Altair Case Studies Stanley Black & Decker Enhances Design Innovation with Altair HyperWorks Unlimited

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Stanley Black & Decker Enhances Design Innovation with Altair HyperWorks Unlimited

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Applicable Industries	Electrical Grids Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Maintenance Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Tamper Detection
Services	Hardware Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Stanley Black & Decker (SBD), a global provider of hand tools, power tools, and related accessories, was seeking ways to maintain a competitive edge and bring better-performing products to market faster. The company was particularly interested in optimizing the hammer mechanism design for their top-selling rotary hammers and knew they needed a computer-aided engineering (CAE)-based approach. However, the CAE-based optimization they had been using had a runtime of about three weeks, which was not sufficient to stay competitive. SBD aimed to reduce this runtime to one weekend. The team realized they needed more computational power to drive desired performance improvements, but they were concerned about the cost of high-performance computing (HPC) hardware/cores, the effort to maintain and support a complex HPC system, and the ability to fully leverage this hardware with the necessary software licenses to keep utilization high. Read More
About Customer	Stanley Black & Decker (SBD) is a diversified global provider of hand tools, power tools, and related accessories, mechanical access and electronic security solutions, healthcare solutions, engineered fastening systems, and more. The company delivers innovative, powerful tools that help professionals around the world build, repair, and protect the world’s most valuable things. SBD is the leader in tools and security with brands including Stanley Tools, DEWALT, Mac Tools, Porter-Cable, and more. Its products range from airport doors to residential locks and deadbolts to the hydraulic breakers that rescue trapped earthquake survivors. Read More
Solution	SBD considered offers from three leading HPC hardware providers but were still concerned about the additional licensing cost necessary to truly take advantage of the system. Altair introduced SBD to HyperWorks Unlimited, a fully managed HPC appliance for CAE. This turnkey appliance includes pre-configured HPC hardware and software, with unlimited use of a wide variety of Altair HyperWorks applications plus Altair PBS Works for HPC workload management. SBD engineers ran a benchmark study that proved Radioss in conjunction with Altair HyperStudy would be equivalent in accuracy and performance to the LS-DYNA/optiSLang solution they had been using. Based on the results, SBD decided to move forward with the Altair HyperWorks Unlimited solution. Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Electrical Grids

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Tamper Detection

Services

Hardware Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Stanley Black & Decker (SBD), a global provider of hand tools, power tools, and related accessories, was seeking ways to maintain a competitive edge and bring better-performing products to market faster. The company was particularly interested in optimizing the hammer mechanism design for their top-selling rotary hammers and knew they needed a computer-aided engineering (CAE)-based approach. However, the CAE-based optimization they had been using had a runtime of about three weeks, which was not sufficient to stay competitive. SBD aimed to reduce this runtime to one weekend. The team realized they needed more computational power to drive desired performance improvements, but they were concerned about the cost of high-performance computing (HPC) hardware/cores, the effort to maintain and support a complex HPC system, and the ability to fully leverage this hardware with the necessary software licenses to keep utilization high.

About Customer

Stanley Black & Decker (SBD) is a diversified global provider of hand tools, power tools, and related accessories, mechanical access and electronic security solutions, healthcare solutions, engineered fastening systems, and more. The company delivers innovative, powerful tools that help professionals around the world build, repair, and protect the world’s most valuable things. SBD is the leader in tools and security with brands including Stanley Tools, DEWALT, Mac Tools, Porter-Cable, and more. Its products range from airport doors to residential locks and deadbolts to the hydraulic breakers that rescue trapped earthquake survivors.

Solution

SBD considered offers from three leading HPC hardware providers but were still concerned about the additional licensing cost necessary to truly take advantage of the system. Altair introduced SBD to HyperWorks Unlimited, a fully managed HPC appliance for CAE. This turnkey appliance includes pre-configured HPC hardware and software, with unlimited use of a wide variety of Altair HyperWorks applications plus Altair PBS Works for HPC workload management. SBD engineers ran a benchmark study that proved Radioss in conjunction with Altair HyperStudy would be equivalent in accuracy and performance to the LS-DYNA/optiSLang solution they had been using. Based on the results, SBD decided to move forward with the Altair HyperWorks Unlimited solution.

Impact #1	With the implementation of Altair's HyperWorks Unlimited, SBD has expanded its CAE capabilities for unlimited exploration. The system has increased utilization with no performance or maintenance issues. The pre-configured hardware is easy to set up and use, and it comes with a full suite of CAE and HPC products that scale up to meet all optimization requirements, without the need to worry about buying more licenses. Now, SBD engineers have new optimization capabilities and can embrace simulation-driven exploration to meet their design requirements, exploring concepts more deeply, reducing cycle times and making better decisions faster. The company plans to expand usage at its current site and then bring the same level of HPC capabilities to other sites.

Impact #1

With the implementation of Altair's HyperWorks Unlimited, SBD has expanded its CAE capabilities for unlimited exploration. The system has increased utilization with no performance or maintenance issues. The pre-configured hardware is easy to set up and use, and it comes with a full suite of CAE and HPC products that scale up to meet all optimization requirements, without the need to worry about buying more licenses. Now, SBD engineers have new optimization capabilities and can embrace simulation-driven exploration to meet their design requirements, exploring concepts more deeply, reducing cycle times and making better decisions faster. The company plans to expand usage at its current site and then bring the same level of HPC capabilities to other sites.

Benefit #1	Reduced optimization runtime from three weeks to one weekend
Benefit #2	160-core HyperWorks Unlimited system delivered and installed in just a few days
Benefit #3	Unlimited use of a wide variety of Altair HyperWorks applications plus Altair PBS Works for HPC workload management

Benefit #1

Reduced optimization runtime from three weeks to one weekend

Benefit #2

160-core HyperWorks Unlimited system delivered and installed in just a few days

Benefit #3

Unlimited use of a wide variety of Altair HyperWorks applications plus Altair PBS Works for HPC workload management

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Stanley Black & Decker Enhances Design Innovation with Altair HyperWorks Unlimited

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