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This webinar focuses on the design of electric motors and will show how multiphysics simulation and optimization allow to innovate and reduce costs, while considering multiple design constraints. Spin Applicazioni Magnetiche, a company creating in...

The path towards electrification requires significant investment, changes to technologies, development processes and even organizational structures. This introductory webinar will reveal Altair's simulation- and data-driven design tools to acceler...

Lars Fredriksson introduces Altair development support strategies for e-mobility and provides examples to showcase how these strategies help companies develop e-powertrain systems with an increased level of innovation in reduced time.

Digital Twin is enjoying a breakthrough, fueled by advances in the sophisticated use of physics-based simulation models of varying fidelities. Connected and informed by data from the field with the help of artificial intelligence, Leonardo S.p.A. ...

As inductive heating becomes more popular, cookware manufacturers must develop efficient cooking pans that meet consumers’ expectations. Groupe SEB’s engineers aimed to create a new pan that fulfilled product requirements while minimizing material...

Dactem (a DAM group company), developer of specialist test, measurement and assembly solutions for the aerospace industries, presents an overview of the optimization of a thrust balance used for accurate measurements in electrical thruster qualifi...

The ever-advancing digitization is being driven by the convergence of simulation, data, and HPC. While virtual methods, interoperable tools, and standardized interfaces become state of the art, the engineers and their management will play a signif...

Sustainable designs last longer. David Yáñez from Vortex Bladeless, a Spanish start-up, shares his vision of the technology, the strategies used for the integration of the different physical phenomena involved in the simulation-driven design, and ...

By combining computationally efficient reduced-order models and detailed CAE analysis with process automation of repetitive and tedious tasks, Altair provides workflows for early system models, mixed-fidelity simulations, and multiphysics validati...

ZF develops a wide variety of e-motors and e-drives for a broad spectrum of automotive customers. To optimally incorporate development and production costs from the outset, their designers must find solutions to maximize shared parts within the given requirements for the motors.

ZF, in collaborat

Electronic system design (ESD) is having a greater influence on almost every type of product requiring new simulation tools to help achieve electronic, electrical, mechanical, thermal, and connectivity goals. Altair’s simulation-driven design tool...

Mayer & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG sets simulation as a central element of the digital development strategy and leverages virtual product development for more efficient machine generations. Marcel Wohlleb presents simulation applications and illustrates ...

A recording of the electric motor development panel discussion as part of the ATCx Electric Powertrain virtual event in March 2021. The panel features insight from Cleef Thackwell, Lead Motor Design Engineer at Jaguar Land Rover; Dr. Lars Fredriks...

Sergi Riba, Design Engineer at Safran Ventilation Systems, with a brief introduction by Vincent Leconte, Senior Director of Global Business Development - EM Solution at Altair. Together they discuss the development of electric machines for the aer...

Dr. Royston Jones, CTO and Dr. Anthony Hahnel, Technical Director, give their keynote presentation during the ATCx Driving Innovation in Electric Powertrain 2021.

Dr. Lars Fredriksson, VP - Simulation Driven Innovation at Altair, presents the multi-physics design of e-motors with a particular focus on optimising performance including efforts to maximize torque and power under defined driving conditions whil...

Andrew Lawton, Principal Research Engineer at Smart Manufacturing Technology. Andrew has worked at SMT for almost 10 years with a focus on the dynamic analysis of drivetrains, including the effect of excitation forces from the electric machine as well as the gears.

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James Eves, Team Manager at Altair, Jonathan Stevens, Senior Development Engineer at Equipmake and Andy Jones, Innovation Program Manager at HiETA Technologies, discuss AMPERE, a joint project to produce an extremely lightweight, efficient but low...

High accuracy sensors and encoders are integral components of an e-motor drive, greatly impacting the quality and efficiency on the system. A purpose-driven simulation approach is needed to account for all the physical interdependencies within the...

