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Aromech 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 3 Aromech, Inc. , Holland, MI, designs and analyzes special machines for a host of different applications – machines used to make office furniture, aircraft components, test equipment, and even the hull of a boat, are just some of the design projects upon which the company has worked. Located in Holland, MI, automotive manufacturing equipment, including presses of all kinds, make up a healthy share of Aromech’s business. Solid. Works Simulation helps to identify the weak spots Challenge: The owners of older equipment prefer to design and build their own safety devices - in part because the commercial ones are expensive. "That means making sure the devices designed in-house will work effectively, " Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Improved safety by giving customers a time frame on when their machine would run out “I can show them where a part bends or twists, and identify the actual problem. ” Jack Van Heest, Engineer and Chief Analyst

FANUC Robotics N. A. , Inc. 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 4 Designs and manufactures industrial robots and robotic systems. FANUC Robotics utilizes Solid. Works Simulation to optimize their Solid. Works designs Challenge: Improve their design efficiency and lower production costs by updating their design software. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Helps improve productivity 60% reduction in stress on coupler Reduced project time from 1 month to 2 days “The biggest advantage was timesaving over our previous methods. Solid. Works Simulation is so fast and easy to use that we were able to make the 20 FEA runs that were required to understand the problem and solve it. ” Don Bartlett, Senior Staff Engineer

LUGLI Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Designs and manufactures forklifts and warehouse trucks 5 Challenge: Stay ahead of the competition by continuing to create top of the line forklifts and trucks. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Optimized the design to for cost and performance Immediately identified the cause of a part failure in the steering mechanism Easy to learn and use for immediate results and productivity A Lugli forklift

National Technical University of Athens 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 6 Designs and manufactures mechanical systems, robotics, structures, and mechanisms for spacecraft and scientific instruments Challenge: Needed to study the effect of temperature differences on the accuracy of CNC machine tools. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Performed analysis of 206, 866 tetrahedral elements in three-and-a -half hours Effect of Heat Sources on Machine Tool Model

Quizix 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 7 Quizix's pumps required valves that can Manufacturer of precision fluid-handling handle corrosive fluids at high pressures for equipment, such as high-performance millions of cycles pumps. Challenge: Find a powerful yet flexible 3 D CAD system to develop highly precise, complex mechanisms, and collaborate with scientists and NASA mission planners. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Reduced analysis time from days to minutes Increased critical flow coefficients by 50% without adding to the cost Reduced physical prototypes “The software essentially paid for itself because we no longer have to spend time developing expensive prototypes and continually re-designing products. Flow Simulation enables us to design and build products right the first time. ” John Petro, President

Sigma Design Company Alexander Gorlov's turbine design consists of San Antonio-based engineering company has blades twisted into the shape of a helix, the developed a unique turbine that captures shape of a DNA molecule 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 8 hydro-electrical energy. Challenge: The turbine's radical new design demanded intense testing to determine the bearing and blade support loads to ensure the turbine could withstand the water's forces. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Integrated CFD Reduces Cost of Analyzing Water Turbine by 50% Optimized the design Reduced manufacturing costs Ensured reliable operation “Because the software is tightly integrated between design and analysis, our engineers can use the same 3 D Solid. Works model for fluid dynamics and finite element analysis, as well as for detailed construction drawings. ” Jerry Lynch, President

Sonoran Scanners 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 9 Makes computer-to-plate (CTP) systems for graphics arts applications, mostly in the newspaper industry. The Cactus. Setter computer-to-plate printing system produces over 250 plates per hour, making it the fastest such CTP system in the world Challenge: The moving optical system must be stabilized with regard to gravity deflections. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Analyzed the stiffness with regard "We're a small company and we have to work to generalized flexure and natural quickly and accurately with only a few people. frequencies, to ensure that they Solid. Works Simulation helps us do that. " meet the system performance specifications. Timothy Ellis, opto-mechanical engineer

Steve Prentice Design Limited 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 10 Cylinder head- components & sand cores Automotive consulting firm specializing in power train concept design Challenge: Design a low-cost, light-weight, fuel-efficient engine capable of 100 bhp @ 6500 rpm. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Well-featured and robust solid modeler Reduced design time Accurately predicted real world behavior of the model “In 18 months, we have completed more concept projects than ever before, taking them to a greater level of definition in less time than customers believed possible. ” Steve Prentice, Director

