MADRID, Spain, July 23, 2015 – SENER has recently launched the new version of its marine CAD/CAM system, the FORAN v80, which incorporates new capabilities to cope with the most stringent demands from the marine shipbuilding, civil, offshore and naval.
The new version is fully compatible with the previous ones, and includes significant improvements in all of its modules. The main upgrades come from the initial and basic project stages, where the calculations and results can be reused in further steps. Regarding the hull structure and outfitting modules, they add extra functionality such as the new advanced welding managing, or enhancements in the P&ID – 3D piping link, now with a more flexible and complete data locking system.
Besides, it arises the total integration between FORAN and some of the most well-known PLM (product lifecycle management) tools, which optimizes the access control (security), the configuration and changes management (maturity control) and offers a revolutionary solution for the handling of series of sister ships, heavily applied in the naval business.
The FORAN System also has incorporated additional functionality, oriented to the design and manufacturing of offshore structures, while SENER continues with the development of the design and production particularities required by the Far East shipyards. Finally, the use of the information generated by FORAN is optimized and propagated by cutting edge technology in the virtual reality, like its use in tablets and other portable devices.
FORAN, which celebrates its 50th anniversary of seamless business during 2015, is at the forefront of the technology for marine design and construction, thanks to the continuous strategy of investment in innovation from SENER and the specific requirements from the customers.
About SENER
SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956, which seeks to offer its clients the most advanced technological solutions and which enjoys international recognition, thanks to its independence and its commitment to innovation and quality. SENER has more than 5,500 professionals at its centers in Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Chile, China, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, United States, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and the UK. The group has an operating revenue of €1,218 billion (2013 figures).
SENER engages in the specific activities of engineering and construction, and also has industrial holdings in companies involved in energy and environment, as well as in aeronautics. SENER’s engineering and construction division has become one of the world’s benchmark companies in the aerospace, infrastructures and transport, power and process, and marine sectors.
About FORAN
FORAN is a totally integrated computer system specifically developed for the design, production and engineering of ships. It comprises several main packages (hull forms definition, naval architecture, hull structure, outfitting, electrical), a number of common modules (build strategy, drafting, walk-through design review, collaborative engineering), links with production equipment (cutting machines, bending machines, robotic systems, etc.), interfaces to management systems and its own integrated development environment.