Modern-day tractors rely heavily on hydraulics. These are used to ensure a constant plowing depth, compensating for load differences, bundling hay bales and even positioning the vehicle as it works its way up and down the field. Each hydraulic device requires its own processor. In the search for a robust yet compact electronic control unit,…
LabVIEW 2009 Introduces Distributed Intelligence and Digital Prototyping
LabVIEW 2009 Introduces Distributed Intelligence and Digital Prototyping National Instruments today announced LabVIEW 2009, the latest version of the graphical system design software platform for control, test and embedded system development. With this version of LabVIEW, you can use virtualization technology to reduce system cost and size, deploy distributed custom measurements across vast physical hardware…
CFD Analyses Electronic Cooling
6SigmaET, a CFD-based electronic cooling software package, has been introduced by Future Facilities Inc. The San Jose, Cal. firm describes the software as the first new product for electronics thermal analysis developed in the last decade. 6SigmaET is a new module to directly address electronics design – especially electronics cooling. It is built on the…
FEA, Digital Prototyping Prepare Sno-Cats for Rough Terrain
Tucker Sno-Cat Corp. is the oldest successful manufacturer of motorized snow vehicles in the world. Because Sno-Cats are operated in areas as harsh as the Antarctic, they must be extremely durable and reliable. Using Autodesk Algor Mechanical Simulation software for FEA and MES, Tucker simulates the motion of parts and validates the quality of their…
Big Changes in Sustainable Packaging
Ask a packaging expert what factors may trigger changes in Sustainable Design, and you
Manageable Modeling for Waterjet Machining
How a waterjet OEM added 3D CAD modeling capability As a user, how do you handle the challenge of upgrading your CAD system from 2D and DXF to a modern 3D modeler with capability to import major types of native CAD models from outside systems? And how would you handle this challenge if you were…
NEi Fusion 2.0 Reaches out to “in-CAD” FEA Users
Features advanced capabilities for contact, impact, optimization, composites The developer of Nastran Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software is introducing NEi Fusion 2.0, a combination of Nastran FEA solvers and 3D modeler powered by SolidWorks. The upgrade adds several types of advanced modal and heat transfer analyses, new element types, new load capabilities, and support for…
Realistic Simulation Probes Biomechanics of Knees
Scripps Health researchers use Abaqus FEA to optimize new designs and explore surgical alternatives Even before Tiger Woods withdrew from the 2008 golf season after hobbling to a win at the U.S. Open, certain researchers into biomechanics were concerned about the health of his left knee. Woods’ injury occurred around the same time that the…
CFdesign Motion Module Reduces Process Time from 200 Hours to Just 2
Cornell Pump Co. experienced a 100x speed-up of a full transient system-level simulation and performance curve generation using the new CFdesign Motion and high performance computing (HPC) Modules from Blue Ridge Numerics. Cornell engineers performed transient simulations to evaluate a centrifugal pump design in only 2 hr, down from 200 hr, significantly slashing product development…
Tools for CAD Collaboration
When CADCAMNet surveyed how 3D data is used, they found that interoperability issues are universal: every respondent dealt with different file types; most used some type of collaboration tools. Take a typical design scenario: a machine assembly created using one CAD system, for example, SolidWorks. The engineers do not design all the parts, however; they…