never used to train shared or foundation AI models. Michael Umbach, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Revalize, said in the company's announcement that “The calculation remains the same PIPE-FLO engine engineers have relied on for decades.”
Collaboration and equipment data are built into the platform
Connect allows multiple users to work on the same model in real time from a browser, without local installation or per-seat limits. Role-based access is available for designers, reviewers, operators and viewers, allowing project participants to contribute without passing files between them.
The platform includes the integrated PUMP-FLO catalog, with pump and equipment data from more than 150 OEM manufacturers. This places equipment information inside the model instead of relying on generic pump curves.
PIPE-FLO has also added 3D viewing to help teams explain system designs to operations staff, leadership and customers who do not work from schematics. The platform supports steady-state and transient heat-transfer analysis, as well as what-if scenarios for expansions and retrofits.
Availability and relevance for existing PIPE-FLO users
PIPE-FLO Connect is now available, and existing PIPE-FLO customers can bring their models directly into the platform. The company says the browser-based approach is intended for distributed teams that need to collaborate across design, review and operations work.
PIPE-FLO said engineers, operators and manufacturers have used its software for 43 years across data centers, power generation, oil and gas, chemical processing, and water and wastewater. More than 12.6 million simulations run annually on the platform, according to the company.
The launch positions AI as a way to reduce the manual effort involved in rebuilding information from diagrams, while leaving the underlying engineering calculation process unchanged. Users can learn more or request access through pipe-flo.com.
