Altair Case Studies Sujan CooperStandard's Success in Achieving Lightweight and Performance Targets with Altair

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Sujan CooperStandard's Success in Achieving Lightweight and Performance Targets with Altair

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Technology Category	Sensors - Haptic Sensors Sensors - Vibration Sensors
Applicable Industries	Aerospace Automotive
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Time Sensitive Networking Visual Quality Detection
Services	Testing & Certification Training
Challenge	Sujan CooperStandard, a leading manufacturer of anti-vibration NVH products for automotive companies, faced significant challenges due to the stringent environmental norms and government policies related to pollution control. The automotive industry's pressure to reduce vehicle weight to minimize pollution and increase efficiency put the company under immense pressure to optimize designs and reduce the weight of products and components. Additionally, the fierce competition among automotive companies to launch new products quickly added to the pressure. Traditional methods of designing, developing, and testing products were no longer sufficient to meet the aggressive deadlines set by automotive companies. Sujan CooperStandard needed state-of-the-art software CAE solutions to reduce new product development time and cost while maintaining the product quality standards set by their clients. Read More
About Customer	Sujan CooperStandard is a collaboration between the Sujan Group and CooperStandard. The Sujan Group, started in 1977, has served almost every aspect of the automobile and vehicle industry, including automotive four and two wheelers applications, railway, aerospace, agricultural, industrial, earth moving and construction applications, as well as marine, power generation, and defense applications. CooperStandard France is the world’s leading supplier of systems and components for the automotive industry. The collaboration between Sujan and CooperStandard has multiplied the group’s capability to serve the market, bringing together the quality experience of Sujan and the design and engineering knowledge of CooperStandard. Read More
Solution	Sujan CooperStandard invested in Altair CAE Solutions to meet their challenges. Initially, they used Altair HyperWorks only as a pre-processor, but after understanding the software's capabilities, they started using it extensively for both pre-processing and post-processing. The company now heavily relies on Altair pre-processor HyperMesh and post-processor HyperView for meshing and viewing post-processing results. They plan to use Altair OptiStruct and solidThinking Inspire for weight optimization of their components in the future. They are also keen to evaluate Altair RADIOSS, a robust solver, to check its speed and efficiency to further help them save costs. Using the Altair suite of solutions, Sujan CooperStandard consistently meets their time, cost, and quality targets, getting their products right the first time. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Sensors - Haptic Sensors

Sensors - Vibration Sensors

Applicable Industries

Aerospace

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Time Sensitive Networking

Visual Quality Detection

Services

Testing & Certification

Training

Challenge

Sujan CooperStandard, a leading manufacturer of anti-vibration NVH products for automotive companies, faced significant challenges due to the stringent environmental norms and government policies related to pollution control. The automotive industry's pressure to reduce vehicle weight to minimize pollution and increase efficiency put the company under immense pressure to optimize designs and reduce the weight of products and components. Additionally, the fierce competition among automotive companies to launch new products quickly added to the pressure. Traditional methods of designing, developing, and testing products were no longer sufficient to meet the aggressive deadlines set by automotive companies. Sujan CooperStandard needed state-of-the-art software CAE solutions to reduce new product development time and cost while maintaining the product quality standards set by their clients.

About Customer

Sujan CooperStandard is a collaboration between the Sujan Group and CooperStandard. The Sujan Group, started in 1977, has served almost every aspect of the automobile and vehicle industry, including automotive four and two wheelers applications, railway, aerospace, agricultural, industrial, earth moving and construction applications, as well as marine, power generation, and defense applications. CooperStandard France is the world’s leading supplier of systems and components for the automotive industry. The collaboration between Sujan and CooperStandard has multiplied the group’s capability to serve the market, bringing together the quality experience of Sujan and the design and engineering knowledge of CooperStandard.

Solution

Sujan CooperStandard invested in Altair CAE Solutions to meet their challenges. Initially, they used Altair HyperWorks only as a pre-processor, but after understanding the software's capabilities, they started using it extensively for both pre-processing and post-processing. The company now heavily relies on Altair pre-processor HyperMesh and post-processor HyperView for meshing and viewing post-processing results. They plan to use Altair OptiStruct and solidThinking Inspire for weight optimization of their components in the future. They are also keen to evaluate Altair RADIOSS, a robust solver, to check its speed and efficiency to further help them save costs. Using the Altair suite of solutions, Sujan CooperStandard consistently meets their time, cost, and quality targets, getting their products right the first time.

Impact #1	The investment in Altair solutions has significantly transformed Sujan CooperStandard's operations. The company started building their R&D team after getting introduced to Altair's software, which evolved with the systematic implementation of Altair's solutions. The team is now a strong pillar of their product development processes and meticulously utilizes Altair's software to develop world-class components and optimize their performance. The team has successfully used Altair's solutions to optimize and analyze designs of Torsion Vibration Damper, optimize designs of Engine Brackets, and do a complete analysis of Exhaust Mountings and Dampers. The software's excellent filtering and visualization capabilities have also been beneficial in analyzing stress versus strain. The team at Sujan CooperStandard is extremely pleased with the training and implementation activities provided by DesignTech and Altair teams, and they highly recommend the use of Altair's solutions.

Impact #1

The investment in Altair solutions has significantly transformed Sujan CooperStandard's operations. The company started building their R&D team after getting introduced to Altair's software, which evolved with the systematic implementation of Altair's solutions. The team is now a strong pillar of their product development processes and meticulously utilizes Altair's software to develop world-class components and optimize their performance. The team has successfully used Altair's solutions to optimize and analyze designs of Torsion Vibration Damper, optimize designs of Engine Brackets, and do a complete analysis of Exhaust Mountings and Dampers. The software's excellent filtering and visualization capabilities have also been beneficial in analyzing stress versus strain. The team at Sujan CooperStandard is extremely pleased with the training and implementation activities provided by DesignTech and Altair teams, and they highly recommend the use of Altair's solutions.

Benefit #1	The team successfully delivered engine mounts for Renault Kwid, Mahindra TUV 300, and Mahindra KUV 100 within the specified time limits using Altair's solutions.
Benefit #2	The use of Altair solutions considerably reduced the overall time required to finalize designs of components like the Engine Bracket.
Benefit #3	The company now has a strong team of 30 engineers and a set of 46 HyperWorks Units through Altair's flexible licensing system.

Benefit #1

The team successfully delivered engine mounts for Renault Kwid, Mahindra TUV 300, and Mahindra KUV 100 within the specified time limits using Altair's solutions.

Benefit #2

The use of Altair solutions considerably reduced the overall time required to finalize designs of components like the Engine Bracket.

Benefit #3

The company now has a strong team of 30 engineers and a set of 46 HyperWorks Units through Altair's flexible licensing system.

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Sujan CooperStandard's Success in Achieving Lightweight and Performance Targets with Altair

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