Engineers designing electromagnetics products will be able to design, analyze and test within the Siemens Simcenter tool environment thanks to an acquisition and partnership just announced. Siemens recently announced the acquisition of Infolytica Corporation and a strategic partnership with Ingegneria Dei Sistemi (IDS) and plans to integrate tools from both companies to add electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) capabilities to Simcenter.
Engineers can design and simulate electromagnetic components including motors, generators, transformers, sensors, induction heating, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and shielding with the tools from Infolytica. With the Motosolve module, users can design and analyze induction, synchronous, electronically and brush-commutated motors. The resulting designs can be simulated with software, or a motor parameter file can be exported to an FPGA-based, accelerated finite element analysis (FEA)–based simulator to very accurately model the motor and evaluate nonlinearity in the motor.
Engineers can use the MagNet tool to design motors, sensors, transducers, transformers or other components with coils or permanent magnets. The design can then be linked to the ThermNet tool to analyze and simulate thermal-electromagnetic field coupling, or the designer can use FEA-based methods to model transient fields and current flow with the ElecNet tool.
Engineers can design and analyze electromagnetic engineering applications with the Galileo suite from IDS. Users can use fast and simple analytical tools to explore the design space during preliminary design, refine and develop the component design and then perform detailed simulations to verify performance and behavior of the final design. The electromagnetic toolkit framework integrates a set of interoperable solvers for pre-processing and post-processing designs. Working procedures optimized for specific applications and problems support applications such as antennas, radar systems and the Internet of Things.
Engineers can mitigate complex electromagnetic interference (EMI) interactions with both virtual and physical testing. Users can test their designs virtually using the CAE modeling and simulation software, build the component to physically test and validate the simulation and then refine and revise the design to improve performance. This close coupling between simulation and measured results expedites mitigation of complex electromagnetic interactions.
Engineers will be able to design, analyze and model nearly any electromagnetic component with the new integrated Simcenter environment resulting from this acquisition and partnership. This enhanced integration and interoperability of the tool suites will reduce workload and improve efficiency. For more information, visit the Siemens Simcenter website.