Piper Test and Measurement (PT&M) manufactures engine test systems that include their own dynamometers. PT&M was asked to supply a braking system for the flywheel generator that consisted of a hydraulic dynamometer and a water-cooled disc brake. With this braking system, the flywheel can come to a standstill in less than 10 min. The motor-generator…
Packaging Analysis Improves Design
Tetra Pak is a food processing and packaging company that pioneered aseptic processing methods in the 1960s. It involves the ultra-high-temperature (UHT) treatment of milk and other liquid foods so that they are kept safe, fresh, and flavorful for at least six months without refrigeration. Here is an aseptic package from Tetra Pak. By all…
High Flying FEA
Propeller airlines are gaining popularity especially over short distances such as European regional routes. These craft are faster, use less fuel, release less harmful emissions, and are now just as quiet and vibration-free as jet liners. MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmBh engineers and manufactures patented natural composite propeller blades that consist of a plasticized wood core, a…
ElecNet and ThermNet offer Seamless and Easy Coupling
Infolytica Corporation (www.infolytica.com), world’s first software firm that simulated electromagnetic fields using the finite element method (FEA), has unveiled two new finite element analysis software packages — the ElecNet and ThermNet. Integrated with a new adiabatic feature, ThermNet can be linked together with ElecNet for coupled simulations, which effectively expands the capabilities of a design…
Collaboration in Virtual Reality
By Jack Thornton, Principal, MINDFEED Marcomm, Santa Fe, N.M. Lockheed Martin’s many programs include the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS III), the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD, a key element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System), and the…
Catia Helps Trek Design Green Bikes
Trek Bikes is a global leader in the field of competitive cycling, offering some of the top-performing designs. Composite materials are an important part of making racing bikes light, fast, and strong. The company uses Dassault Systemes’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software to design and manufacture composite products that keep its bikes ahead of the…
Siegel Schleimer becomes COMSOL Certified Consultant
COMSOL, developer of the industry-leading COMSOL Multiphysics modeling and simulation environment for scientists and engineers, announces that Siegel Schleimer Ingénieurs-conseils s.à r.l. has become its first certified consultant in Europe’s BeNeLux region. As a COMSOL Certified Consultant, Siegel Schleimer Ingénieurs-conseils offers its clients a broad range of multiphysics expertise in areas as diverse as single…
Software Improves Printing Perfection
Generally, Agfa’s Dotrix Modular inkjet printer did a good job delivering full-color images quickly. However, when the company decided that it wanted a machine with higher color repeatability and better precision,it turned to the Centre for Concepts in Mechatronics (CCM) to design a custom controller that would achieve the goal, while keeping development time and…
Advanced Magnet Lab Becomes COMSOL Certified Consultant
COMSOL, Inc. announces that Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc., (AML) has become a COMSOL Certified Consultant. AML provides technology and expert services for the design and manufacture of advanced coils, magnets, and magnet systems for a broad variety of applications in such markets as energy, aerospace and defense, medical, and advanced research. AML offers its clients…
Analysis Solves Heat Exchange Problem
Krakow, Poland-based Dynalabs designs energy efficient heat exchangers and noise and vibration reduction devices. When its customer ATS Stahlschmidt & Maiworm Aluminium Wheels Foundry needed to reduce production costs, Dynalabs developed a heat exchanger for continuous recovery of waste heat for one of the foundry’s 1.6 MW furnaces. By using NEi Fusion – NEi Software’s…
WTWH Media Launches “Live Your Dream; Be An Entrepreneur” Contest
By Scott McCafferty, Co-Founder CLEVELAND, OH – WTWH Media, LLC, an integrated b2b media company serving the design engineer and renewable energy markets with 25 technology based web sites and print publications today announced an initiative to promote entrepreneurship and business in Cleveland, Ohio with the program, “Live Your Dream; Be an Entrepreneur.” Promoted across…
Nordic Researchers Model Repository of Nuclear Waste
By Phil Byrne, COMSOL Applications Engineer, Stockholm, Sweden It’s been reported that the global scientific community concurs that, for long-term management, it is acceptable and safe to dispose of spent nuclear rods in deep geological respositories. Many sites throughout the world are being considered as repositories. This schematic illustration shows a final repository. Spent nuclear…
NEi Software Celebrates 20 Years of FEA
NEi Software celebrates its twentieth year of providing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) solutions. The company’s CEO, Dave Weinberg, first began developing the software code in 1986 and founded NEi Software in 1991 with Katarina Weinberg. The solution has grown to take advantage of advancements in processing capabilities and memory, addressing its customers’ analysis needs. Customer-requested…
