US 12,320,145 B2
Plant construction method
Noriaki Terakubo, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroteru Igarashi, Kanagawa (JP); and Atsuo Honiden, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to JGC CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/430,730
Filed by JGC CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/025131
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/261376, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106802 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. E04H 5/02 (2006.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC E04H 5/02 (2013.01) [B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A construction method for a plant configured to process a fluid, the construction method comprising the steps of:
installing a group of devices for processing the fluid;
disposing a 3D printer in a region different from an installation region where the group of devices is disposed; and
forming, by the 3D printer, a framework structure configured to support a piping, which allows the fluid to be transferred among devices included in the group of devices, in the region different from the installation region for the group of devices,
wherein the step of forming the framework structure is performed, after the step of installing the group of devices.