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Accelerating product development while improving
accuracy with COSMOS
Company
InForm Product
Development, Inc. |
Industry
Consumer Products |
Location
U.S.A |
Product Used
COSMOSWorks™ |
Type of Analysis
Linear Static,
Fatigue, Thermal
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More Details
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Most product failures can be cleared up using analysis,
whether the part involves structural weldments, injection
molding, die-castings, or thermoform processes.
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The Challenge
InForm Product Development, Inc. provides a complete range of design
and engineering services to manufacturers worldwide in a variety of
industries. Conducting design analyses on product designs is an important
part of the InForm's business, which is why the company conducted an
extensive benchmark evaluation of leading finite element analysis (FEA)
packages.
The Solution
InForm selected the COSMOS suite of analysis software because of its
speed, accuracy, ease of use, integration with SolidWorks, and powerful
capabilities, including nonlinear, assembly, and contact analysis. By
implementing the COSMOS suite of analysis software, InForm increased
its analysis work to over 30 percent of its total business, improved
product development speed and accuracy, reduced prototype development
costs, and realized a return on its analysis investment in less than
one year.
Summary and Metrics:
- Increased analysis-specific work to over 30 percent of total business
- Improved product development speed and accuracy
- Reduced prototype development costs
- Realized return on investment in less than one year
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"We
were able to eliminate roughly a half-cent's worth of material
from the wiper assembly. That may not sound like much, but when
you consider a potential manufacturing run of 25 million pieces
over five years in-service, the cost savings are substantial."
Edward Raleigh, Director
of Engineering
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