Sturman Industries 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 11 Sturman’s magnetically-latching valves Specializes in efficient hydraulic save energy, provide far greater economy and generate much less pollution than system design and development comparative valves that incorporate high performance valves, actuators and electronics. Challenge: To simulate fluid flow and refine its high-speed energy efficient, valve designs. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Simulated fluid flow to refine valve designs “I would say that Flow Simulation has definitely paid for itself ten times over. ” Required minimal training Paid for itself ten-fold Steve Massey, Mechanical Engineer

Tankinetics Inc. 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 12 Tankinetics Inc. of Harrison, Arkansas, designs, For critical applications, Tankinetics uses manufactures, transports and erects fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) tanks for a variety of purposes, such as Solid. Works Simulation to compute stresses, strains storing chemicals, waste materials, and foods, as well as and displacements accurately such corrosive jobs as waste materials processing. Recently, Tankinetics took on the more exotic application of building a 50 -ft. diameter, 377 - gallon capacity tank in which to submerge a space craft in water to create the neutral buoyancy required for Solid. Works Simulation of weightlessness. Challenge: To test a custom-built 50 -ft. diameter, 377 -gallon capacity oblated laminated plastic tank with several 24 -inch view ports to make sure that no cracks or other failures had been caused by the oblation process. The tank was to be used to study the effects of weightlessness. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Stresses proved greatest in the area of reduced radius, where the corrosion barrier is being compressed Quarter model consisted of 195 shell elements and 11 gap elements that defined the oblated shape “. . . Solid. Works Simulation plots help with visualization for customers - so that in addition to being an engineering tool, we use it as a marketing tool. " Al Newberry, President of Tankinetics

3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 TECO-Westinghouse 13 Company: TECO-Westinghouse, one of the world's leaders in TECO-Westinghouse Motor industrial manufacturing, has committed over $100, 000 to install Solid. Works Simulation at its plant Company is a world leader in in Round Rock, Texas manufacturing electric motors and generators, with a broad selection ranging from 1¼ 4 HP to 100, 000 HP. Challenge: To enable its engineers to test designs for stress, displacement, frequency, buckling, heat transfer, dynamic response and nonlinear analysis under real-life operating “I believe that the addition of Solid. Works conditions. Simulation will further expand the plant's Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: design capabilities. ” 35% increase in design productivity Bill Miller, Director of Engineering

Fleetguard Inc. 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 14 Fleetguard®, Inc. , with headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, is the leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of filtration products and exhaust systems for heavy-duty, diesel-powered equipment Challenge: Nelson engineer Tao You needed to find a way to redesign the central hole in the cap of a Nelson steel oil filter used in a diesel powered truck, in order to prevent leakage of fluids from the filter. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Completed analysis in several hours instead of days. Tested a varietyof the effects of 150 psi of liquid pressure, using the same boundary condition. In order to prevent leakage of fluids from the filter, engineers had to redesign the central hole in the cap of a Nelson steel oil filter used in a diesel powered truck

Wiggins Lift Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Specializes in the design and development of rough terrain and industrial forklifts. 15 Sea Ray 370 Express Cruiser in the arms of the custom Wiggins Lift forklift. Challenge: Designing, engineering and building the world’s largest boat handling forklift - in only two months. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Met two-week deadline on the design for this project Solved models with over 60, 000 elements in 15 minutes Accurately predicted real world behavior of the model "Running an analysis of that size and complexity would have taken up to four days using another package. Solid. Works Simulation can solve a large, complex problem in 15 minutes. " Dennis Alls, Application Engineer

Neumag Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Develops and manufactures machines for manufacturing synthetic fibers. 16 Design of a Texture Nozzle Challenge: To continuously improve the texture nozzle design - a process traditionally done thru trial-and-error, which is not optimal due to the high cost and the time it takes to produce the required prototypes. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Integrates seamlessly with real production work Contributes significantly in reducing cost “With Flow Simulation we were able to analyze and simulate variants in a very short time, thus minimizing costs and increasing our customer orientation. ” Stündl, Engineer

