Hydraulics

Support and assistance in industrial hydraulics

Brightcore Technical Documentation supports its clients through consulting, technical assistance and documentation services in industrial hydraulics, in support of the design, evolution and understanding of hydraulic systems.

Interventions are carried out as technical support, in line with applicable standards, functional project constraints and the standards defined by the client.

Design and support of hydraulic schematics

We support our clients in the full or partial creation of hydraulic schematics and documentation, within a technical support framework, particularly for:

• functional and principle hydraulic schematics,
• hydraulic and power circuit schematics,
• layout drawings and schematics of hydraulic equipment and their identification.

Documents are developed taking into account the technical constraints of the project, manufacturer choices and the client’s internal standards.

Update and optimisation of existing schematics

We work on existing hydraulic schematics in order to:

• correct and improve documentary consistency and reliability,
• update schematics according to evolving standards and technical references,
• adapt documentation to changes in machines or installations,
• integrate new components or references,
• improve the organisation and readability of hydraulic circuits.

This approach aims to improve documentary consistency and maintainability of hydraulic files.

Digitisation and recovery of paper drawings

When hydraulic schematics are only available in paper format, we ensure their digitisation and transcription into a CAD environment, in particular through:

• scanning and vectorisation of existing documents,
• recreation of hydraulic schematics in a suitable CAD tool,
• structuring of files and drawing sets,
• graphical alignment with the client’s internal standards,
• recovery and identification of existing components, references and connections.

These tasks facilitate the updating, use and archiving of hydraulic documentation.

Technical files and bills of materials

In addition to hydraulic schematics, we produce structured technical documentation, including in particular:

• connection and piping principle documents provided as technical support,
• bills of materials (BOM) for hydraulic components,
• lists of distributors, cylinders, pumps and accessories,
• technical characteristic tables provided as support (pressures, flow rates, power).

These documents support design, technical analysis and coordination, and facilitate communication between design teams, installers and industrial partners involved in the project.

Hydraulic CAD environments

We work with the CAD tools used for hydraulic design, whether specialised software or general-purpose CAD solutions including hydraulic functions, depending on the standards and requirements of the project.

When the context requires a change of tool or harmonisation of the design environment, we ensure the recovery and reconstruction of hydraulic schematics in the target environment, based on the available documents and data.

Hydraulic CAD tools rely on specific libraries, graphical conventions and internal structures. Projects do not involve automatic conversion or migration from one software tool to another.

The service consists of a controlled reconstruction of schematics, aiming to preserve the functional consistency of circuits, continuity of references and connections, and readability of technical documents.

This approach makes it possible to evolve the client’s software environment without disruption to technical processes, while ensuring that hydraulic documentation remains usable and maintainable.

Software environments are defined during the project scoping phase, in full transparency, particularly regarding access to tools and required licences.