Analysis & Design

CADWorx piping design software, plant design software, P&ID process and instrumentation diagrams.

CAESAR II pipe stress analysis software and piping design software.

PV Elite pressure vessel analysis software. Oil storage TANK design software.

FE/Pipe, NozzlePRO finite element analysis software.

AFT fluid flow analysis software.

 

Newswires

Every month, Fern users are kept up to date with focused product news and technical hints in our monthly Newswires.

The latest releases are in the Newswires page.

If you don't yet receive a Newswire, contact us to be included for the CAD and/or CAE editions.

 

 

 

 

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Fern: Analysis & Design Software

Europe's best supplier of analysis & design software for

piping, plant, pressure vessels, storage tanks and process structures.

 

A major supplier to the petrochemical, process, power and oil & gas industries.

Fern has offices in the UK, The Netherlands and Germany, and resellers in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Balkans and Scandinavia. We offer market leading products from COADE, AFT and Paulin Research, and the highest quality of service and training.

We provide:

  • Real people to answer your call - voicemail is active only when everyone is busy
  • Qualified and trained mechanical engineering team to solve the problem efficiently
  • Immediate resolution on >90% of calls
  • 24 hour support for international clients using COADE Global Network Partner Group
  • A positive, happy and helpful team seeking to make you feel good
  • Products that are used throughout the world to deliver greater benefits at lower cost
  • The best training available, with top sessions from world renowned specialists
  • Monthly Newswires containing the latest information to keep you ahead
  • Excellent value for money

Piping stress analysis, pressure vessel design, process plant design and 3d piping design, together with training, support and consultancy, are our business.

We look forward to helping you build a prosperous future.

Ian Borrington
Director
Fern Group


 

COADE Inc: CAESAR II,PV-Elite, PV-Fabricator, TANK,CADWorx,CADWorx Plant,CADWorx P&ID,CADWorx Equipment,CADWorx Steel, CADWorx Design Review, CADWorx IP AFT Fluid Flow Software: AFT Fathom, AFT Arrow,AFT Impulse, AFT Mercury, AFT Titan, AFT Champak,AFT Steam Calc PRG Software: FE/Pipe,NozzlePro,AxiPro,MatPro,MeshPro,FE107,FE-SIF,FE Bend,FE661

European distributors for
COADE Inc.

AFT Wide Area Distributor (Europe)

European resellers for
Paulin Research Group Inc.

 


 

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Job vacancies

We are particularly interested in mechanical or chemical engineers interested in a career in technical sales.

Download a job application form to complete and send to us.

 

 

Legal Information

 

Company: Fern Computer Consultancy Ltd
Fern Court
Derby Road
Denby
Ripley
Derbyshire
DE5 8LG, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1332 780790
Fax: +44 (0) 1332 780788
Company No: UK 2438707
   
Directors: Barbara Borrington BSc, PhD, MBA
Ian Borrington BSc, MBA
Terms & Conditions: Download Fern Standard Terms & Conditions of Sale
Download Fern Update, Maintenance & Support Terms

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Industry Case Studies

 

Oil & Gas : CADWorx & CAESAR II

Advantica relieves stress with CADWorx & CAESAR II

As a leading global energy-related infrastructure services company, Advantica has one of the most advanced research and development capabilities in the world. Advantica is dedicated to improving operating performance for the onshore and offshore oil and gas industries.

The Health and Safety Executive requires comprehensive documentation for all new and existing process plant. Rob Cameron and his colleagues were tasked to find a 3D plant design application to improve the speed and quality of the team's output. The team determined that bringing the TD/12-compliant pipe stress analysis in-house via CAESAR II could save time, increase quality and retain control.

"Additionally we needed engineering intelligence built in to the 3D plant model at the right price, so we chose CADWorx."

The most immediate and lasting benefit of CADWorx and CAESAR II has been efficiency.
Read more about how CADWorx, CAESAR II, Fern and COADE have provided solutions that have made life easier for Advantica, and the financial benefits for them.

Download full Advantica Case Study

 

Manufacturing: CADWorx

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies switch to CADWorx

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies is one of the world’s leading engineering and plant-building companies with innovative power for the iron and steel industry, for the flat-rolling sector of the aluminium industry and for open-cast mining.  SVAI offers a complete portfolio of blast furnace technology, meeting the highest demands of plant performance, operational reliability and environmental compatibility.

SVAI always take on board new technology to assure their customers that all needs can be delivered. As market leader, being stuck in a 2D environment was simply no option for VAI which led them towards purchasing COADE CADWorx from Fern.

The first project was for the China Steel Corporation. Read more about how working with CADWorx not only streamlined the flow of information and work of SVAI but also enhanced the internal and external communication.