Cambridgeport Air Systems Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Manufacturer of modular and custom air handlers. 17 Custom Air Handler Challenge: To remain competitive, Cambridgeport needed to meet tight time-to-market deadlines and generate new ideas before anyone else. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Replaced three physical prototypes, resulting in thousands in savings Very user friendly Accurately predict laminar, transitional, and turbulent flows, various models of heat transfer, multiphase flows and other performance characteristics “What we liked about Flow Simulation was that in addition to being user-friendly, it did not force us to transfer geometry or generate meshes. ” Ben Kalinowski, Senior Engineer

Tiger Engineering Company: Heavy-vehicle manufacturer in Perth, Western Australia 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Challenge: 18 Develop a log loading & stacking vehicle with a capacity of 88, 200 pounds from design concept to working prototype in 12 months. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Analysis conducted parallel with development work Reduced the time spent on analysis for the project Gave more accurate and informative results than would have been achieved by manual methods Log loading/stacking vehicle went from concept sketch to prototype in just 12 months

Bimba Manufacturing 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 19 Bimba Manufacturing Company is a leading manufacturer of standard and custom-designed air cylinders, actuators, and pneumatic controls. Charles Bimba founded the company in 1957, when he invented an inexpensive, disposable, stainless steel-body air cylinder to replace the small-bore repairable air cylinders used at the time Challenge: Over the years, the company's business has expanded beyond its standard products to encompass a high volume of "specials, " custom products specifically designed for unique customer applications. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Shortened design cycles by 50 percent Reduced the number of prototypes by two-thirds Cut development costs substantially. Improved confidence in design quality and performance “In the past, we would have had to duplicate the behavior in our model shop, which would have been more costly and time-consuming, with Solid. Works Motion, we were able to pinpoint the problem and resolve our customer's problem in a matter of weeks. ” William Teach, Project Engineer

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Dräger Medical 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 21 An anesthetic unit A leading manufacturer of breathing and anesthetic equipment for operating rooms, intensive care units, and ambulances Challenge: Shorten development time by half for these life saving devices. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Reduced design cycle by 50% Slashed analysis time from 3 months to 2 days Reduced total number of prototypes from 8 to 2 Identified design flaw early in the Using Solid. Works Simulation means that we can run calculations on the various design approaches during the design stage easily and quickly. Solid. Works Simulation saves us time and expense. " Karsten Hoffman, Dräger project leader

University of Florida College of Dentistry 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 22 Researchers at the University of Florida's College of Dentistry used finite element analysis to determine the primary controllable factors that contribute to the failure of dental ceramic restorations. Challenge: Unlike strong metallic crowns, ceramic crowns have the major drawback of a 35% failure rate in the molar regions during the first three years after installation. The brittle nature of dental ceramics, the large magnitude of biting forces and improper crown designs can usually be blamed for failures. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Linear static and thermal analyses confirmed that the combination of ceramic thickness and overly elastic cement was Researchers used Solid. Works Simulation to determine why ceramic crowns were breaking

Gentronics Biomedical Corp. Company: Solid. Works Simulation helps refine promising The technology leader in electroporation cancer treatment 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 therapy (EPT). 23 Challenge: Find a way to target chemotherapeutic agents more precisely, to deliver the agents to only that part of the body affected by a cancer. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Optimized existing devices and created new instruments for researchers. Gave the ability to change an electrode geometry and analyze an electrical field within a half hour instead of days. "One of the nice things about Solid. Works Simulation. EMS is how well it works with Solid. Works. We can easily manipulate the electrode geometries in Solid. Works, and then analyze the resulting electrical fields using Solid. Works Simulation. EMS. “ Sean Webb, Mechanical Engineer

Medi-Jet Corporation 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 24 World leader in needle-free injection systems for drug delivery. The company manufactures hand-held injectors that deposit pharmaceuticals, including insulin and growth hormone under the skin without a needle. Needle free drug delivery system Challenge: To constantly stay ahead of the competition by developing new technology for the marketplace. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Ease of use Short learning curve Saves significant amounts of time The ease of use and short learning curve of both Solid. Works and Solid. Works Simulation has enabled Medi-Ject Corp. to spend more time developing products and less time training people.

