1. 1 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Engineering Competencies Design of Metal Brackets, Fixtures, Gages & Anti-vibration Products Computer Aided Design Finite Element Analysis Noise Analysis Concurrent Engineering...

2. 2 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Concurrent Design Engineering CAD-Computer Aided Design GD&T-Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing FEA-Finite Element Analysis VA/VE -Value & Engineering Analysis APQP -Advanced Product Quality Planning FMEA-Failure Modes & Effects Analysis PPAP-Production Part Approval Process

3. 3 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Modal Analysis ■ FFT Analysis ■ Vibration Analysis ■ Noise Analysis

4. 4 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Types of FEA: ■ Static FEA ■ Dynamic FEA New! ■ Shape Optimization FEA New!

5. 5 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Static FEA: Stress/Strain Analysis Modal Analysis Large deformation Non-linear Hyper-elasticsis

6. 6 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Dynamic FEA: ■ Crash Analysis ■ Buckling Analysis ■ Metal Forming

7. 7 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Static FEA Example ■ Rectangular ■ Flat Sheet ■ Corner load ■ Left edge fixed

8. 8 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Dynamic FEA Optimization ■ Start with a Rect. Plate (as an example) ■ Apply the expected loads & boundary conditions

9. 9 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Dynamic FEA Optimization ■ Sculpts it for you based on the Loads & Boundary Conditions ■ Unconventional Designs & Non- Intuitive Designs

10. 10 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. FEA Optimized Design 1 ■ Load -Fy at top right ■ Left edge fixed ■ Results in a different optimal solution!

11. 11 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. FEA Optimized Design 2 ■ Load -Fy at Top Center ■ Bottom edge fixed ■ Same plate, different optimal design...

12. 12 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. FEA Optimized Design 3 ■ Added load -Fx at Top Center ■ Nonintuitive design ■ Optimal designs & solutions for Multiple / Asymmetric Loads

13. 13 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. FEA Optimized Design 3a ■ Not an intuitive design ■ Finds solutions for Multiple / Asymmetric Loads

14. 14 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. FEA Optimization ■ How it works... ■ Results: Novel Design Concepts Shapes not normally intuitive

15. 15 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Ex: Air Cylinder Piston ■ Linear Static ■ Axi-Symmetric

16. 16 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Ex. Cast Wheel ■ 3D BREP Model of an Cast Aluminum Wheel

17. 17 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Linear FEA: ■ Von Mises Stresses

18. 18 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. FEA Modal Analysis ■ 0.8 Hz (one of several)

19. 19 CAEnable Ltd. Copyright 2006 CAEnable, Ltd – Confidential Information. Duplication or distribution prohibited. Questions?