manufacturing – Simulating Reality, Delivering Certainty

Commentary: Generative Design as a key enabler for efficiency and sustainability

mscsoftwareblog — Mon, 09 May 2022 09:09:32 +0000

Sustainability is currently a much-debated topic in politics, society and the world of business. Companies are increasingly trying to minimise their product’s ecological footprint and also to reduce energy consumption in the product’s operating phase in order to counteract rising energy prices. Lightweight construction to save resources has become an essential aspect of product development ...

Manufacturing Simulation Reduces Development Costs and Time in Cold Forming Tool Design

Product Marketing — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:38:40 +0000

Omni-Lite Industries is an advanced material company. They recently designed a new part that was exhibiting a unique material flow. The part was cold formed out of 1100 aluminum material.

The initial tool design was completed and reviewed using the Simufact.forming simulation. Upon initial review, everything seemed to be acceptable, with the exception of the volume of material in the flange of the part. The second station trap extrusion die radius was then reduced in order to accommodate the material volume requirements.

Additive Manufacturing Modeling, Simulation, and Lifecycle Management

Product Marketing — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 16:48:52 +0000

The expansion of additive manufacturing has created a need for simulation and data management tools that will help engineers optimize the 3D printing process in order to reduce production costs, increase robustness/reliability and improve performance by optimizing design. This blog post will explore how MSC’s simulation tools are currently being used by customers to advance 3D printing.

Designing Spinal Disc Prosthesis Implants Using Short Fiber Reinforced Composites

Product Marketing — Tue, 24 May 2016 20:55:15 +0000

Designing Spinal Disc Prosthesis Implants Using Short Fiber Reinforced Composites Spinal injury and the gradual deterioration of spinal discs that lead to back pain or spinal disorders can be treated surgically. One of the most promising surgical options under continuous development is the use of artificial discs to replace the patient’s natural spinal disc. ...

Left of Test: How Manufacturing Variability Affects Material Properties

Product Marketing — Tue, 24 May 2016 17:00:54 +0000

For manufacturers, materials property data plays a significant role in strengthening product design, manufacturing process, after market performance and profitability. This is mainly because knowing property data gives manufacturers the ability to determine engineering property matrix. Uncontrollable and unscalable variation of material property can result in lack of prediction, thus governance on the material behavior ...

Why Traditional Data Management Methods Are No Longer Efficient for Simulation

Product Marketing — Mon, 23 May 2016 17:00:16 +0000

There are several engineering software environments that cover a broad range of products, derivatives, duty cycles, and multi-stage/multi-discipline simulations. Some manufacturers have a regulatory environment or liability issues that require them to use and document all the simulation activities they have performed, or the ones they need to optimize, which can mean that every simulation ...

Should I Invest in Simulation Process Data Management (SPDM)?

Product Marketing — Fri, 20 May 2016 17:00:02 +0000

Should I Invest in Simulation Process Data Management (SPDM)? Today, simulation process and data management systems (SPDM) are being used by many manufacturing companies. SPDM significantly contributes to their efforts to maintain competitive advantage in the market. With SPDM, companies are able to increase productivity, improve their quality with fewer errors and gain a ...

Weight Reduction of an Engine Mount

Product Marketing — Thu, 19 May 2016 20:00:05 +0000

Trelleborg is a global automotive supplier that offers sealing, damping, and protection solutions to the automotive industry. To reach their goal of complying with CO2 regulation, Trelleborg uses material modeling and simulation software. Challenge To comply with CO2 regulations (2015: 130g 2020: 95g) To reduce the average weight of a car by 200 kg ...

Ultimate Strength Prediction of a Plenum Under Pressure Produced by Selective Laser Sintering

Product Marketing — Tue, 17 May 2016 20:45:25 +0000

Ultimate Strength Prediction of a Plenum Under Pressure Produced by Selective Laser Sintering Solvay Engineering Plastics, a global leader in advanced polyamide solutions, is the principal material sponsor for the Polimotor project, who aims at opening the way for a technological breakthrough in the automotive sector by replacing up to 10 metal parts by ...

Bringing Additive Manufacturing Closer to Its Golden Age

Product Marketing — Mon, 09 May 2016 18:01:30 +0000

Bringing Additive Manufacturing Closer to Its Golden Age: Solving Problems with Materials Characterization, Process Variation and Machine Qualification Additive manufacturing is being widely used today in many different industries. It has become increasingly popular in the last two decades as the cost to print has decreased. Additive manfuacturing makes production faster, it can manufacture ...