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Kyro. Tech, Inc. 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 26 Develops innovative cooling systems for personal computers. Challenge: Needed an advanced and costeffective design and engineering tool. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Slashed design cycle from one year to three months. Realized an 80% savings in CAD costs. Thermal management and cooling system for a computer made more efficeint using Solid. Works Simulation and Flow Simulation

Baldor Electric Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Nestled in western Arkansas's mountain frontier, Baldor Electric Company makes motors, drives, and other electronic controls for industrial customers. It concentrates on high-quality devices that perform reliably under heavy loads. 27 The die-cast heat sink needed a quick redesign, before the old tool failed and production came to a halt Challenge: Baldor produces die-cast heat sinks for variable-speed drives. Its heat sink-making tool, a $120, 000 piece of equipment, was nearing a breakdown. Baldor's engineers saw replacing the tool as an opportunity to redesign its heat sink. But they had to redesign the heat sink quickly, before the tool failed and production came to a halt. They also had to redesign it correctly, because any mistake would cost the tool manufacturer $5, 000 -$10, 000 to fix. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Reduced analysis time from 6 months to 1 month. Final design achieved higher horsepower rating with room to spare. “I'm really happy with the results. The design time was greatly reduced. I don't think the other programs could've handled this because it was such a complex problem. " Curtis Racher, Mechanical Engineer

Delphi Packard Electric Systems 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 28 Delphi Packard Electric, Warren, Ohio, manufactures automotive power and signal distribution systems. The company's commitment to quality and need to respond quickly to customer requests and changes puts the company in the position to always be looking for new and better tools to aid in the design and development of products. Challenge: Solid. Works Simulation was used to design and test the connection system inside an automotive electronic module To design and test a module consisting of two cast aluminum plates with elastomer-bonded surfaces, two circuit boards containing some 200 electrical connections, and three springs providing the force to maintain the connections. In the past, the development of an assembly, from concept to prototyping to testing, took months. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Delivered a lower mass part with higher reliability in less time Moved from the concept to the first structural analysis in just two days Improved response time to the customer Time savings directly relates to money saved “Being able to optimize the design with analysis leads to a better product in performance and cost, while minimizing waste. ” John De. Nuto, Engineering Supervisor

Mnemonics, Inc. Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Mnemonics, Inc. , Melbourne Florida, manufactures digital signal processing systems, and applies that technology to High Frequency, Ultra High Frequency and Microwave communications for United States Navy programs. 29 Challenge: When designing an electronic receiver module for a two way programmable UHF radio for the U. S. Navy, engineers at Mnemonics needed to know how it would perform in thermal and dynamic environment of an aircraft, before putting a prototype into the air. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Analyzed a dynamic model contained roughly 900 nodes and 1200 elements Dynamic analysis results predicted the modal frequencies, displacement and stresses. Saved the time and costs of building prototypes Two way programmable UHF radio

Sorrento Networks 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 30 Graphical analyses quickly tells the Leading supplier of optical networking equipment for carriers and enterprises mechanical team where to place components worldwide. Challenge: In the design phase of a project, both designers and engineers must understand thermal issues and constraints. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Simple to use. The results are easy to interpret. Revealed that airflows were not as obvious as originally thought “Flow Simulation clearly reveals where the airflow is, where it goes and its flow pattern dramatically helps the engineer. ” Wayne Cottle, Manager of Engineering Services

Tobyhanna 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 31 From handheld radios to satellite communications, Tobyhanna Army Depot utilizes advanced technologies to ensure the readiness of our Armed Forces. The depot, a major element of the U. S. Army Communications- Electronics Command, is a full-service repair, overhaul and fabrication facility. For over 50 years, Tobyhanna personnel have built a tradition of unparalleled customer satisfaction through the delivery of timely, costeffective, and high-quality products and services. Although only 40% of the weight of the original, the new design was twice as strong Challenge: The Army needed to downsize a huge Army communications system, for which the framework alone weighed 1, 000 lbs, to make it easier to transport - and redesign the framework to fit on two trucks instead of four. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Reduced the weight by 40% Doubled the strength of the original design Accurately predicted real world behavior of the model “ Even with a 30% overload, the system experienced zero failure. Our team was very proud of our prototype. " Gene Curran, Lead Mechanical Engineer