Download full Siemens VAI Case Study

 

Oil & Gas: CADWorx

The Badger Company B.V. selects CADWorx to assist growth

Established in 2004, The Badger Company is a multidisciplinary, internationally operating engineering design office that continues to grow thanks to their contented clients. To win business in the current economical climate The Badger Company had to deliver the price, quality and flexibility that the market demanded. The company needed a solution that would give them the quality of output that they required but would be easy to implement and use.

From the beginning Badger was impressed with CADWorx Plant Professional's capabilities, but what really surprised them was its trouble-free installation, setup and ease of use, not to mention its bi-directional links to CAESAR II and PV Elite. Managing Director Robert-Jan Dubbeldam commented:
"We were sold within an hour"

The solution got its first taste of action in a project for a fuel gas skid that was destined for installation on an offshore platform in the North Sea.

Find out how CADWorx helped Badger to convince their client of their capabilities and quality of work by downloading the full Badger Case Study

 

Oil & Gas: CADWorx

Hanover(GB) Ltd saves time and money with CADWorx

Hanover(GB) Ltd can trace its origins back to 1893 in the south west USA. The company was founded as an ironwork and structural steel fabrication shop, and developed its own line of galvanized steel-bolted storage tanks. Initially used for water, the tanks were soon used by operators in the rapidly expanding oilfields of Oklahoma and Texas for the storage of crude oil.

Since then, Hanover (GB) Ltd, part of the billion-dollar turnover Houston-based Hanover Compressor Company, has emerged as a worldwide leader in the engineering and manufacture of skid-mounted process equipment for the oil processing industry. With a staff of nearly 100, Hanover (GB) Ltd. continues to provide engineering, design, fabrication, installation and commissioning of its complete range of oil & gas production equipment and processing plants. 

To help achieve this and to meet the tight deadlines it uses CADWorx from COADE.
"With CADWorx, we only have to build one 3D model. We know all the views will be accurate."

Find out more about how CADWorx helped Hanover improve design quality, shortened design periods and managed frequent design changes by downloading the full Hanover Case Study

 

Food & Beverage: CADWorx

Briggs of Burton delivers prestige brewery on time with CADWorx software

The Briggs Group is involved in Brewing & Distilling, Food, Pharmaceuticals and Health & Beauty, providing process engineering designs for a number of the World’s leading companies.

Briggs decision to change its design software was market driven; they wanted additional functionality, increased sophistication and improved efficiency. The switch to CADWorx was straightforward as there no major difference between the CADWorx interface and AutoCAD, other than the significant productivity gains.

CADWorx IP allows engineers and other interested parties to see exactly what they will get, long before they get it. There is a major impact on time-scales and the quality of the design.

Briggs now offers clients "intelligent solutions" and associated 3D models by using COADE’s CADWorx Plant Professional and CADWorx P&ID Professional.

One of the most challenging projects to date was a major project for a brewer in North America. Find out how the right software, training, and working on the project as a team, led to the successful completion of the project by downloading the full Briggs Case Study.

 

Manufacturing: PV Elite

PV Elite helps Godrej achieve compliance and rapid completion

Since its formation in 1897, Godrej has grown into an international powerhouse manufacturer and supplier of a broad array of goods. The Godrej Process Equipment Division (Godrej PED) manufactures process equipment for end users in the refining, petrochemical, fertilizer, oil and gas, chemicals, pharmaceutical and power industries.

Recently, Godrej PED embarked on the largest single piece of equipment ever undertaken by the company, weighing in at 882 tons (800 metric tonne). Because of previous experience with COADE PV Elite and CodeCalc, the company knew that it could rely on these tools to not only perform engineering designs according to the international standards, but also produce mechanical designs and code calculations and inputs for fabrication drawings.

Find out how PV Elite has helped Godrej PED not only delivered what clients require but has also significantly reduced the time taken on code calculations and essential wind and seismic analyses in the full Godrej Case Study.

 

Power: CADWorx

Bilfinger Berger use CADWorx to achieve 60% project cost reduction

Australian specialised engineering and asset management contractor Bilfinger Berger Services Pty Ltd was chosen as a designer for the third phase in the Botany Port Terminal Expansions project for Vopak Terminals in Sydney’s Botany Port expansion project.

The company offers engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, asset management services, automation systems and electrical switchgear products
for power, mining and minerals, chemical and process plant, telecommunications, oil and gas, and other industries.

The Botany Port project, one of the largest port undertakings in Australia in the last 30 years, is expected to double its current US$50 million volume during the next 20 years.

Bilfinger Berger was selected to provide the design, supply and installation of the Botany Terminal B3A expansion for five additional fuel storage tanks.

Find out how CADWorx helped in completing the project successfully : Bilfinger Berger Case Study.