Altair FluxMotor™ is a software dedicated to the design of e-Motor concepts. It enables designers to build machines within minutes, quickly run multiphysics tests to assess machine performance, and select most promising concepts. Coupled with Alta...

Manufacturers today are tasked with designing smart, connected products at a breakneck pace to stay ahead of the competition. As performance demands continually increase, packaging sizes become smaller, and device connectivity becomes more critica...

Simulate electric powertrains for various types of vehicles (e.g., cars, trucks, buses, trains, scooters, drones, aircraft, etc.) combining mechanical plant models with motors, batteries, & controllers together with realistic drive cycles. Then op...

Integrate models for mechanical, electrical, and controller subsystems to simulate your mechatronic product holistically as a system-of-systems. Exchange models and/or co-simulate with other CAE tools either from Altair (such as Altair MotionSolve...

Any industry that produces bulk quantities of goods such as pharmaceuticals, food, chemicals, or cosmetics, is seeking to produce these products consistently while reducing cost factors like waste and down time. Due to the nature of process manufa...

The competitive consumer device industry has quick time-to-market deadlines. Smartphone cameras use voice coil motor (VCM) actuators to translate a lens in three degrees of freedom in order to bring an object to focus on the image plane and to opt...

In order to reduce energy consumption, efficiency is a key criterion that designers seek to optimize their electric
motors. Complementary to the electromagnetic analysis, a thermal characterization is essential to study from the first design phase how temperature influences the performance of the m

In this article, appearing in the Fall 2020 issue of Engine + Powertrain Technology International, Altair outlines how a holistic approach to propulsion system design is enabling manufacturers to meet performance requirements while maximizing vehi...

Transformers’ windings experience mechanical loads from electromagnetic forces due to the currents they carry. Power transformers can suffer from high sudden short-circuit currents. These short-circuit currents are a significant threat, not only f...

Altair Flux offers a direct model export compatible with major system simulation software for straightforward system integration. Two different formats are available: FMU (Functional Mockup Units) dynamic models format is straightforward, standard...

Altair Flux new material losses data using the unique LS model and ability to consider own measurements enables to produce the most accurate predictions of iron losses according to your material specificities. Moreover, enhanced material manager i...

Altair Flux offers faster and more accurate 3D magnetostatics analysis thanks to the implementation of new integral method. This is extremely interesting for applications with a lot of flux leakage in air, such as sensors modelling. No air mesh is...

Discover in our quick video the latest Altair Flux new features, among which: accelerated analysis for applications with large air flux leakage, losses accuracy improvement thanks to new iron losses characterization, inductance computation in tran...

The presentation outlines a solution strategy for how a digital twin of a milling machine is solving mechatronic challenges. To improve cycle times, accuracy, and addressing vibration problems a holistic system simulation serves as the basis for optimization.

The efficient modeling of the real sy

The Marine Engineering and Shipbuilding Industry is becoming even more important in the connected world. The ability to accelerate turnaround time and reduce cost is becoming a key driver to success. The use of simulation technologies to improve d...

Altair provides an industry-leading portfolio of multiphysics-enabled software to simulate a wide range of interacting physical models including fluid-structure interaction, flexible bodies, aeroacoustics, and thermomechanical simulation. Together...

Altair software is used across industries to solve a broad range of electromagnetic problems from static to low and high frequencies. Whether your application requires multiple frequency and time-domain techniques with true hybridization to enable...

Altair’s portfolio of simulation-driven design solutions covers – amongst many other disciplines – electromagnetics (EM) and electronic design automation (EDA).

The latest release of FluxMotor, Altair's software product for electric machines design, adds several functionalities in the area of thermal design, test, and NVH evaluation. This short video illustrates some of the major updates.

Designing an efficient motor has always been a complicated set of tasks. Altair's multidisciplinary optimization platform is a solution that allows considering multiphysics parameters and conflicting constraints.

Electric vehicles (EV) offer the exciting possibility to meet the world’s transportation demands in an environmentally sustainable way. Mass adoption could help reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, but the lithium-ion (Li-on) batteries that power ...