Ultra Electronics Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Developer of aerospace and land military electronics applications. 32 Challenge: Find a powerful yet flexible 3 D CAD system to develop highly precise, complex mechanisms, and collaborate with scientists and NASA mission planners. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Achieved FE strain results within 5% of the measured strain gauge values from the experiment. Increased design quality, innovation, and robustness. Compare linear vs. nonlinear results on the same problem for greater accuracy. Linear vs. Nonlinear Analysis of a Carbon-Fiber Epoxy

Thermo Electron Corporation 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 33 Manufactures infra-red spectrometers used by a wide variety of chemical analysis processes and procedures, including chemical, drug, paint and polymer manufacturing. Infrared spectrometers can be extremely sensitive to significant ambient vibration Challenge: Ensure the casting had no resonances in the frequency range that would be transmitted adversely to the optical detector. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Results were within 5% of the empirical value. "We don't need nor have an expert in Reduced learning curve allowed novice user to get meaningful results in just 2 finite element analysis, and we didn't days. need full featured FEA. We needed a program that was easy to use even when used infrequently. “ George Skupniewicz, Mechanical Engineering Manager

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 34 The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) was founded in 1987 by David Packard. Its mission is to achieve and maintain a position as a world center for advanced research and education in ocean science and technology, and to do so through the development of better instruments, systems, and methods for scientific research in the deep waters of the ocean. Solid. Works Simulation reduced design time by 20 -30% Challenge: A primary focus for the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Moss Landing, CA - some 20 miles north of the famed aquarium - is the development of instrumentation to be mounted on unmanned vehicles to perform such identification. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Reduced the duration of the design process between 20% and 30%. Reduced the number of prototypes required, saving between $500 -$1000 per part. “Solid. Works Simulation let me iterate designs to reduce the weight of the housing and stiffen the case so that it did the job properly. ” Mark Brown, Mechanical Engineer

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Lappset Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 One of Europe’s leading playground and sports equipment manufacturers. 36 Playground equipment designed to meet the toughest standards Challenge: Due to the strict safety regulations imposed by the government, it is crucial that Lappset's products are designed accurately the first time. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Up to 50% time savings Virtual prototypes available almost instantly Reduced production cost by eliminating excess material “With Solid. Works Simulation we can analyze several different models at once and see which design is best. Then, we build the prototype based on those findings. ” Esa Juntilla, development engineer

GT Bicycles Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Design and manufacture bikes since 1972. 37 GT Bicycle's downhill mountain bikes have won 7 world championships Challenge: Refine and revolutionize the performance, speed and strength of their bikes. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Product gets to market three times faster than before. More confident about products. Simulated the conditions of a world “By using Solid. Works Simulation, we can go class downhill rider hitting a boulder at to market three times faster than before and 60 MPH. be more confident about our products. ” Jim Busby, designer

In. Form Product Development, Inc. Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Provides a complete range of design and engineering services to manufacturers in a variety of industries. 38 Many product failures can be identified and corrected using analysis Challenge: Prototypes produced from a customer design developed a low-cycle fatigue crack in a lower weld. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Identified high stresses caused by fatigue, creep, and thermal conditions Reduced prototype development costs Increased analysis-specific work to over 30% of total business “With Solid. Works Simulation, we realized a return on our investment in the very first year. The software also helps us to maximize return on the investment our customers make in retaining our services. ” Edward Raleigh, VP & Director of Engineering

Duni 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 39 Duni is a global company providing food and beverage presentation solutions for professional, travel and retail environments. The loads applied to a knife, fork or spoon differ greatly, as users hold and operate each in very different ways Challenge: Duni's engineering department in Belgium is constantly researching new techniques and materials to improve the design and performance of the wide range of products supplied by the company, such as plastic knives and forks, trays and complete airline food delivery systems. “The other programs I tried seemed to have been designed to try to fit the user to the technology. With Reduced expensive prototypes Solid. Works Simulation, the needs of the user have Eliminated field failures obviously been front of mind throughout the Able to deliver right-first-time products to their development process. With just a short introduction customers to the technology I was quickly able to get up and running solving real FE problems with speed and accuracy. " Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Jo Vos, Project Design Engineer

