GRUNDO-BORE-PLANNER

Software for planning and documentating horizontal directional bores for safe and efficient trenchless pipe installation

Carrying out comprehensive planning of bore paths, taking all important factors into consideration and being able to determine the ideal line for the bore path immediately? All of this has to be done speedily too?

Why not! TRACTO-TECHNIK has developed a software for planning horizontal bores with drilling fluid, which simplifies the planning process immensely. Project data are determined with the GRUNDO-BORE-PLANNER and are made available in many ways: as a graphical form bore path recommendation, as preparation for the calculation and as documentation with many additional details regarding the pipe path.

The planning phase sets the course

Proper planning is essential to every horizontal bore. Precision and good preparation in the planning phase pays off later when carrying out the project. That's why precise, structured and exact plans are expected nowadays. The GRUNDO-BORE-PLANNER is therefore an ideal supporting means. All important values are questioned step by step by the GRUNDO-BORE-PLANNER software: project data, the required bore unit including all equipment, data regarding product pipe and it's characteristics, surface details, terrain markings, connection points and obstacles. The input menus have been designed user-friendly. Provided with a data base link giving an easy and quick choice of input data. Even by considering the correct parameters it is possible to avoid planning errors at an early stage.The real bore path planning is then carried out in the background. A bore path course recommendation is determined via automatic links and calculations. All sizes, which have to be taken into consideration, such as bending radius, minimal cover or safety distances to adjacent lines are included. The planning data is available after the shortest possible time.

The result is worth seeing

The project data is now stored centrally and can be called off in different variations. As a graphic (targeted bore path shown in upper and side view) or as a bore plan with all technical and safety relevant information for the bore crew on site. The software also calculates certain capacity details for the jobsite as well and supplies output data for the chronological and economical calculation for the bore project.

The costs and time saved during a bore path planning phase supported by software are realized at the latest on site when carrying out the horizontal bore. No time-loss searching for plans and single bits of information, no plan corrections at the last minute. The GRUNDO-BORE-PLANNER holds all input information, which is required on site. Easy to overview, simple to interpretate and standardized. This optimises the internal information sequences. The bore crew receives exact data for the recommended bore course, with information including possible details about inclination angles of each single drill rod. Furthermore, the planning data is layed out, so that material and product pipe are not overstressed. The best prerequisite for a safe and efficient pipe installation.

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Excellent documentation even for your client

With GRUNDO-BORE-PLANNER the project specific sequences can automatically be put on a uniformed quality level within the company. Increasing the planning security, structured documentation and information as well as the prevention of fault sources all help to improve the effectiveness and quality. An extensive documentation is expected to finalise every bore project. GRUNDO-BORE-PLANNER can then be a valuable assistant too. The target data determined in the planning phase can be put into the system together with available actual data (real data from bore protocols, measuring data) and aligned together. These are available centrally and can be used when processed as project documentation for internal purposes such as producing the documentation folder for the client, thus setting quality standards.

Software for planning and documentating horizontal directional bores:

• Automatic calculation of bore path recommendations considering project data (e.g. pipe characteristics, bore rig data, terrain details, obstacles, targeted points of the bore path)
• Data base link via SQL
• Intuitive graphical user surface and operation
• Input assistant with progress details
• Automatic calculation of the required drilling fluid quantity
• Linkage to basic german map
• Zoom function for better orientation
• Documentation after adjustment of target data
• Multi-lingual
• Link to external data bases for surface data input and illustration
  Operating system: Windows