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Brant Ross to Speak at National Manufacturing WeekTopic is “Better Mechanical System Design Through Mechanical Simulation” |
February 28, 2005 — YPSILANTI, Mich. – Brant Ross will speak at session #1D32 at the 2005 National Manufacturing Week Conference program on Monday, 10-7-05 at 10:30 am-11:20 am at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
Dr. Ross will discuss the following:
“Until now, Multi-Body Dynamics simulation software was limited to working with models that had less than 30 rigid bodies under ideal conditions. Now, with a new generation of computational techniques, you can simulate models with hundreds of bodies, rigid and flexible, as well as extensive contact in the system. Find out how companies with automotive, off-highway, machinery and electro-mechanical products are using this technology to improve their designs and decrease the risk of developing new products. Learn why adding the proper amount of detail to a mechanical model makes all the difference in its accuracy under a variety of conditions. See how the mechanical models can be integrated with controls systems. Measure the process improvement of using preconfigured modules to build and simulate devices with chains, belts and/or gears.”
This year there are over 300 conference sessions that have been tailored to meet the needs of the manufacturing industry. Complimenting these sessions will be over 1,000 exhibits throughout eight separate, yet inter-related events: To find out more about National Manufacturing Week, please visit www.manufacturingweek.com. For more information about the Design Engineering Conference Program, see: http://www.reedshows.com/conference/nmw/grid.asp?Showtrack=design.
There are a limited number of passes available to attend Dr. Ross’ presentation at no cost. Also, MotionPort friends and customers can receive a 10% discount on conference registration. For further information send an e-mail to info@motionport.com.
Note to Editors: RecurDyn is a trademark of Function Bay, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.
Shock resistance of hard disk drives (HDDs) tends to be a critical issue with the rapid growth of portable consumer electronics such as notebooks, PDAs, and digital cameras. Finite element method (FEM) is widely used in simulating drop test. However, it is computationally expensive. An accelerated drop test method, which adopts relative coordinate and recursive solutions, is developed. The computational time is drastically reduced without suffering a significant loss in accuracy. By adopting this method, designers can evaluate the shock resistance of a HDD quickly so that they can have more time to optimize the shock performance of HDDs. Moreover, they can simulate the whole process, instead of simulating just a brief moment of head-disk collision.
RecurDyn reduced computation time for drop tests of hard disk drives while obtaining similar levels of accuracy compared to nonlinear FEA. Computational time for the entire model was reduced from over 1 day to ½ hour.
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MotionPort Becomes North American Distributor for RecurDynCustomers Will Benefit from Focused Service |
February 4, 2004 — YPSILANTI, Mich. – MotionPort, LLC has signed an agreement with FunctionBay, Inc. of Seoul, Korea to be an independent software distributor of RecurDyn software in North America. “We are pleased to form this new organization in North America,” said Dr. Brant A. Ross, Business Manager at MotionPort. “Due to the previous work of our staff with FunctionBay we are starting off with a great set of customers who are already realizing benefits from using RecurDyn. We look forward to helping new customers improve their engineering activities through the use of simulation-derived information.”
A new web site at www.motionport.com is available and contains information about the company and its software and services. Additional information about RecurDyn and MotionPort services is available and may be requested on the web site or by sending an e-mail to info@motionport.com.
MotionPort will focus its resources on the providing quality support to its customers. Recently a MotionPort customer (and RecurDyn user) remarked: “I should emphasize that we are perfectly satisfied with your level of support and appreciate the lengths you go to help us. Your sense of urgency and level of technical support is better than what I’ve had for any other CAE package I’ve used.”
FunctionBay, Inc. is a global supplier of a new generation of functional virtual prototyping software and services. Further information on FunctionBay is available at their web site: www.functionbay.co.kr.
RecurDyn differs from conventional multibody dynamic analysis programs in its formulation. It uses relative coordinates when formulating the governing equations of motion and kinematics. This reduces troublesome geometric nonlinearities in mechanical systems. For example, automobile simulations with differential gear models on conventional program frequently terminate before completion. Such situations are sensitive to integration error tolerance. Similar simulations are carried out successfully with the newer methods in RecurDyn.