US PEP 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 40 Solid. Works Simulation was used to create a streamlined helmet could help skiers increase their speed while maximizing head protection A team of American organizations (including Bell Sports, Structural Research, Silicon Graphics, CADKEY, and Alias Research) support various sports projects through a nonprofit organization, the United States Performance Engineering Program (US PEP). US PEP, a Carlsbad, California corporation helps to pool the resources donated by these organizations to assist the American teams “go for the gold. ” Challenge: Design a streamlined speed skiing helmet that would help the United States Speed Skiing Team increase their speed while maximizing head protection -- in less than 30 days. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Analysis completed in less than six hours The US team, wearing prototype helmets, broke the old world record of 81 high speed runs in 24 hours in the pre-Olympic trials “The Solid. Works Simulation was an integral step in the process as it allowed us to observe the helmet's behavior without exposing the athlete to a potentially hazardous situation. " Stephen Gubelmann, Chairman

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Cre’active Design 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 42 Founded in 1989, Cre'active Design provides a consultancy service, offering support at every stage of the design project. Challenge: Recently Cre'active was contacted to redesign the London Underground's District Line trains in order to make them more comfortable, safer and more reliable for the typical commuter. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Saved time and effort with seamless integration Created a safer, more reliable product Significantly reduced the risks involved with a project of this scale With the help of Solid. Works Simulation, Cre’active keeps people happy on the way to work

Pacific Design Technologies, Inc. 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 43 Pacific Design Technologies, Inc. (PDT) provides innovative fluid cooling and pumping solutions to the aerospace, defense, and space industries. Based in Goleta, California, PDT has more than three decades of experience in thermal management, heat transfer systems, and related components. Pacific Design enigineers use Solid. Works Simulation products Challenge: Design analysis is an important function in the development of PDT's advanced cooling and pumping systems. With flow rates as low as 0. 01 gallons per minute (gpm) to as high as 225 gpm, PDT's systems must meet challenging size and weight requirements, particularly with spaced-based systems. “Solid. Works Simulation software not only enables us to validate the performance of our designs but also Accelerated design cycles provides us with an effective marketing tool. Our results have been confirmed in our testing. We even Reduced prototype development costs like to boast about using Solid. Works 2005 and Improved design analysis communications Solid. Works Simulation 2005 when we make Developed the first active, deep-space cooling system presentations on new projects. ” Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Eric Turner, Manager of Marketing and Product Development

One. World Challenge Company: Over two years of preparation and millions of One of three U. S. entries competing for dollars go into each America's Cup sailboat 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 the 31 st America's Cup. 44 Challenge: Quickly analyze the structural integrity of everything from the yacht deck to the nuts that bolt winches to it. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Tight integration of CAD and analysis packages reduced time and money. Determined effect of high loads and pressures associated with hundreds of square meters of sail area. “Solid. Works Simulation and Solid. Works together let us easily refine the details on the boat without a lot of trial and error. That saves us precious time and money. ” Neil Wilkensen, Design Engineer

Profurl Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Profurl's reefing-furling systems are used on Designs and manufactures manual boats from five to 100 meters in length 45 and motorized headsail and mainsail reefing-furling systems for sailing boats. Challenge: Provide speed, accuracy and functionality which is second to none in its new design. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Reduced design time by nearly 50% Produced a better product in 1/2 the time Tested a much lighter material to withstand 10 tons working load “Because we are not the sole manufacturers of these reefing-furling systems, we must constantly work to keep ahead of the competition by ensuring that our products meet the needs of a market that requires and deserves the very best. ” Marin Clausin, Director of R&D

Ingersoll Milling Machine Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Supplies customers with special machine tools and services for the world's metalworking industries. 46 Universal head case bracket for an automotive engine block transfer line Challenge: Minimize deflection as much as possible by designing a universal head case bracket for an automotive engine block transfer line. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Analysis results obtained in hours instead of 2 -3 days Optimized the bracket to keep its weight low. The new design makes it easier for manufacturing, sub-assembly, alignment at “. . . Now we can do the same and larger final assembly, reducing costs. analyses in about three hours due to the speed of Solid. Works Simulation. ” Scott Riddle, Design Engineer

