Industrial Innovation User Event 2023

Ansys simulation, the success factor for today, tomorrow and beyond

Ansys Simulation is a powerful software suite that enables engineers to design, optimize, and validate complex systems and products across multiple domains. In today’s competitive and dynamic world simulation is a critical success factor in the industry. We will present some aspects and examples how Ansys Simulation can prepare you for the future challenges. Join us to learn how Ansys Simulation can be the success factor for today, tomorrow and beyond that.

How improving the Digital Thread can help industrial companies

Leading companies invest in Digital transformation for competitive advantage. PTC solutions can support your Digital Transformation journey. Understand How Digital Transforms Physical.

Vandewiele provides revolutionary solutions for the factory of the future in textile machines and mechatronics. This year at the ITMA fair, Vandewiele presented their new developments increasing the performance of otheir textile machines. One of the key challenges of this high performance is the highly dynamic behaviour of the machines. Bram will present how digital engineering tools like Creo and Ansys simulation allow Vandewiele to tackle this challenge.

Ansys Mechanical has been the go-to tool for engineering analysts to simulate their structural mechanics problems for the last 15 years. This presentation will review the progress which has been made in that time, summarise where we stand today and look forward to what is to come at the next release.

How Ansys provides answers in the manufacturing process of a solar car

The Innoptus Solar Team is a group of passionate engineering students from the KU Leuven who build solar cars and race them all over the world to showcase the power of green energy. Besides promoting renewable energy & advanced technologies we also want to generate interest in STEM and encourage entrepreneurship. The design of a solar car involves many complex processes. Ansys software offers valuable solutions for all kinds of applications.

Using Ansys to optimize the strength and weight of a Formula Student monocoque by University Racing Eindhoven.

To design the lay-ups of the monocoque for the URE18, Ansys will be used to simulate the behaviour of the used composite. The main components of this composite are carbon layered with aluminium honeycomb core structures. This year, the goal is to fully recreate the simulation, validating it by using experimental data from the previous year, and use the simulation to design a low weight lay-up.

The use of Ansys Electronics solution suite minimizes the testing costs, ensures regulatory compliance, improves reliability and drastically reduces your product development time. All this while helping you build the best-in-class and cutting-edge products. Leverage the simulation capability from Ansys to solve the most critical aspects of your designs.

In this session we look at how Model-Based Definition (MBD)/Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) can play an important part in your Digital Transformation journey. The session will start with a brief introduction to MBD/MBE, where we talk about what exactly it is, the value it can bring to an organisation, as well things to consider when planning to implement it. This is followed by a demonstration which shows how MBD/MBE can be applied to enable the digital thread using a specific use case.

Discover AGCO's application of Augmented Reality (AR) in agricultural training. This presentation delves into the 'why' and 'how' of AGCO's AR training approach, offering practical insights and a step-by-step journey towards a transformative solution.

Discover new valuable solutions within Windchill 13. Understand how Windchill 13 can bring more value in area's like CAD Data Management, Visualization, Modular Product Platforms, Enterprise Collaboration and other domains.

The European Space Agency has launched a development study of a 25-meter diameter radome for protecting ground station antennas from harsh environmental conditions of polar regions and supporting 3 frequency bands in parallel (S-, X- and K-band). The main requirements were to minimize the radio frequency signal power losses for each frequency bands, to withstands the loads and to develop an automatic de-icing system to prevent accretions of ice or snow. The presentation will focus on the modelling process, the strength validation and the design optimization of the system using Finite Element and Computational Fluid Dynamics Analyses.

Ansys Fluids portfolio delivers critical enhancements that improve solver performance, increase end-user productivity, and provide new capabilities for complex applications. We will go over all about the latest updates in the industry-leading computational fluid dynamics software and provide a glance on what to expect for 2024.

Unlock the Future of Electric Mobility! Join us as we revolutionize the electric motor industry with Traxial's cutting-edge technology. Discover the power of multi-physics simulation and optimization for the next-gen yokeless axial flux motor. Learn how Optislang integrates Electro-Magnetic, Mechanical, Thermal, and NVH phenomena into one optimization loop. Get ready to drive innovation forward!

Based on 2 recent cases we will illustrate how we incorporate VR during the development of high-end and complex products. Because of this new approach, we were able to save on prototyping costs, get 1 on 1 feedback from our customers based on a VR model and get valuable user feedback as such.

