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Astec Industries' Optimization of Hot-Mix Asphalt Equipment with ANSYS ICEM CFD
适用行业
- 设备与机械
适用功能
- 产品研发
挑战
Astec Industries 是热拌沥青设备和土壤修复设备的领先制造商，在设计和制造过程中面临着多项挑战。该公司最初使用仅用于制造的 CAD 模型，这导致了非常复杂且不完美的装配。他们需要快速生成参数研究以确定关键设计变量，但受到结果时间尺度要求的限制。此外，大多数模型的细节规模存在巨大差异，这使得设计和优化过程进一步复杂化。
关于客户
Astec Industries, Inc. 是一家领先的美国公司，设计和制造全系列的连续和间歇式热拌沥青设备以及土壤修复设备。自 1972 年成立以来，Astec 已发展成为美国热拌沥青厂的市场领导者。该公司以倾听客户的意见并了解其业务的各个方面而自豪，这使其能够提供解决问题并提高盈利能力的新产品。 Astec 的设计工程师使用一系列分析工具（包括 CFD、FEA 和 DEM）来设计和优化关键组件。
解决方案
Astec Industries 求助于 ANSYS ICEM CFD Tetra 及其直接 CAD 界面来应对这些挑战。该软件允许将网格参数与 CAD 几何图形链接起来，从而简化参数化研究的生成。 ANSYS ICEM CFD 提供的广泛几何清理工具可以修改不完美的几何形状，从而使设计过程更加高效。该解决方案还提供基于曲率和接近度的自动细化以及出色的交互式细化控制，进一步增强了设计和优化过程。
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