Pilbeam Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Pilbeam, a small operation by the standards of their competitors, engineers cars for the massively successful British Touring Car Championship, the World Rally Championship and a host of other formulae, often on a consultancy basis. 47 Challenge: The biggest change in motorsports engineering design over the last decade has been the compression of analysis timescales and the associated reduction of costs. Pilbeam. A small company, has had to keep up with the changes despite a limited budget. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Well thought-out studies can improve designs very significantly Minimized iteration time Analysis can also be used to gain a significant competitive advantage Thanks to Solid. Works Simulation, Pilbeam is able to keep up with the big guns

Milsco 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 48 Solid. Works Simulation analysis on the seat shell Milsco Manufacturing Co. , Milwaukee, designs and manufactures custom seating showed localized hot spots at the armrest pivot that and seat components. Their products include presented potential fatigue life concerns suspensions, swivels, isolators, standing supports, office chairs and saddle bags. Milsco’s stated mission: To be a customer driven, quality-focused, technology-oriented growth company that designs and manufactures seating products on a competitive and timely basis. Challenge: Recently, Milsco gave John S. Scott, design engineer for advanced products the task of designing a compression-molded thermoplastic seat shell for vehicles. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: As a result of the analysis, the engineers increased the material thickness and added larger radii at the critical area “Solid. Works Simulation is important in reducing the time it takes to get the product the market and then assuring that when it get there, it will meet our performance, durability and cost targets. " John S. Scott - Design Engineer

Comptech 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 49 Comptech USA builds racing engines for the Indy car industry and aftermarket auto market products for consumers (including induction systems, brakes, exhaust and suspension for Honda and Acura automobiles). The company also tests and manufactures nonautomotive sports equipment, medical equipment and grooming equipment at their El Dorado Hills, California facility. From racing car parts, to medical equipment, to recreational watercraft, Solid. Works Simulation helps Comptech develop parts absolutely right the first time Challenge: Ensure the lightest, strongest and most durable parts in the industry, and get them right the first time. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Reduced design time 50 -75% Slashed analysis time from one week to one hour Parts are now 100% stronger than OEM parts “The difference between Solid. Works Simulation and previous programs is like comparing the Wright brothers plane to an F 16 fighter. " Steve Conover, Principle Engineer

Transmarine Consultants 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 50 Transmarine Consultants, a division of the Mac. GREGOR-NAVIRE Group in England The area surrounding the structural detail was modeled using SHELL 4 (quadrilateral 4) elements Challenge: Identify the cause of structural failures in a series of freight ships. The ships suffered serious cracking in the main deck strength member near the hatch openings. A poorly designed structural detail for a hydraulic cylinder support looked like the culprit. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: The model, constructed of composite shell, solid, and beam elements, had over 35, 000 degrees of freedom 32% reduction in stress “The project was conducted under an extremely tight timescale. From the start of the analysis to submission of a solution took only one week. ” John Evans, Managing Consultant

Total Engineering 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 51 Designs and manufactures innovative bumper designs for Galbreath Incorporated. New Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Compliant bumper Challenge: Quickly design a Rear Impact Guard for Trailers and Semitrailers which required a rear underride guard with a guard height not to exceed 22 inches above the road in order to engage the frontal crush zones structures of the smallest cars. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Located structural weaknesses Saved time and effort with seamless integration Created better designs more quickly Due to the excellent integration of Solid. Works Simulation and Solid. Works the process was completed in a shorter period of time than anticipated, allowing the structures to be very thoroughly analyzed.

