ESInsider

ESI Announces the Release of Visual-Environment 5.5

An integrated platform for Virtual Prototyping

Comparing two iterations with Model Compare
Courtesy: National Crash Analyis Center

Visual-Environment 5.5 delivers notable new features, addressing specific requirements for the automotive industry.

“Dow uses Visual-Crash DYNA to develop and deliver innovative solutions,” said Mansour Mirdamadi, Senior Engineering Leader, Dow Automotive Systems. “The model browser and compare tool in the latest release 5.5 allows our engineers to obtain multiple versions of LS-Dyna input decks, identifying changes made to the full vehicle model rapidly, thereby helping us deliver optimized products to our customers.”

ESI Announces the Sheet Metal Forming Simulation Suite Version 2009

A single software suite for all metal forming needs

The fully integrated Sheet Metal Forming Simulation Suite incorporating PAM-STAMP 2G and PAM-TUBE 2G

“The most significant state-of-the-art physical parameters identified by PSA’s hemming specialists were integrated into PAM-STAMP 2G,” said Patrice Auger, R&D Manager for Assembly processes PSA-Peugeot-Citroën. “Validated through real-life industrial cases, this new tool has quickly become essential to guarantee successful product definition and process reliability.”

ESI Releases the PAM-CEM Simulation Suite Version 2009

An electromagnetic package for full virtual testing

10 GHz RADAR analysis of a jet aircraft

“Together with the very first Visual-CEM dedicated environment, issued earlier this year, the PAM-CEM 2009.0 release helps our customers analyze and design within a continuously expanding electromagnetic spectrum”, said Dr. Jean-Claude Kedzia, PAM-CEM Product Manager, ESI Group. “Realistic modelling with an increasing operating frequency is the challenge not only for Aeronautics & Defense, but other industries as well. With all of the new navigation and anti-collision systems, industrial requirements from the automotive sector are now quite similar when targeting Active Safety.”

Corporate News

ESI Announces Keynote Speakers for ESI Global Forum 2010

Experts from Qualis Corporation, EADS Astrium and AUDI AG Support the Growing Importance of Virtual Prototyping

Keynote speakers in ESI Global Forum’s plenary session will address the following topics:
* Roger Herdy, Program Manager, Qualis Corporation on ‘Vdot™: A Software Tool to Optimize Aerospace Applications’
* Stéphane Baril, Head of Composite Product Engineering, MU Equipment and Services, EADS Astrium on ‘Satellite Antenna Reflector Design and Optimization using Rayon Software’
* Dr. Bernd Mlekusch, Head of Functional Body Design and Technikmodell, AUDI AG on ‘CAE Aided Car Body Design’

Success Stories

SAMSUNG Electronics Co. saves up to 90% engineers’ time with ESI’s VisualDSS

End-to-End Decision Support System enables companies to manage simulation models, content and data, and to automate project workflow

Overview of the unified Simulation-Based Design environment

ESI implemented a Simulation-Based Design environment, relying on VisualDSS, in Samsung Electronics Corporation’s (SEC) Visual Display division.

“Using guided CAE automation early in the design process enables us to identify the right concepts and verify design changes in order to save time and cost”, declared Mr. Jeong-Rho Lee, Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics Corporation. “As we are very satisfied with ESI’s support and assistance throughout the project, we are looking into implementing the simulation data management system in other divisions.”

PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN use PAM-STAMP 2G for Successful Rollhemming Simulation on Vehicle Assembly Lines Logo: PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN

Isolated liquid metal pockets

“We are now able to test several product/process configurations with PAM-STAMP 2G and provide very early orientation to our technical choices. Previously, we would have had to wait to perform tests with physical tools, which would sometimes come a bit late for in-depth changes. The benefit is clearly decision aid to define more robust processes early in the design process”
Joëlle Garabed, Technical Leader of the Digital and Simulation Stamping Department, PSA Peugeot Citroën

DSB EURO boosts its productivity with ProCAST and support from MECAS ESI Logo: DSB Euro

Final design after 5 iterations showing no more hot spot in the part

“The objective of DSB EURO is to satisfy the requirements of our customers regarding the quality of our products at the highest level. ProCAST helps us not only to enhance the quality of our castings but also to ensure a better competitiveness. Using ProCAST enables us to deliver castings on time and to cut back unnecessary and repeated rework operations. Finally, thanks to ProCAST we received the “European Quality Award” in 2008 which opens up opportunities for new cooperation.”
Ing. Pavel Veselý, Production Director, DSB EURO s.r.o.

Swerea SWECAST AB succeeds in developing thin-walled steel castings using ProCAST

Thin walled industrial steel part (left)
Simulated along with the filling system (right)

"During this project we used ProCAST software and that gave us the possibility to simulate & optimize thin-walled steel castings. ProCAST is a very competent software, when it comes to simulate thin-walled geometries"
Per Ytterell, Managing Director (participant in the project, supplier of this steel component), Smålands Stålgjuteri AB, Sweden

For more Success Stories, click here