Installation of Akron plant. Image from Acron website.In February 2021, Trimetari Consulting LLC, contracted by KBR, successfully completed laser scanning of Acron’s ammonia production units. The purpose of the work was to collect initial data for the further construction of a 3D model in CAD AVEVA E3D for the design of the reconstruction of industrial structures.

The works used an equipment park of own equipment, consisting of several models (Leica ScanStation P40, Leica RTC360), satellite geodetic equipment, professional high-resolution panoramic cameras with an extended dynamic range.

“Akron” is a group of companies producing mineral fertilizers. The range of manufactured products includes both complex fertilizers (NPK and dry mixtures) and nitrogen fertilizers (urea, ammonium nitrate and urea-ammonium mixture). The main sales markets of the group are Russia, China, Brazil, the European Union and the USA. The group employs 11,000 people in 10 countries.

KBR was created in 1998 when M.W. Kellogg merged with Brown & Root Engineering and Construction creating one of the world’s premiere engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and services companies. In 2006, the company separated from Halliburton and completed a successful initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. And through acquisitions — including Ecoplanning, Energo, Granherne, GVA, HTSI, PLINKE, SGT, Weatherly, Wyle, Centauri and more — KBR has grown to provide comprehensive science, technology, and engineering solutions for a wide range of markets, from aerospace and defense to industrial to intelligence and beyond.

“Trimetari Consulting” provides services for the digitalization of industrial structures, the company has accumulated vast experience in laser scanning at complex and unique objects in Russia and abroad at energy and metallurgy enterprises, petrochemistry, industrial and civil construction.