ANSYS Case Studies Epta's Transition to Cloud Environment for Enhanced Simulation Speed and Scale

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Epta's Transition to Cloud Environment for Enhanced Simulation Speed and Scale

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Digital Twin / Simulation Sensors - Temperature Sensors
Applicable Industries	Retail
Applicable Functions	Maintenance
Use Cases	Digital Twin Virtual Reality
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Epta, a global leader in commercial refrigeration solutions, was facing challenges in evaluating and validating the performance of multiple refrigeration system designs under various working conditions. The increasing global engineering trends necessitated a deeper understanding of physics and large-scale simulation efforts. The traditional methods were not efficient enough to deal with these demanding requirements. The need for a robust, fast, and convenient environment, especially during production peaks, was evident. The challenge was to find a solution that could provide a flexible configuration to manage multiple projects simultaneously without compromising on the speed and scale of simulations. Read More
About Customer	Epta is a multinational group that provides a comprehensive range of solutions for commercial refrigeration. The company ensures the supply, installation, and maintenance of systems. Epta has a strong and well-balanced competitive position worldwide, both in terms of geographic distribution and business area coverage. The company operates under several brands, including Costan, Bonnet Névé, George Barker, Eurocryor, Misa, and IARP. Epta is committed to satisfying the needs of demanding customers around the world, addressing critical issues for large-scale retail trade. Read More
Solution	Epta adopted ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFD PrepPost, and ANSYS HPC Pack, hosted on a Gompute cluster, to address their challenges. The solution involved the simulation of flow patterns, pressure drops, and airflow thermal behavior in a refrigerated cabinet with 3-D and transient analysis using ANSYS Fluent. The Gompute cluster provided a 'ready-to-go' environment that allowed fast and convenient investigation. The solution also offered the flexibility to split CFD PrepPost and solver activities, enabling the management of multiple projects at the same time. The new hosted solution significantly increased the flexibility to allocate computing resources, capacity, and simulation speed, at a lower cost of ownership than building an internal cluster. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Digital Twin / Simulation

Sensors - Temperature Sensors

Applicable Industries

Retail

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Use Cases

Digital Twin

Virtual Reality

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Epta, a global leader in commercial refrigeration solutions, was facing challenges in evaluating and validating the performance of multiple refrigeration system designs under various working conditions. The increasing global engineering trends necessitated a deeper understanding of physics and large-scale simulation efforts. The traditional methods were not efficient enough to deal with these demanding requirements. The need for a robust, fast, and convenient environment, especially during production peaks, was evident. The challenge was to find a solution that could provide a flexible configuration to manage multiple projects simultaneously without compromising on the speed and scale of simulations.

About Customer

Epta is a multinational group that provides a comprehensive range of solutions for commercial refrigeration. The company ensures the supply, installation, and maintenance of systems. Epta has a strong and well-balanced competitive position worldwide, both in terms of geographic distribution and business area coverage. The company operates under several brands, including Costan, Bonnet Névé, George Barker, Eurocryor, Misa, and IARP. Epta is committed to satisfying the needs of demanding customers around the world, addressing critical issues for large-scale retail trade.

Solution

Epta adopted ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFD PrepPost, and ANSYS HPC Pack, hosted on a Gompute cluster, to address their challenges. The solution involved the simulation of flow patterns, pressure drops, and airflow thermal behavior in a refrigerated cabinet with 3-D and transient analysis using ANSYS Fluent. The Gompute cluster provided a 'ready-to-go' environment that allowed fast and convenient investigation. The solution also offered the flexibility to split CFD PrepPost and solver activities, enabling the management of multiple projects at the same time. The new hosted solution significantly increased the flexibility to allocate computing resources, capacity, and simulation speed, at a lower cost of ownership than building an internal cluster.

Impact #1	The transition to a cloud environment has brought about several operational benefits for Epta. The productivity of Epta engineers has improved as they can now remotely access a best-in-class HPC environment for CAE, including visualization, job submission, and data management. The new solution has also enhanced customer responsiveness and satisfaction due to faster project turnaround times. Furthermore, any support issues are directly resolved by ANSYS with Gompute, minimizing the involvement of Epta's engineering team components, thereby freeing up their time for other critical tasks.

Impact #1

The transition to a cloud environment has brought about several operational benefits for Epta. The productivity of Epta engineers has improved as they can now remotely access a best-in-class HPC environment for CAE, including visualization, job submission, and data management. The new solution has also enhanced customer responsiveness and satisfaction due to faster project turnaround times. Furthermore, any support issues are directly resolved by ANSYS with Gompute, minimizing the involvement of Epta's engineering team components, thereby freeing up their time for other critical tasks.

Benefit #1	The new hosted solution resulted in a significant increase in flexibility to allocate computing resources, capacity, and simulation speed.
Benefit #2	The new capacity was launched much faster than securing internal hardware resources.
Benefit #3	Customer responsiveness and satisfaction have increased due to faster project turnaround.

Benefit #1

The new hosted solution resulted in a significant increase in flexibility to allocate computing resources, capacity, and simulation speed.

Benefit #2

The new capacity was launched much faster than securing internal hardware resources.

Benefit #3

Customer responsiveness and satisfaction have increased due to faster project turnaround.

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Epta's Transition to Cloud Environment for Enhanced Simulation Speed and Scale

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