PIPE-FLO, a Revalize company, announced the launch of PIPE-FLO Connect. This browser-based fluid system engineering platform combines the trusted PIPE-FLO calculation engine with AI-assisted model creation, real-time collaboration, integrated equipment data, and 3D visualization.
The platform was built to address the work that happens before the calculation. Fluid system engineers often start a project by rebuilding existing information into a usable model, entering pipe-by-pipe data before any analysis begins. With PIPE-FLO Connect, engineers upload an existing P&ID or PDF schematic, and AI-assisted image-to-model import creates a working starting model. Engineers can then change the model in plain language and ask diagnostic questions.
The AI prepares and adjusts model inputs. It does not perform the calculation. Every result still comes from the same PIPE-FLO calculation engine engineers have trusted for decades, and 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.
“The slowest part of a fluid system project is often everything around the calculation: building the model, then getting the right people to review it. Connect expedites this process. It uses AI to transform an existing schematic into a working model, and its real-time collaboration lets designers, reviewers, and operators work in it simultaneously. The calculation remains the same PIPE-FLO engine engineers have relied on for decades,” said Michael Umbach, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Revalize.
Built for distributed teams, PIPE-FLO Connect lets multiple users work on the same model in real-time from a browser, with no local installation and no per-seat limits. Role-based access supports designers, reviewers, operators, and viewers, so more people can contribute to a project without passing files around.
The integrated PUMP-FLO catalog puts pump and equipment data from more than 150 OEM manufacturers inside the model, instead of generic pump curves. New 3D viewing helps teams explain system design to operations, leadership, and customers who do not work from schematics.
The platform supports steady-state and transient heat-transfer analysis, plus what-if scenarios for expansions and retrofits. Existing PIPE-FLO customers can bring their models directly into Connect.
