Submit your best project in one of the following categories:
- Most Interesting Model (formerly Use of software features and model creativity): Show us how features in AFT software allowed you to model something that you were not able to do before. Could encompass a model that is particularly interesting, using features in a creative way, an interesting use of a module, or even the model with the most interesting backstory.
- Correlation to Test/Field Data: Did your hydraulic model and field data match well? Did you compare a real system to one modeled in AFT software?
- Operational Benefits and Sustainability: Did your hydraulic model significantly change the way operations are performed and save time, energy, material or money? Was the reliability of your system increased? Were there environmental benefits from the study?
- NEW!!! Automated Network Sizing: If you have used AFT's new Automated Network Sizing (ANS) Module with your AFT Fathom or AFT Arrow project, submit your models and data to show us how it helped you decrease your pipe weight, capital or recurring costs, or energy usage.
Prizes:
The individual responsible for submitting the winning entry in each category will be awarded a $500 Amazon.com gift certificate*. A $2000 AFT credit shall be awarded to the owner of the software used by the winner in each category. This credit may be applied to AFT Fathom, AFT Arrow, AFT Impulse and their modules. For more information on the award, please see the official rules linked at the bottom of this page.
*If your company prohibits you from receiving cash prizes, you may opt to have your prize money donated to a charity of your choice.
To Enter:
All entries must be submitted electronically to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include the following:
- Completed, digitally signed, Official Entry Form
- Submit via email attachment the AFT software input file and associated AFT database information from a licensed version of AFT Arrow, AFT Fathom, AFT Impulse, AFT Mercury or AFT Titan
- Entries to the correlation to test/field data category must also include documentation describing the test/field data and a comparison to the corresponding model predicted data.
You may also submit short (up to 2 minute) videos to help us better understand your project and increase your chances of winning. For example: Show us the project! Tell us what was interesting or how AFT software helped you. Did you learn something new? Share it!
One model file may be used for entry to multiple categories. You may enter as many times as you wish [limited by number of licenses held], up to a maximum of ten entries for each software license type from any one license holder.
Official Platinum Pipe Award Contest Rules
Entries can be submitted at any time, but they must be received before October 31st to be considered for the current year 's contest.
Individuals submitting entries for Applied Flow Technology’s (AFT) Platinum Pipe Award must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in their home country. Entries must include a model file from a licensed version of AFT Fathom, AFT Arrow, AFT Impulse, AFT Mercury or AFT Titan. Employees, and their immediate families, and contractors of AFT are not eligible. This contest is open to individuals residing in any AFT territory worldwide and is void where prohibited.
Entry Process:
All entries must be submitted via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. A confirmation will be sent to the email address included with the entry, verifying that the entry has been received. If you do not receive this confirmation within three business days, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to verify that your entry was received. AFT is not responsible for the loss of any entered material through computer failure or other means. Keep a copy of all submitted materials!
All entries must include the Official Entry Form, the AFT software input file and AFT databases used in the model sufficient for the model to be run. Entries in the correlation to test/field data category must also include documentation describing the test/field data and a comparison to the corresponding model predicted data.
Suggested items below will help us to understand your entry better and will increase your chances of winning.
- Technical report based on the model
Either an internal report and/or one delivered to a client
We will not use your client’s information, and you can remove their info if required.
Primarily interested in conclusions and recommendations of the report - Real numbers based on the report or model
Amount of money saved or spent
Pressures or flows values (i.e. we saw a pressure spike of 250 psi, etc.) - Photos and/or drawings of the system or equipment
- Diagrams showing the layout of the system
- Tabulated data used to come to conclusions or compare measured data to predictions of the software. Typically excel files, but others are allowable.
Can be valuable even if not submitting for correlation to test/field data category. - An explanation as to why the study needed to be completed.
- Description of what you learned while doing the project or building the model and the benefits of using AFT Fathom, AFT Arrow, or AFT Impulse. We would love to hear from you directly! You can submit your description in a video up to 2 minutes long.
- Photos of the team that worked on the project
Entries will be accepted at any time, but they must be received at AFT before October 31st to be considered for the current year's contest.
Specific questions may be addressed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Categories:
One winner shall be selected from each of three categories:
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- Most Interesting Model (formerly Use of software features and model creativity): This category could encompass a model that is particularly interesting, using features in a creative way, an interesting use of a module, or even the model with the most interesting backstory. Show us how features in AFT software allowed you to model something that you were not able to do before. Have you been using the software for years and only recently discovered a new feature? Did you employ a novel way to build a hydraulic model that hasn't been done before? Did you model a particularly interesting building (of historical significance or local fame, for example)?
- Correlation to Test/Field Data: Did your hydraulic model and field data match well? Did you compare a real system to one modeled in AFT software?
- Operational Benefits and Sustainability: Did your hydraulic model significantly change the way operations are performed and save time, energy, material or money? Was the reliability of your system increased? Were there environmental benefits from the study?
The same model may be used for entry to multiple categories. The maximum number of entries into all categories from any license owner is ten for each license type (AFT Fathom, AFT Arrow, AFT Impulse, AFT Mercury, and AFT Titan).
Winners:
Individual winners will be contacted via email in December. Winners will have one week to respond and confirm eligibility. If after one week, winner has not verified their eligibility, AFT reserves the right to award the prize to another entrant. After confirming winners’ eligibility, winners will be announced on aft.com, in the AFT Pipeline (e-newsletter) and via press release on or before January 31st. A list of winners may also be obtained by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. after January 31st.
Prizes:
A $2000 AFT credit shall be awarded to the owner of the software used by the winner in each category. This credit may be applied to a single order of AFT Fathom, AFT Arrow, AFT Impulse and their modules (*excluding Chempak) or training at AFT headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO. If you would prefer to apply your credit to a SUM subscription, the value will be $1000.
In addition, the individual responsible for submitting the winning entry will be awarded a $500 Amazon.com gift card. If winner is not able to accept a cash prize, a donation to a charity of his or her choice can be arranged in lieu of cash prize.
The individual responsible for submitting an entry that is chosen as an "honorable mention" will receive a $100 Amazon.com gift card. No company prize will be awarded for an honorable mention.
Winners shall be selected by and at the sole discretion of AFT. If no entries in a particular category are qualified to receive the award, AFT reserves the right to not award a prize in that category. Award decisions are final.
Odds of winning depend on the number and quality of entries received. All taxes, including income taxes, duties, customs, handling fees, or other charges are the sole responsibility of winners.
Additional Information:
By entering this contest, you agree that AFT may publicize your name, company name, and the description of work you did to enter the contest, even if you do not win. This includes, but is not limited to, AFT's website and marketing materials, social media, training classes, third party partner content and publications. You agree that you are permitted to make this decision on behalf of the company that owns the AFT license, if it is not your own individual license, which you used to complete your work. Apart from the prizes associated with being selected as a winner, AFT shall not be obligated to compensate you in any way for such publicity. Each entrant shall indemnify, defend, and hold AFT harmless from any third party claims arising from or related to that entrant's participation in the Contest. In no event shall AFT be liable to an entrant for acts or omissions arising out of or related to the Contest or that entrant's participation in the Contest. If clarification is necessary on any rules, please direct questions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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