Our Expertise
We Optimise Design to Reduce Weight
Light-weighting is key to performance and material cost. Many components have weight reduction potential, but this can only be identified through analysis. Engenuity have the proven skills and analysis methods to develop lightweight components, whilst ensuring that other criteria such as fatigue strength are met. We offer data acquisition for load recovery and material property testing to provide further opportunities for weight saving.
We Increase Stiffness and Strength to Improve Performance
In an ever more competitive market, improving product performance is key. Whether minimising stress levels to ensure long life durability, or increasing stiffness to remove unwanted resonances, Engenuity’s analysis expertise can give you the edge over your competitors. A wide variety of techniques are available to us, so we can provide design support for a huge range of applications, components, and material types.
We Reduce Time to Market
Employing predictive analysis at an early stage in the design process avoids development ‘dead-ends’ and directs the design down the most efficient path. Our cutting-edge techniques, combined with a wealth of experience, result in accurate predictions and reduce the need for prototype phases. Many clients go straight to production tooling on the basis of our analysis findings.
We Identify Most Cost-Effective Materials
Material choice is of fundamental to the design of structural components. Good knowledge of the mechanical properties in combination with cost, manufacturability and design package space lead to the most efficient designs. Engenuity’s dedicated in-house test laboratory can fully characterise materials, and our experience and understanding of a wide variety of applications means that we can assist you in making the right selections.
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Engineering AnalysisFinite Element Analysis is a computational modelling technique which enables prediction of structural performance such as strength, stiffness or energy absorption. The geometry of the component or system can thus be optimised virtually so that it meets all design requirements without recourse to physical testing or prototype phases. The accuracy of any analysis is dependant upon three factors: component geometry, loading definition, and material properties.
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Material CharacterisationAccurate analysis predictions are reliant on precise material properties. This is particularly relevant for the complex (orthotropic) properties of composite materials, which are a function of fibre, matrix and processing conditions. Characterisation involves physical testing of the material in various ways, and subsequent calculation of properties based upon the raw test results. Thus a ‘material card’ is created for use in analysis software.
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Equipment & SoftwareAs the result of in-house developments to ensure that we can offer cutting-edge analysis and characterisation techniques, we have created dedicated test equipment and software which is now commercially available. CZone and FiRMA analysis extensions (for composite crush prediction, and random material analysis respectively) can be licensed from analysis software vendors Simulia and Altair. Composite crush test fixtures and our bespoke 4.6 kJ Drop Tower can also be built to order.
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