Pressure Vessel Software For ASME VIII

Smarter Pressure Vessel Software

COMPRESS is an expert system that produces professional level pressure vessel design reports with a single button click. It saves engineering hours while reducing errors and omissions. COMPRESS checks your inputs and makes design recommendations. This makes it the perfect solution for companies that want to bring their design work in-house. COMPRESS automates jobs that less capable solutions require you to do. Tasks such as compiling reports, determining MDMT chart assignments, calculating hillside nozzle intersections and liquid static head determinations are handled for you. Features like solid modeling, drawings, lift lugs, clips, cladding, and fatigue assessments come standard with COMPRESS.

We invite you to review the capabilities featured below and see why COMPRESS has set the standard in pressure vessel software for over 39 years.

Featured Pressure Vessel Design Capabilities

Nozzles

Simplify the detailing of nozzle attachments with flexible and intuitive nozzle design capabilities.

Finite Element Analysis

The heat exchanger option now includes built-in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for TEMA Flanged and Flued Expansion joints.

Vacuum Rings

Drag-and-drop vacuum rings and quickly see how the external pressure rating changes.

Quick Design

Speed up the process of pressure vessel modeling with Quick Design mode.

Productivity

Software packages like COMPRESS exist to increase productivity and save Engineering hours.

Heat Exchanger

Perform ASME UHX and TEMA calculations and transfer these designs to your estimating and drafting departments.

Division II

Many companies use the alternative rules of Division 2 because of the cost savings, versus Division 1.

MDMT Rules of UCS-66

The rules of UCS-66 guard against vessel failure by brittle fracture, a low probability high consequence event.

External Pressure Design

Simplify the complexity of
UG-28 rules for external pressure of 15psig and greater.

Jacketed Vessels

Design both conventional and half pipe jacketed vessels as a standard feature in COMPRESS.

Vessel Wizard

The Vessel Wizard speeds pressure vessel design by creating complete pressure vessel models with minimal input.

COSTER

Import files from COMPRESS and create user customizable pressure vessel cost estimates in spreadsheet format.

Flange Design

Create optimized Appendix 2/ASME B16.5/16.47 flange designs with minimal time and effort.

Weld Seams

Designers can visually confirm good practices such as staggered longitudinal seams.

Lifting & Rigging

Use an accurate weight, the correct center of gravity, and apply the actual section properties.

Modeling + Drawings

The Codeware Interface includes Drafter 3D, a feature that auto-generates 2D pressure vessel drawings.

True SOLIDWORKS Models

Sketches, operations and drawings can be manipulated as if the model had been created manually in SOLIDWORKS.

Related Codes

COMPRESS implements a wide range of related engineering methods, codes and standards.

COMPRESS includes related engineering methods, codes, and standards

Design Mode

Save time by reducing the trial and error iterations that would otherwise be required when designing pressure vessels.

Rating (Analysis) Mode

The COMPRESS Rating Mode takes your design and determines the vessel’s MAWP, MAEP and MDMT.

Hydrotest

Performing hydrotest stress calculations in the design stage prevents equipment damage during hydrotesting.

Hillside Nozzle

COMPRESS saves time by calculating chord openings and governing planes of reinforcement automatically.

ASME Editions

Older ASME Codes are retained in all COMPRESS releases so you can always use the latest software.

Automatic Liquid Levels

COMPRESS eliminates the need to manually calculate each vessel component’s liquid static head.

Global External Loads

The Loads Menu allows designers to easily consider global external loads when sizing pressure vessel supports.

Clips and Lugs

Designers can quickly include the mechanical effects of pressure vessel internals and attachments in their designs.

Stacked Vessels

Certain industrial processes require pressure vessels with multiple chambers operating under different design conditions.

Multi chamber pressure vessels in COMPRESS

Appendix 46

Produce more economical Div 1 pressure vessel designs with increased accuracy from the Div 2 design by rule equations.

Manufacturer's Data Reports

Simplify the creation, submission and management of ASME Manufacturer’s Data Reports and NBIC Repair and Alteration Forms.

Support Skirt Openings

Specify piping connections to vertical vessels that require additional piping and openings cut out of the support skirt.

Foundation Loads Summary

Break down the loads for the specified vessel operating conditions including weight, wind, seismic, and vortex shedding.

Shipping Saddles

COMPRESS provides a shipping saddle option based on the industry standard Zick Analysis.

UG-80 and UG-81

COMPRESS automatically provides out-of-roundness tolerances that must be maintained during pressure vessel fabrication.

Nameplate Design

Every pressure vessel is required by Code to have a nameplate. COMPRESS handles this by including a convenient nameplate option.

Fatigue Screening

Quickly enter fatigue data and make performing VIII-2 or Appendix 46 Fatigue Assessments simple.

WRC 537 Nozzle Loads

Check stresses on nozzles using WRC 107 and WRC 537 stress analysis for spherical and cylindrical shells.

3D Pressure Vessel Design + Drawings

Designing pressure vessels is only part of the job. To complete the whole job, COMPRESS supports cross-departmental workflows:

Efficiently produce pressure vessel and heat exchanger drawings using the bundled Codeware Interface® add-in for SOLIDWORKS® and Inventor®. Solid models generated by the Codeware Interface include Mates and Sheet Metal, advanced features that save time when making design changes.
Quickly create ASME® Section IX welding documents from COMPRESS designs with Shopfloor®.
Generate customizable spreadsheet based cost estimates with the no extra charge COSTER® add-in for Excel®.

Learn More About COMPRESS Integration

Supporting You is Our #1 Priority

We are committed to providing industry-leading service to our clients. We know that you’re not only committing to our pressure vessel software as it is today but trusting that we’ll provide what you need in the future.
You can rely on us to preserve your pressure vessel software investment by introducing new capabilities and keeping up with ASME VIII changes. With our support service you’ll typically receive two software updates a year. We are committed to providing our valued customers with pressure vessel software that 1) complies with the ASME Code and 2) increases productivity to make your business more profitable.
We have a dedicated support team with deep pressure vessel design expertise ready to help you. Our support team includes Mechanical Engineers, IT Technical Support Analysts and Account Managers.

Keeping Your COMPRESS Pressure Vessel Software Compliant With The ASME Code

“In our 20 plus years of using COMPRESS including the design, quotation and fabrication of in excess of 10,000 pressure vessels, we have come to rely on the accuracy and dependability we get each and every time.”

Director of Operations, Mountaineer Fabricators

“We have been using COMPRESS since its inception. Les Bildy has developed a first rate product.
We have found it very user friendly, and can’t imagine our company succeeding
without it.”

General Manager, Hooper Welding Enterprises