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CCE has announced that it has added the ability to create heterogeneous multi-CAD assemblies to EnSuite Version 2 - its multi-CAD viewing, translation and productivity software. This new feature enables users to build an assembly by inserting components from different proprietary and neutral CAD formats such as Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA V4 or V5, SolidWorks, Unigraphics, IGES, STEP and Parasolid.

Schueco, one of the leading producers of photovoltaic panels, used Flomerics’ Flovent computational fluid dynamics software to redesign its products to improve their thermal performance so that 15% to 20% more panels can be used in a given space. Today’s photovoltaic panels present a major thermal design challenge since every degree Centigrade of temperature rise reduces the power produced by 0.5%. “The CFD results helped us understand exactly how the panels were being heated and guided us as we made major improvements to the design,” said Hamid Batoul, Technical Director of Solar Department, Schueco International, Paris, France. “As the first in our industry to perform CFD simulation, we believe that we are now able to provide our customers with substantially higher power output than an equivalent competitive design.”

CCE has announced a new upgrade to EnSuite Version 2 – its multi-CAD viewing, translation and productivity software. The latest version offers mark-ups and redlining, interference/clearance checking and provides parent and child information for each component in an assembly. “This new upgrade to EnSuite substantially improves the ability of non-CAD users to analyze a design and quickly obtain the information they need to better perform their jobs,” says Vinay Wagle, V.P. Sales & Marketing of CCE. “For example, a manufacturing engineer can quickly identify all of the parts in an assembly that fall within a specified clearance in order to verify that a certain manufacturing process can hold the needed tolerances.”

Simclar Group used Flomerics’ Flotherm thermal simulation software to develop a new platform that goes well beyond the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) 3.0 specification. “Simulation gave me the freedom to consider a wide range of alternative designs by letting me evaluate their performance quickly and at very little cost,” said Dave Watson, Thermal Design Team Leader for Simclar Group. “We succeeded in developing a platform that goes well beyond the ATCA 3.0 specification by delivering 40 Gbps backplane bandwidth and 50 CFM airflow per slot with near-perfect airflow distribution.”

Flomerics today announced that APC (American Power Conversion) recently selected Flomerics’ Flovent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to develop the world’s first real-time cooling calculator for data center design. The calculator computes a cooling performance metric called the capture index that assesses the local airflow around each rack and evaluates cooling performance and the scalability of cooling architecture.

AEG Electric Tools GmbH, one of the market-leading manufacturers of heavy-duty portable electric power tools for professionals, uses Flomerics EFD.Lab fluid flow and heat transfer simulation software for optimizing airflow and cooling effects in their power tools.

C-MAC MicroTechnology used Flomerics’ Flotherm thermal simulation software to determine that the thermal requirements of a stacked module could be met with a potting compound that cost only half the amount of the default choice. “Our engineer simulated the junction temperatures of the devices in the stacked modules while using three different potting compounds,” said Bob Hunt, Head of Engineering for C-MAC. “Simulation was much faster and less expensive than the alternative of building and testing prototypes.”

CCE has announced that EnSuite Version 2 – its multi-CAD viewing, translation and productivity software – has been upgraded with two new useful features. Users that do not have access to a CAD system can now with a single click of the mouse set the material type of components or view an assembly in its exploded view.

Finland-based sail maker WB-Sails is using EFD.Lab fluid dynamics simulation software from Flomerics to develop and optimize sails for Star and Finn class Olympic sailboats. “Our traditional panel codes predict sail forces reasonably well in the upwind case, when flow separation is not a major factor, but we were desperate for something more powerful to predict 3D air flow and sail forces on downwind legs and in the lighter winds that we expect in Beijing,” said Mikko Brummer, Head of R&D at WB-Sails.

Thermal simulation with Flomerics’ Flotherm software helped Redback Networks overcome the cooling challenges involved in creating the first million-subscriber triple-play platform. “The power dissipation of the line cards in the new platform had to be increased by 2X relative to the previous generation to obtain the planned improvement in performance and functionality,” said Wendy Lu, Mechanical Engineer for Redback Networks. “By focusing on reducing the chassis static pressure via geometry changes and using a higher performing fan, we were able to double the airflow in the chassis.”

