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Agenda
• Company Background
• Analysis Cycle
• Previous Report Method
• Development of Automated Reporting Software
• New Report Method with ARD
• Summary and Future Potential
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Company Introduction
Head Office : Kuki City, Saitama, Japan
Established : July, 1947
Global Sales : US$1,716 million (Mar. 2014)
Employees : 5,788(Mar. 2014)
Certifications: ISO 14000 ISO/TS 16949 QS 9000
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Functional Capabilities
Fully integrated global system
from Product Design and Development
through Product Manufacturing
Research &
Development
Product
Design
Production
Planning
Manufacturing
Technology
Global
Quality
Global
Production
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F.tech Group Global Network
F-tech Zhongshan Inc.
F-tech Philippines Mfg. Inc.
F-tech R&D Philippines Inc.
F&P Mfg., Inc.
DYNA-MIG Mfg. of Stratford
F-tech R&D North America Inc.
F&P America Mfg., Inc.
F&P Georgia Mfg.
Haga Technical Center
Head Office / Kuki Factory
Kameyama Factory
South-East Asia
North America
Japan
Kyushu F-tech
PT. F-tech Indonesia
F.E.G. DE QUERETARO S.A. DE C.V.
F&P Mfg. Mexico S.A. DE C.V.
F-tech R&D China
: R&D
F-tech R&D NA Detroit Branch
F-tech R&D NA EU Branch (Germany) UK technical joint
SA technical joint
India technical joint
F-tech Mfg. (Thailand) Ltd.
F-tech Wuhan Inc.
: PRODUCTION
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F.tech Product
Manufactured parts
• Cradles
• Front subframes
• Rear subframes
• Suspension
• Front & Rear Upper arms
• Front & Rear Lower arms
• Trailing arms
• Toe links
• Torsion Beams
• Pedals
• Acceleration
• Brake pedals
• Clutch pedals
• Specialty Parts
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• Supplier for several OEM companies
• Balanced portfolio
• Stable revenue
F.tech Group Global Customer Base
Global Share
Other3 .0%
Mitsubish i0 .2%
Nissan4 .9%
Toyota3 .0%
GM8.6%
Honda 80 .3%
FY 2013
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Analysis Cycle
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Analysis Cycle
• Receive 3D geometry model from design team
• Make mesh changes to model
• Run analysis
• Check results
• Make summary or report
• Send result summary to design team
• Repeat until design meets customer’s targets
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Example Results
• Static Stiffness
• 29 displacement results to record
• NVH
• 10 modes to record
• Linear Dura Life
• 26 durability loadcases to record images and results
• Check stress values against material yield
• Non-Linear Dura (permanent set deformation)
• 12 loadcases to record images and deformation values
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Previous Methods
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Method Before ARD (Linear Dura)
• Load each model results into Hyperview
• Apply “Life” contour and set each legend to each loadcase
• Manual check over model or use Advanced Query to find concern areas
• Take separate pictures for each concern area
• Add to report
• Note values of concern area
• Add to report
• Repeat for each loadcase ran
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Time Involved
• Static Stiffness
• 10min
• NVH
• 5min
• Linear Dura Life
• Up to 8 hours for full report
• Non Linear Dura (permanent set deformation)
• 30min
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Issue
• Receive 3d geometry model from Design team
• Mesh changes to model
• Run analysis
• Check results
• Make summary or report
• Send result summary to Design Team
• Repeat until design meets customer’s targets
• Static Stiffness
• 10min
• NVH
• 5min
• Linear Dura Life
• Up to 8 hours for full report
• Non linear Dura (perm set deformation)
• 30min
Time spent on recording results
takes away from time spent on
project development
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Development of Automated Reporting Software
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Automated Reporting Main Key Features:
• Automated detection of result maxima or hot spots,
best view selection, creation of notes and legends
• Interactive tables highlighting the most interesting
parts and load cases
• Exclusion of components from the analysis not relevant
for the assessment
• Filtering of pages below a certain threshold
• Loop over all components/groups and load cases
• A single report page for all parts/groups/load case combinations
• Generic framework for any kind of result type
• •Batch mode capabilities
Automated Reporting Capabilities
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Software Development
• The Altair team worked to cater to our project needs
• The template created is customizable to work for different projects
• Contact with Altair was easy and efficient
• Web meetings were utilized for discussion and idea sharing
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New Report Method with ARD
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Software Implementation
• Load each model results into Hyperview
• Apply “Life” contour to all loadcases
• No need to set legend to each loadcase
• Launch Automated Reporting Director menu
• Select F.tech template
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Software Implementation
• Enter report information
• Callout Size
• Check elements adjacent
• Node numbers range
• For displacement use
• Enter load case information
• Enter loadstep information
• Loadcase name
• Loadcase cycles
• Cycle definition
Loadstep text information can be copied and pasted from spreadsheets
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Software Implementation
Run Program
• Run takes just moments
• Auto fills results
• Results can be copied
to results database
or exported to Powerpoint
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ARD Report
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ARD Report
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ARD Report
**Demonstration Results for presentation use only
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ARD Report
**Demonstration Results for presentation use only
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ARD Report
**Demonstration Results for presentation use only
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ARD Report
**Demonstration Results for presentation use only
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Software Implementation
• Load each model results into Hyperview
• Apply “Life” contour to all loadcases
• No need to set legend to each loadcase
• Launch Automated Reporting Director Menu
• Select F.tech template
• ARD Eliminates:
• Manual check over model or use Advanced Query to find concern areas
• Take separate pictures for each concern area
• Note values of concern area
• Repeat for each loadcase ran
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Summary and Future Potential
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Time Involved After ARD
• Static Stiffness
• <1min
• Copy displacement results to results database
• NVH
• <1min
• Export results to presentation
• Includes avi files for mode shape animation
• Linear Dura Life
• <10min
• Export results to presentation
• Fill in project information
• Make any adjustments needed (typically only pictures)
• Non linear Dura (permanent set deformation)
• <1min
• Copy displacement results to results database
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Future Potential
• Benefits of future projects with ARD
• Works with several OEM’s
• Reduce risk of error
• Time savings
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Report Type
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ARD