Mafersa 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 52 Mafersa, is a Brazilian manufacturer of passenger cars, buses, freight cars, wheels and axles. Mafersa competes around the world, and has revenues in excess of $75 million (U. S. ). When, as part of their quality improvement effort, the company looked both at current products and new competitive designs, finite element analysis proved a potent tool for them. Challenge: Mafersa wanted to analyze traditional and new railroad car wheel designs with nonlinear transient thermal analysis to determine which of the many possible configurations would be of highest quality and most competitive. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Showed that there were few improvements to be gained with the corrugated wheel design Mafersa found that newer isn’t always better

Novacomp 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 53 Nova. Comp Engineering Inc. , of Seattle, provides engineering consulting services, along with commercial and customized engineering software to manufacturers in a number of different industries. Among their other services, Nova. Comp aims to have the most versatile analysis capabilities available— capabilities they put to work recently for Perstorp Xytec Inc. to analyze thermal and gravitational loading of a rib-stiffened transport container loaded with rubber. Challenge: Design and test a container that will withstand the expansion and contraction of rubber undergoing temperature fluctuations during transportation, knowing that the rubber and the container's plastic will react differently. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: The finite element analysis verified the increase in the container wall loads due to a drop in temperature from 120 degrees F to 40 degrees F. During hot summer days the rubber in the container flows and produces hydrostatic pressures on the container walls and base

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High Performance Aircraft Intl. Company: 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Designs and manufactures home built aircraft kits. 55 Home-built two-seater aircraft kits can achieve speeds of over 200 mph Challenge: Build a safe airplane kit that improved on their previous tandem two-seater plane designed in 1998. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Evaluated the maximum displacement and safety of the structure. Ensured the parts wouldn’t be damaged by shearing forces. "An aircraft is very complex and there are lots of points where it is just not possible to perform any analysis so you need to have confidence in those points where it is possible. Solid. Works Simulation gives you this confidence. It means you can sleep well at night. “ Petr Varadi, CEO and chief designer

Mecar 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 56 Defense ammunition MECAR (MECanique and ARmement) [Engineering and Armaments] is a leading ammunition manufacturer in Belgium, with an extensive product line of defense ammunition, from aircraft gun cartridges to tank shells. Challenge: Stay competitive in a world-market through innovative expertise and ability to produce smaller quantities at a competitive price. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Allowed them to easily visualize how their various parts interact Ease of use Considerable time savings “Solid. Works Simulation is the ideal complement to Solid. Works for very specialized calculations on finite elements. It allows us to optimize our products that are subject to rather special constraints. ” Alexandre Dabe, Chief Engineering

Nichols Aircraft Division 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 57 Develops lubrication pumps for jet engines for all the major engine manufacturers - including Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce and General Electric. The complex pump model was described as "an octopus with its tentacles tied up in knots" Challenge: After trying a number of analysis programs, Nichols was unable to mesh the complex casting. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Meshed a model with approximately 1. 3 "In the past we have gone through million degrees of freedom. months of frustration, but it took just Reduced meshing time from 1 part in three weeks to mesh and solve the several months to several meshes in 1 problem using Solid. Works Simulation. " month. Richard Friedman, Principal Engineer

Sandia National Labs 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 58 A multi-program laboratory evolved from the Manhattan Project and currently operated by the U. S. Department of Energy. The primary criterion for a meshing tool was the ability to quickly create a contiguous mesh of complex assemblies Challenge: After five months of effort and 90% completion, Sandia's task proved too challenging for a competitor’s software Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Meshed complex assembly with 306 parts in one week. Solved analysis problem which proved too complex for competitor software to handle. “Solid. Works Simulation has demonstrated and continues to meet expectations. Solid. Works Simulation generates a VERY GOOD mesh with unprecedented fidelity. ” Charles Fleetwood, engineer

Space Cryomagnetics Ltd 3 DS. COM © Dassault Systèmes | Confidential Information | 3/19/2018 | ref. : 3 DS_Document_2012 Company: 59 A NASA Department of Engineering supported international experiment is now being conducted in an attempt to solve this riddle. In 2003/2004 a superconducting magnet will be launched into space onto the International Space Station as part of a device to detect any particles of anti-matter that might exist. Challenge: The design, manufacture and testing of this magnet and its cryogenic system has been contracted to Space Cryomagnetics Ltd, an independent Oxfordshire based company, which has been set up to produce customdesigned magnets for this and other demanding projects. Solid. Works Simulation Benefits: Allowed for magnet to be analyzed without incuring the significant cost associated with actual physical testing Solid. Works Simulation saved time and money with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)