Voxdale used Flomerics’ EFD.Pro computational fluid dynamics software to solve a power light emitting diode thermal management problem in just one day. The initial prototype of the LED system overheated to the point that the amount of light delivered by the device and its lifetime were both substantially reduced. Voxdale engineers used the CFD results to redesign the housing in just one day to improve airflow, which eliminated overheating and increased light output and life to the desired levels.

More than 95% of the users of Flomerics’ Flotherm thermal simulation software said in a recent survey that they were satisfied with Flotherm. Of the Flotherm users, 36.6% said they were very satisfied and 58.8% said they were fairly satisfied with only 3.9% saying they were slightly dissatisfied and 0.7% very dissatisfied. An even higher percentage said they would recommend Flotherm with 31.4% saying they would strongly recommend and 66.7% saying they would recommend Flotherm to others. Only 2% said they would not recommend Flotherm. The survey respondents also clearly perceive Flomerics Flotherm thermal analysis software as the market leader, with 73.2% naming this software package as compared to only 9.2% for the number two software.

Bronswerk Heat Transfer BV has expanded use of Flomerics’ EFD.Pro from strictly research and development to everyday engineering design. EFD.Pro is the world’s leading Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire-embedded Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software tool and is used by design engineers interested in understanding flow and heat transfer in their products.

CCE, a leading provider of CAD/CAM data translation and viewer products, has announced that EnSuite Version 2 – its multi-CAD viewing, translation and productivity software – has been upgraded to provide support for Pro/E Wildfire 4.0, Unigraphics NX5 and Parasolid 19 files. The latest version of EnSuite can open Pro/E Wildfire 4.0, UG NX5 and Parasolid 19 files and translate them to any of the other formats currently supported by EnSuite including CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics, SolidWorks, Parasolid, IGES and STEP. “This update shows our continuous commitment to keep pace with latest releases of all leading CAD systems and formats,” says Vinay Wagle, V.P. Sales & Marketing of CCE.

Since Flomerics announced its EFD for Education Initiative a year ago there has been a four-fold increase in the number of sites using its popular Engineering Fluid Dynamics (EFD) software for teaching and research purposes. Flomerics aims to ensure that mechanical engineering students and researchers have access to the latest fluid dynamics software used in industry. Unlike traditional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation software, EFD operates inside the mechanical CAD tools that engineers are familiar with – without any transfer of data.

Flomerics and Matchstick Productions have released a short video, available at : //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q09fO5SqHIo, which for the first time reveals the complex 3D airflow around a wingsuit that enables human beings to glide through the air like a bird. The video combines actual footage of human flight in wingsuits with airflow simulations using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. The actual wingsuit flight segments come from the film “Seven Sunny Days” by Matchstick Productions. Flomerics’ EFD family of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software was used to calculate the fluid flows and pressures that produce lift and drag forces that enable wingsuit fliers to glide with an extraordinary level of control that enables them to trace the contours of rock ledges and other obstacles from just a few feet away.

Flomerics has announced regular workshops on how to optimize the thermal performance of data centers using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software. The workshops will explain how to simulate the thermal performance of an existing or planned data center configuration using templates and libraries that enable users to simply drag and drop building blocks into the model.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics used Flomerics’ Flotherm thermal simulation software to develop an unusual heatsink that works in the vertical or horizontal orientation. The heatsink is for a DC power subsystem for a commercial airliner. Developing an entirely new heatsink geometry that would have met the performance requirements would have taken an enormous amount of time using conventional build and test methods. Instead Crane Mechanical Engineer Mark Resler simulated a range of different heatsink configurations using thermal simulation software. He determined that an unusual design with a plate and standoffs provided the best performance.

Flomerics Ltd. announced today that it will showcase EFD.Pro at Pro/User World 2008 in stand number 418. EFD.Pro is the world’s leading Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire-embedded Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software tool and is used by design engineers interested in understanding flow and heat transfer in their products. Pro/User World will be held in Long Beach, California from June 1 – 4, 2008.

An active chilled beam cooling system played a key role in delivering an expected 20% reduction in cooling and ventilation energy consumption at the new Genomic Science Building at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The system was developed by Affiliated Engineers, Inc. in collaboration with the project architect, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill LLP. Engineers at Affiliated Engineers, Inc. used Flomerics’ Flovent computational fluid dynamics software to optimize the cooling system and maximize the energy savings.