SIMULATION: IMPETUS FOR PROGRESS
AS CLOSE TO THE PROTOTYPE AS POSSIBLE!
Simulation enables experimentation with a near-reality digital representation of a system. In this context, the use of simulation technologies is a strategy for finding a common path to a sustainable future.
Because the development and simulation of electric and hybrid drive systems provides sustainable support for decision-making processes prior to prototype production and physical tests: helping to keep future product and operating costs as effective as possible.
PHASED APPROACH:
Simulation in engine development in Ansys Maxwell
OVERVIEW ADVANTAGES
- High forecast quality
- Clear time savings for test scenarios
- Material savings through reduction of prototypes
- Reliable estimates of product and operating costs
- All product data at the push of a button, from the idea to the design to the final production
- Agile intelligence: implementing insights from previous design and production experience.
FACT CHECK
SIMULATION: THE EFFICIENCY BOOSTER
The fact is: simulation makes the development and manufacturing process of drive systems for e-cars efficient!
For the ongoing development of future-oriented e-drive solutions, CONNACTIVE has used simulation methods to calculate and analyse the physical behaviour of e-motors.
" We’ve developed a two-stage simulation process for the electromagnetic design and simulation of the electric machines and their environment ": Dagmar Münch, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at Alvier Mechatronics.
- First we optimise the product with simulations in the nominal state at different operating points
- We then look at the product under the tolerances that occur in real life
SIMULATING THE BIG PICTURE
First we optimise the product with simulations in the static state. Next, we look at the product under the real-life thermal and vibration constraints.
The clear results led to an overall strategic approach:
- Mechanical design
- Electromagnetic design
- Cooling concepts
- Transmission design
- Analyses of the acoustics and the NVH range (Noise Vibration Harshness)
- Simulations used to support selection and specification of manufacturing processes
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IN THE FAST LANE THANKS TO SIMULATION
From simulation to B-samples
“When designing e-motors for specific customers, we regard simulation as a central development tool that provides a reliable basis for decision-making at an early stage, makes it easier to compare numerous different alternatives and is essential for fine-tuning the selected version.”
CTO, Alvier Mechatronics.
Simulation: The spectrum
- Mechanical and electromagnetic development and calculation of the motor using Ansys Maxwell and Ansys Mechanical
- Thermal analyses are carried out to investigate temperature distribution due to electromagnetic losses, including electronic losses.
- Flow analyses with Ansys Fluent to ensure sufficient cooling in all operating modes.
Focus on: Tolerances
Two different model types are analyzed
- Nominal design in ideal dimensions
- Analysis of the effect of tolerances: modified geometry with deviation of the length of stator teeth and magnets from their nominal values
SMC manufacturing process
Objective: Digital tools to ensure optimal use of the presses.
Method: Data collection on our key processes
Data: Properties of the individual components for the description of the product characteristics. These depend on the pressure at which they were compacted and the temperatures at which they were baked out.
Optimisation through simulation
Within the product development process, the team at Alvier Mechatronics uses simulation to handle the A-sample phase, so that only B-samples need to be built as actual prototypes. These are then also used to calibrate the simulation models.
Sustainable knowledge management
The B-samples already have a very close-to-production status, with the improved simulation models being used to further optimise the motors.
The simulation models and data are a decisive company asset and are necessary for the further development of the learning systems: they can be called up at any time and can be used at any time.
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