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Automating the Simulation Process at AMCOR: A Case Study
技术
- 分析与建模 - 数字孪生/模拟
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 虚拟私有云
适用行业
- 包装
- 塑料
适用功能
- 采购
- 产品研发
用例
- 智能包装
- 制造过程模拟
服务
- 测试与认证
- 培训
挑战
Amcor Rigid Plastics 是各个包装领域的领先产品供应商，在保持包装性能、环境影响和货架吸引力之间保持平衡，同时将成本保持在最低限度方面面临着挑战。该公司面临着创造更环保产品的压力。 Amcor 还寻求创新且轻便的容器设计，既美观又易于消费者操作，同时又不影响质量、性能或安全性。该公司使用 Altair 的 HyperWorks 套件为 CAD 团队的概念设计创建精确的有限元模型，以评估其在虚拟世界中的表现。然而，他们希望探索加速与新包装产品开发相关的工程和分析任务的方法。用于研究新包装设计在各种负载和冲击场景下的性能的虚拟测试过程消耗了模拟团队的大量时间。
关于客户
Amcor 硬质塑料是食品、饮料、医疗保健、个人和家庭护理包装领域的领先产品供应商。该公司总部位于密歇根州安娜堡，在 13 个县拥有超过 59 家制造工厂，拥有 6,000 多名员工。在硬质塑料行业工作，对可持续实践的需求很高。该公司不断寻找创新、轻质的容器设计，既美观又易于消费者操作，同时又不影响质量、性能或安全性。仿真在确保 Amcor 的轻量级软件包满足功能要求方面发挥着重要作用。
解决方案
Altair ProductDesign 的企业解决方案小组 (ESG) 与 Amcor 的仿真专家合作，确定设计过程中可以在哪些方面节省时间和成本。他们建议 Amcor 可以利用 Impact Simulation Director (ISD)，它可以自动执行与模型设置、分析、后处理和报告相关的繁重手动任务。 Altair ProductDesign 与 Amcor 团队密切合作，了解现有的影响模拟流程，以确定如何最好地实施 ISD，以避免中断正在进行的产品开发周期。组织了现场培训课程，以帮助快速有效地采用该解决方案。一旦实施，ISD 就能够通过允许用户定义每个零件的网格标准、自动对模型进行网格划分，然后快速检查网格质量和状态来加速建模过程。该解决方案指导分析师完成冲击模拟过程，从 CAD 几何创建求解器平台以进行各种分析。
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