Join us as we unveil the innovative ways our customers are harnessing the power of Creo Illustrate. Leveraging Creo Illustrate can dramatically enhance your visual content, making complex information more accessible and engaging for your organisation.

Effective BOM management is critical to a manufacturer's success. Everyone is aware of the 2 conflicting strategies: the single-BOM versus the multi-BOM approach. 
Does this choice has an impact on your digital transformation? Is PTC Windchill capable of handling your BOM Transformations challenges? Let's find out.

Direct Route approach for pressure vessel design using Ansys by Prospectus Engineering Services

The Direct Route (DR) approach is part of the EN 13445 standard for pressure vessel design. It is a Design By Analysis (DBA) method using the finite elements method (FEM) that represents a modern and efficient methodology with the primary objective of optimizing the design process while ensuring safety and performance standards are met. This design methodology stands as a compelling alternative to the traditional “Design by formula” method due to its numerous advantages.

The DR approach is ideally suited for complex designs and optimizations when striving for optimal material usage, cost-efficiency or performance improvements. The approach aids in iterative design refinement. One of the most important advantages is that the procedure does not require stress categorisation, eliminating the need for unnecessary complexity which lead to a time efficient design procedure.

A short introduction to this methodology using Ansys Mechanical will be shown using some practical examples.

Application of multi-phase CFD modelling to waste incinerators for NOx formation and abatement by Keppel Seghers

NOx emissions are emitted by a wide range of industries and are strictly regulated due to their negative impact on the environment like acidification and eutrophication. Emissions limits tend to getstricter posing technical challenges on how to reach these limits. This is also the case for Waste to energy installations, the core business of Keppel Seghers. To efficiently optimize abatement of NOx emissions,Keppel Seghers developed a unique in-house model, which accounts for the complex NOx chemistry occurring in an incineration process.

In silico medicine from in silico trial to digital twin! Care to join the party? By Ansys

We will be unable to maintain the current level of healthcare without a technology shift. Industry, academia but also regulators and policy makers are increasingly convinced that computational modeling and simulation, a.k.a. in silico medicine, will be this game changer.

For the last 15 years, Ansys has been leading the technology and regulatory charge to regulate and deploy simulation in the healthcare community; this will accelerate medical innovation and bring personalized, predictive, and preventive care to the patients. This talk will review recent progress, current initiatives and unveil what is expected for the near future, in Belgium, to transform our business towards in silico clinical trial and personal digital avatars.

Use of numerical tools to improve solid-liquid reactor involved in pharmaceutical processes by Université de Liège

Many pharmaceutical manufacturing processes use liquid-solid systems in stirred tank reactors, from vaccine formulation to cell culture. This type of multiphase process remains complex and difficult to extrapolate to large production scales. The use of multiphase numerical models makes it possible to characterize these systems and to screen operating conditions useful for defining optimal production conditions. However, the definition of these models remains a challenge when it is necessary to reproduce the behavior of specific solid particles.

CFD modelling for microfluidic medical devices by miDiagnostics

During her talk, Agnese will briefly introduce miDiagnostics as a company, their mission and why CFD modelling is crucial for them. She will then describe 2 applications, related to their recent work, that required the use of CFD simulation. One application aimed to design 3D capillary microfluidic channels, while the other focuses on DNA surface binding. Both applications will be presented with some background information, followed by a more detailed description of the simulation assumptions and set-ups. Agnese will conclude her talk with some attention points they are still working on.

Learn how to integrate photonic components into your system development and validation and include an optical system in its environment to validate its performance when in use. We'll feature Ansys Lumerical, Zemax, and Speos optical solvers.

Discover the groundbreaking advancements in Creo 10 and Creo +. Dive deep into the innovative features they bring, showcased through the real-world application of designing the Innoptus Solar Team's solar car.

René Hooijsma, Supply Chain Director at Alfen, will explain why digital tranformation is essential for their business and how PTC technology is key in closing the digital thread. Followed by a technical demonstration by solution architect, Rik Schmale.

To discover how modularisation can unlock the hidden potential within your organization follow the "Product Modularisation: essential step towards a Configurable and sustainable Product" breakout session. During this sessions you will be introduced in the fundamental building blocks of modularisation and how PTC Windchill's Smart Platforms provides you the right tools to support this business strategy.