Note to Editors: RecurDyn is a trademark of Function Bay, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.
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RecurDyn Receives Special Coverage at CONEXPO-CON/AGGStrength in Off-Highway Simulation |
April 4, 2002 — ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Function Bay, Inc., supplier of a new generation of functional virtual prototyping software, exhibited its new Version 4 of the RecurDyn software at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2002 on March 19-23 in Las Vegas in booth S-12204. The software received special coverage at the show by being featured in the Construction Equipment Show Daily, as shown in the figure below.
RecurDyn differs from conventional multibody dynamic analysis programs in its formulation. It uses relative coordinates when formulating the governing equations of motion and kinematics. This reduces troublesome geometric nonlinearities in mechanical systems. For example, automobile simulations with high-speed rotation (as with differential gear sets) frequently terminate before completion with conventional software. Such situations are sensitive to integration error tolerance. Simulations with high-speed rotations are carried out successfully with RecurDyn.
CONEXPO-CON/AGG is the largest exposition in the Western Hemisphere for the construction, aggregates, and ready mixed concrete industries. CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2002 will be the gathering place for more than 125,000 industry professionals looking for the latest equipment, materials, products, services, and innovations. For more information see www.conexpoconagg.com.
Note to Editors: RecurDyn is a trademark of Function Bay, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.
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RecurDyn To Be Shown at CONEXPO-CON/AGGLas Vegas, March 19-23 |
January 15, 2002 — ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Function Bay, Inc., supplier of a new generation of functional virtual prototyping software, will be exhibiting its new Version 4 of the RecurDyn software at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2002 on March 19-23 in Las Vegas in booth S-12204. Engineers can use this software to “test drive” tracked and wheeled off-highway equipment, and determine operational behavior, design loads, operator comfort, and energy consumption. This information is calculated from a physics-based computer model that can be developed early in the design cycle, before hardware prototypes are available.
Of special interest to the attendees of CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2002 is the special tracked vehicle model that helps users set up and simulate tracked vehicles with surprising speed. The module automates the definition of roadwheel-track, sprocket-track, and track-ground contact forces. The track assembly is modeled with rigid track links connected with full 6 DOF bushings. The creation of the assembly is automated. Users can easily define a full 3D terrain and establish a virtual proving ground for their equipment.
A new user of RecurDyn who works at a major off-road equipment manufacturer said, “RecurDyn is much more complete and much faster than the simulation tool that we formerly used. It is critical for us to have a virtual model. We can make a design change and compare the performance on the virtual proving ground. We can’t make the same comparisons with physical testing because of the difficulty in getting repeatable results. With this tool we will have the information we need to be able to make important improvements to our products”.
RecurDyn is a multibody dynamic analysis program that helps users perform what-if studies of virtual prototypes. The software lets engineers analyze dynamic, kinematic, and compliance characteristics of virtual prototypes long before building a physical prototype. Virtual prototypes may be any type of machinery with moving parts, including automobiles, aircraft, electromechanical devices and industrial equipment.
Special application-specific modules bring a new level of productivity to the modeling and simulation of commercial tracked vehicles, military tracked vehicles, assemblies with chain/sprockets, assemblies with belt/pulleys, and media-handling equipment (including paper, film and anything in-between).
RecurDyn differs from conventional multibody dynamic analysis programs in its formulation. It uses relative coordinates when formulating the governing equations of motion and kinematics. This reduces troublesome geometric nonlinearities in mechanical systems. For example, automobile simulations with high-speed rotation (as with differential gear sets) frequently terminate before completion with conventional software. Such situations are sensitive to integration error tolerance. Simulations with high-speed rotations are carried out successfully with RecurDyn.
CONEXPO-CON/AGG is the largest exposition in the Western Hemisphere for the construction, aggregates, and ready mixed concrete industries. CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2002 will be the gathering place for more than 125,000 industry professionals looking for the latest equipment, materials, products, services, and innovations. For more information see www.conexpoconagg.com.
Note to Editors: RecurDyn is a trademark of Function Bay, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective holders.
