PIPE-FLO

RATING:

4.7

(3)
Overview

About PIPE-FLO

PIPE-FLO is a fluid system dynamic modeling and simulation system that can handle the entire cycle life of fluid management systems. The application offers an innovative approach to model, simulate and optimize the performance of water distribution systems. PIPE-FLO enables you to streamline the entire life cycle of a fluid system, including design, construction, operation and maintenance. From conceptual design through detailed simulations, PIPE-FLO provides a complete set of capabilities to support all phases of the process development cycle. PIPE-FLO's pricing details are available on request and support is provided via email, FAQs and other online measures.

PIPE-FLO Pricing

Please contact Revalize for pricing details.

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Not Available

PIPE-FLO Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

5

Value for money

5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for PIPE-FLO

3 Reviews

Steven

Consumer Goods, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2022

What a great product for fluid flow

We are solving modeling our systems. I must say that their customer support is unheard of. When I first purchased the product I spoke to one of their engineers and he was fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. He gave me his phone number and said to call him or anyone there if I ever needed help on the system and making it work. He gave me some hints, and said if I needed help to get the modeling started he would work through it with me. Unheard of in most engineering software. He treated me with great respect even though I am not a mechanical engineer. That alone sold me on the product. But when I started to use it, fantastic.

PROS

We are a small manufacturing company of purified water using thermo devices. We have to use heat exchangers at each of the devices, and that means a lot of piping and fluid flow. However, this is not a simple analyis because of the number of them. And eventually there might be over a hundred of these devices that we need to cool. So it is important to get the flow correct. This software allows us to do that, and move things around to see how it affects the heat exchange, flow of cooling fluids, and positioning of the piping before even building one of the systems. It also allows us to size the pumps and know what to expect for pressures and fluid flow rates, along with any storage tanks that might be needed. Without this, it is really a hit and miss trial because the calculations get too in depth to really do by hand. I guess you could do it with a spreadsheet and a lot of tears and modeling, but this makes it a simple drag and drop proposition.

CONS

This does everything I need. But I wish it was easier and less expensive to use for teams across mulitple computers for the small company.

Reason for choosing PIPE-FLO

Pipe_FLO gave me a trial and when I used it it was like the clouds opened up. And their support just blew me away. I said to myself, here is someone writing software that is concerned about their product, their interface, and the correctness of the software. They impressed me as a highly competent organization with people that had knowledge of the industry.

Vendor Response

Steven, thank you for your review! We are so thrilled that you have found both our product and customer service to exceed your expectations. We will share your feedback with our teams!

Replied February 2022

Travis

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2022

Pipe Flo Professional

We have used this software to analyze several different large chilled water systems and have been able to solve operational issues with problematic systems that have been added to over time, with no consideration of the "big picture". The software helps to identify problems and incorporate solutions.

PROS

Software is easy to use and intuitive. Graphical input/output helps to visualize the system layout and also to quickly analyze results to help find input errors, as well as help understand successful results. It is easy to "see" the system operation, and quickly make adjustments to improve operational results.

CONS

Minor thing - the mouse cursor on screen does not match up with actual selection point. Also, ability to import scripts was previously a part of the software, now it is an additional cost.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review, Travis!

Replied February 2022

Jose Gabriel

Food & Beverages, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed January 2022

Fluid piping system understanding and design

It is a very useful tool for create digital twin of our Fluid Piping system that could be use in commisionig , production, maintenance and safety

PROS

It is a great tool for understanding and design any Fluid piping system It is easy to build and and evaluate any change

CONS

In order to use the Pipe Flo correctly it is very important to take the Academy courses because there is many practical recommendations . Talking about PD , Pipe Flo has a limited option to create models