Simulation Design for Manufacturing
Altair's suite of simulation tools offers a comprehensive solution to evaluate product feasibility, optimize the manufacturing process, and conduct virtual try-outs for various manufacturing methods. Users can leverage this software to validate designs early in the manufacturing process, utilizing advanced optimization technology tailored for manufacturing constraints to create more efficient products.
3D Printing
Altair Inspire empowers teams to harness the benefits of engineering with lattice structures, reducing material usage, print times, and post-processing for additive manufacturing. Inspire Print3D facilitates accurate design and process simulation for metal binder jetting and powder bed fusion processes. Users can explore and modify critical process variables to optimize design performance and conduct additional manufacturing process analyses through the Altair Partner Alliance.
Injection Molding
Altair's Inspire Mold software streamlines design for manufacturing of injection molded components, providing fast and precise simulations to identify potential manufacturing defects early in the development stage. By transitioning from manufacturing 'know how' to 'know why,' users can deliver superior products, reduce scrap, and minimize tooling rework costs.
Casting
Altair's Inspire Cast offers fast casting process simulation to optimize manufactured components and avoid typical casting defects. The user-friendly simulation environment caters to both beginners and experts, enhancing profitability by creating high-quality components efficiently.
Metal Forming
Altair's Inspire Form is a sheet metal forming simulation software that enables users to optimize their products for manufacturing. From early formability analysis to advanced process validation and optimization, this scalable solution supports various forming processes, enhancing productivity and reducing product development costs.
Extrusion
Altair's Inspire Extrude provides a simulation solution for metal and polymer extrusion, helping companies reduce prototypes and redesign cycles. By leveraging advanced physics simulations, organizations can achieve productivity gains, improve extrusion quality, and lower production scrap rates by exploring process improvements in a virtual environment.
Process Manufacturing
Altair's EDEM software optimizes equipment performance for handling bulk solids in process manufacturing industries like pharmaceuticals and chemicals. By accurately simulating particle behavior, EDEM provides vital insights into processes that are difficult to measure otherwise, enhancing operational efficiency.
Polyurethane Foaming
Altair's Inspire PolyFoam offers an integrated approach to streamline design for manufacturing of flexible and rigid polyurethane foams. The software enables efficient development and optimization of foam components, capitalizing on the material's lightweight, adaptable strength, and insulation properties for diverse industrial and household applications.