Winners Announced in Design World’s Fourth Annual "Leadership in Engineering" Program
Design World Magazine and online network www.designworldonline.com announce the winners of their 2010 Leadership in Engineering Program. Leadership in Engineering is an industry recognition program to acknowledge engineering leadership across several disciplines. Winners for the Fourth Annual Program were chosen by Design World online users via a registration based online voting system. The following companies…
Simulation for New Knees
The knee is the largest joint in the body and bears five times our body weight with each step you take. Sports injuries, accidents, and arthritis can damage knees and require total knee replacement. This surgery is performed in the U.S. about 580,000 times per year. Abaqus FEA models of Smith & Nephew replacement knee…
Modeling Tools Now Include Supermagnet Quench Simulations
Reprint Info >> Opera combines the Multi-Physics tool chain for modeling, simulation, analysis, and optimization of electronic related equipment with the advanced supercomputing magnet design and material know-how in Cobham Technical Services’ supercomputing quench solver. Cobham Technical Services announced it developed powerful new modeling tools, which increase the accuracy and speed of Multi-Physics finite element…
Mentor Graphics launches latest FloTHERM software
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) announced FloTHERM 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software for electronics cooling applications. The patent-pending technology provides Bottleneck (Bn) and Shortcut (SC) fields so that you can identify where and why heat flow congestion occurs in the electronic design. It also identifies thermal shortcuts to help resolve design problems. Together the Bn…
Siemens PLM Software’s latest release of FEMAP aimed at world-class product development productivity
Siemens PLM Software announced the latest release of Femap™ software, the PC-based finite element modeling component of the Velocity Series™ portfolio of PLM solutions. The company says Femap 10.2 is an easy to learn and use high-performance solution with a 25 year history of excellence. Femap 10.2 makes…
New Batteries & Fuel Cells Module for COMSOL Multiphysics Released
BURLINGTON, MA — COMSOL Inc., announces the release of the Batteries & Fuel Cells Module for COMSOL Multiphysics modeling and simulation environment. This new, optional expansion module provides a full set of easy-to-use tools for the set-up, simulation, and study of all major electrochemical batteries and fuel cells, including lithium-ion batteries, nickel metal-hydride batteries, solid…
Tetra Pak Chooses ANSYS for Product Development Simulation
Tetra Pak, a leader in food processing and packaging capabilities, has expanded its use of ANSYS products. The Swedish company is applying Simulation Driven Product Development using ANSYS software, which enables system analysis and leverages single-component modeling as an integrated part of the process. Technology from ANSYS enables customers to optimize designs throughout the product…
FEA Simulates Aircraft Designs
AeroNautique provides a full range of aircraft design, analysis, and certification services for the aerospace industry. Over the last decade, the company has developed broad capabilities, including certification for structural alteration and installations with an emphasis on corporate and head of state air craft. In order for them to design facilities such as galleys, bulkheads,…
FEA Tool for Moving from Concept to Product
Engineering Technology Associates, Inc. (ETA) launched its new enterprise product development software called the Inventium Suite. The first product to be released is PreSym, an advanced pre- and post-processor finite element (FE) modeling toolset. Other Inventium products will be released in the near future. PreSym is the successor to ETA’s VPG/PrePost and FEMB products. PreSym…
High-gloss Reinforced Polyamide from Lati and 3B
Battice, Belgium – 3B and Lati have combined to deliver a breakthrough in engineering thermoplastics for high aesthetic structural components. This breakthrough will open many doors to engineers and designers who can now achieve both goals of high structural performance and high gloss finishes directly from the forming tools. Vertical door hinge system made from…
Blue Ridge Numerics announces Release of CFDesign 2011
Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc., provider of CFD software announced the release of CFdesign 2011, and the availability for current CFdesign customers to download it from the customer portal. New functionality and enhancements in CFdesign 2011 equip engineering teams with the power to get more done in 24-hours than with other methods. The automated fluid flow…
New release of nCode durability product suite now available
This in-service release (ISR2) adds features based on commercial requirements influenced by customers from various industries. Additional display and reporting capabilities have been introduced in ISR2 for nCode GlyphWorks, a processing system for engineering data, to simplify the creation of reports. For example, the user has more direct control of plot styles and layouts and…