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Fluid and Thermal Simulation for the Product Design Market : Fluid and Thermal Simulation for the Product Design Market Who We Are
Not Just Another CFD Tool
The CFDesign Product
Application Areas and Customers
Who We Are : Who We Are Headquartered in Charlottesville, VA
Founded by in June, 1992 by Dr. Rita Schnipke and Ed Williams
Small, privately held, profitable company
100% year-to-year growth over 3 years
Focused on fluid and thermal simulation for product design and development
Sales and support offices in MA, MI, IL, VA, CO, London, Singapore, and Tokyo
Not Just Another CFD Tool : Not Just Another CFD Tool Traditional Barriers to CFD Entry
High annual software costs
Extreme ownership costs
Full-time specialist
Significant learning curve
Finite-volume based
Poor MCAD integration
CFDesign - Breaking Down the Barriers : CFDesign - Breaking Down the Barriers CAD Integration
CFDesign for ProE
CFdesign for SolidEdge/UG
CFDesign for SolidWorks
CFdesign for Inventor/AutoDesk
Intuitive
Robustness
Mesh enhancement, Auto Turbulence Startup Algorithm
CAE Integration (Finite Element-Based)
Facilitates load and BC transfer with other FE solvers
Aggressive Price/Performance
General Purpose
A Multitude of Applications : A Multitude of Applications
BRNI Partial Customer List : BRNI Partial Customer List Anheuser-Busch
Avionics Specialties
BAE Systems
Raytheon
Dorsal Networks
Sloan Valve
Lockheed-Martin
Sauer-Danfoss
Honeywell/Allied Signal
Ford Motor Company
Summit Polymers
Compaq Computer Corp.
Siemens Automotive
Newport News Shipbuilding
Sandia National Labs
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Sverdrup Technologies
Parker Hannifin
Caterpillar
Toro Company
Roush Industries
Northrop-Grumman
Eaton Corporation
Ingersoll-Rand
Robertshaw Controls
York International
ATL Ultrasound
Roush Industries : Roush Industries Design And Analysis
3 Designs, 28 Analyses
Prototype Testing
ONE Prototype needed
Total Project Time
CAD Model to Casting Supplier:
4 Weeks
In addition to achieving a better design in less time, the customer conservatively estimates CFdesign generated savings in excess of $12,000 on this project alone.
Credence : Credence Devising cooling strategies for test heads in Automatic Test Equipment.
Over 80% savings in modeling time versus traditional CFD
Able to work directly off native MCAD geometry
Over $43,000 in prototype savings
'The measured temperatures taken from thermocouples attached to the chips were in most cases within 3.0oC of CFdesign predictions.'
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