Altair Case Studies Optimizing Tailor Rolled Blanks Processes with High Performance Computing at Mubea

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Optimizing Tailor Rolled Blanks Processes with High Performance Computing at Mubea

Altair

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud
Applicable Industries	Apparel Automotive
Applicable Functions	Procurement Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Manufacturing Process Simulation Vehicle Performance Monitoring
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Hardware Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Mubea, a global supplier of automotive lightweight components, is the only supplier for Tailor Rolled Blanks (TRB), a cold rolling process that tailors sheet thicknesses to meet the needs of an automotive Body in White (BIW) structure. The company supports its customers by identifying lightweight potentials in a vehicle, designing proper tailor rolled parts, and conducting full light weight studies with full vehicle models with their own CAE resources. However, the design optimization of Tailor Rolled Blanks is normally based on explicit dynamic simulations, also known as crash simulations. Due to the large size of these crash models, a single simulation run takes between one to twelve hours. Exploring different design concepts leads to various simulation runs and potential optimization, but due to the long run times, this becomes prohibitive and can easily exceed a project’s allotted time frame, which decreases innovations. Read More
About Customer	Mubea is a world-class global supplier of automotive lightweight components. In addition to chassis and motor components, Mubea is currently the only supplier for Tailor Rolled Blanks (TRB). Tailored rolling is a cold rolling process where the rolling nip is constantly varied in order to tailor the sheet thicknesses to meet the needs of an automotive Body in White (BIW) structure. Mubea supports its customers by identifying lightweight potentials in a vehicle, designing proper tailor rolled parts, and by conducting full light weight studies with full vehicle models with their own CAE resources. At Mubea, the engineers employ, amongst other tools, Altair’s HyperWorks CAE Suite to design and optimize parts. Read More
Solution	To conduct all the simulation runs needed for assessment and evaluation of the different design concepts, Mubea uses high-performance computing (HPC) to complete an optimization task in the given time schedule. Mubea handles those simulations typically via their own local HyperWorks Unlimited™ (HWUL) Physical Appliance Cluster. HyperWorks Unlimited Physical Appliance is a private cloud solution with fully configured hardware and software, offering unlimited use of all Altair software within the appliance. This includes best-in-class application software, HPC workload management tools, and industry leading licensing and business model to meet the customer’s growing simulation needs. In the context of the HPC Challenge, HWUL Virtual Appliance was offered jointly with the solutions of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Intel. The free use of Altair’s HWUL Virtual Appliance was supplemented by free credits from AWS. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud

Applicable Industries

Apparel

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Procurement

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Manufacturing Process Simulation

Vehicle Performance Monitoring

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Hardware Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Mubea, a global supplier of automotive lightweight components, is the only supplier for Tailor Rolled Blanks (TRB), a cold rolling process that tailors sheet thicknesses to meet the needs of an automotive Body in White (BIW) structure. The company supports its customers by identifying lightweight potentials in a vehicle, designing proper tailor rolled parts, and conducting full light weight studies with full vehicle models with their own CAE resources. However, the design optimization of Tailor Rolled Blanks is normally based on explicit dynamic simulations, also known as crash simulations. Due to the large size of these crash models, a single simulation run takes between one to twelve hours. Exploring different design concepts leads to various simulation runs and potential optimization, but due to the long run times, this becomes prohibitive and can easily exceed a project’s allotted time frame, which decreases innovations.

About Customer

Mubea is a world-class global supplier of automotive lightweight components. In addition to chassis and motor components, Mubea is currently the only supplier for Tailor Rolled Blanks (TRB). Tailored rolling is a cold rolling process where the rolling nip is constantly varied in order to tailor the sheet thicknesses to meet the needs of an automotive Body in White (BIW) structure. Mubea supports its customers by identifying lightweight potentials in a vehicle, designing proper tailor rolled parts, and by conducting full light weight studies with full vehicle models with their own CAE resources. At Mubea, the engineers employ, amongst other tools, Altair’s HyperWorks CAE Suite to design and optimize parts.

Solution

To conduct all the simulation runs needed for assessment and evaluation of the different design concepts, Mubea uses high-performance computing (HPC) to complete an optimization task in the given time schedule. Mubea handles those simulations typically via their own local HyperWorks Unlimited™ (HWUL) Physical Appliance Cluster. HyperWorks Unlimited Physical Appliance is a private cloud solution with fully configured hardware and software, offering unlimited use of all Altair software within the appliance. This includes best-in-class application software, HPC workload management tools, and industry leading licensing and business model to meet the customer’s growing simulation needs. In the context of the HPC Challenge, HWUL Virtual Appliance was offered jointly with the solutions of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Intel. The free use of Altair’s HWUL Virtual Appliance was supplemented by free credits from AWS.

Impact #1	The biggest benefit of cloud based CAE for Mubea is that the engineers can react to new projects or changing requirements much faster. With HWUL Virtual Appliance, Mubea was able to reduce the turnaround time of a lightweight study significantly. The cloud based solution performs similar to a comparable on-site resource such as HWUL Physical Appliance. One of the biggest remaining concerns of cloud based CAE is data security. This is met by features like SSL, SSH and VPN, the Altair Virtual Appliance is offering and therefore meeting industry standard security capabilities. In times to come, cloud based CAE will be used more frequently than it is used today. The advantages outweigh any concerns or disadvantages, since cloud based CAE, in the way Altair offers it jointly with AWS and Intel, provides all needed software and hardware resources on demand and enables infinite design explorations.

Impact #1

The biggest benefit of cloud based CAE for Mubea is that the engineers can react to new projects or changing requirements much faster. With HWUL Virtual Appliance, Mubea was able to reduce the turnaround time of a lightweight study significantly. The cloud based solution performs similar to a comparable on-site resource such as HWUL Physical Appliance. One of the biggest remaining concerns of cloud based CAE is data security. This is met by features like SSL, SSH and VPN, the Altair Virtual Appliance is offering and therefore meeting industry standard security capabilities. In times to come, cloud based CAE will be used more frequently than it is used today. The advantages outweigh any concerns or disadvantages, since cloud based CAE, in the way Altair offers it jointly with AWS and Intel, provides all needed software and hardware resources on demand and enables infinite design explorations.

Benefit #1	Reduced the turnaround time of a lightweight study significantly
Benefit #2	Able to conduct all the simulation runs needed for assessment and evaluation of the different design concepts in the given time schedule
Benefit #3	Able to explore different design concepts without exceeding a project’s allotted time frame

Benefit #1

Reduced the turnaround time of a lightweight study significantly

Benefit #2

Able to conduct all the simulation runs needed for assessment and evaluation of the different design concepts in the given time schedule

Benefit #3

Able to explore different design concepts without exceeding a project’s allotted time frame

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Optimizing Tailor Rolled Blanks Processes with High Performance Computing at Mubea

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