Simulation-Driven Weld Assessment
Altair's simulation-driven design tools empower manufacturers of heavy equipment to create robust and reliable products of the highest quality while reducing costs and product cycle time. By employing simulation, manufacturers can swiftly investigate and analyze product performance, considering crucial aspects like fatigue and impact loads to provide effective countermeasures for enhancement. Altair's approach ensures that equipment designed for construction, mining, agriculture, and off-highway industries can withstand extreme environments and deliver exceptional precision and durability.
Efficient Development and Operation
Altair combines engineering simulation with Internet of Things (IoT) technology to offer off-highway equipment manufacturers valuable operational insights through physics-driven and data-driven digital twins. This approach enables informed and reliable design decisions to be made swiftly, optimizing equipment performance, gaining operational efficiencies, and reducing operational costs. Altair's position at the intersection of simulation, data analytics, and machine learning facilitates the realization of greater fleet autonomy, providing a competitive edge in the heavy equipment industry.
Achieving Sustainability Through Right-weighting and Electrification
Altair's expertise in structural design optimization and simulation plays a vital role in encouraging sustainability in the heavy equipment sector. By leveraging Altair's technology for topology optimization, manufacturers can significantly reduce vehicle weight while enhancing overall performance. Additionally, Altair's simulation tools support equipment electrification initiatives, optimizing drivetrain efficiency, simulating innovative cooling methods, and mitigating potential risks like impact events that might lead to battery failure. These sustainability-focused solutions allow the industry to meet environmental standards while delivering peak performance.
Maximize Equipment Reliability, Safety, and Comfort
Altair's MotionSolve and EDEM enable robust multi-body simulation for analyzing dynamic responses of mechanisms and simulating bulk material behavior. By accurately predicting material loads, structural and system dynamics analysis can be conducted effectively. Altair's suite of tools, including Twin Activate and HyperLife, facilitate the rapid modeling of systems and comprehensive durability analysis to ensure reliable and long-lasting heavy equipment operation. Additionally, Altair products like OptiStruct and Radioss address operator comfort and safety through advanced noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) analysis and structural modeling for protective structures.
Sustainable, Connected, and Smarter Production
With a focus on electrification and connectivity, Altair's solutions cater to the evolving needs of the heavy equipment industry. The transition to electric powertrains presents both challenges and opportunities, which Altair addresses by offering advanced tools for electric powertrain development, battery design simulation, and safety assessment. Moreover, Altair's solutions optimize equipment connectivity and electromagnetic compatibility, ensuring efficient fleet operation. Through smart solutions like Altair Feko and Flux, manufacturers can enhance equipment performance, improve network connectivity, and address electromagnetic interference effectively to meet the industry's evolving demands.