Determine your goal for FEA modeling
Identify the geometry to be modeled and analyzed
Identify all loads and how they are to be applied
Identify all pertinent constraints and boundary conditions
Identify all materials and their respective engineering properties
Prepare and/or create the 2D or 3D model geometry
Apply loads, constraints, boundary conditions, and material properties
Review and verify the model with you to guarantee proper representation of your product
Perform appropriate preliminary analyses and simulations
Prepare preliminary analysis results
Investigate validity of analysis results, as compared to expected product performance and engineering knowledge
Refine model, if necessary
Run appropriate final analyses and simulations
Prepare final reports and hard copies of results
Report all findings and deliver results to you

 

A Productive Engineering consultant will maintain communication appropriate with the project to update you on progress, obtain required information, and discuss preliminary findings. Depending on the project, various site visits may be required.

Business Requirements – Some key issues about your design need to be tested and evaluated, but your time and money is limited for prototyping.  You need answers to the following questions:

 

Will your design function as needed?
Can it handle all the loads?
Is temperature an issue?
Will vibration cause it to fail?
Can your design be improved to reduce manufacturing costs and still function properly?
Where are the weak points?
How long is it expected to last?

 

The answers to these questions can be extremely valuable, if determined prior to production, or extremely costly, if discovered later, in the field!

 

Service Benefit – An accurate, real-world assessment of your product will be provided in the most timely and cost-effective manner possible.  You will be given valuable insight as to your product’s capabilities and possible design improvements, without the high costs and time delays of building and breaking actual prototypes. Multiple loading scenarios can be evaluated in a fraction of the time required to physically test your design ideas. By relying on our analysis expertise, you also eliminate the costly overhead of securing and maintaining your own analysis department.

 

Service Summary – We offer detailed design analysis using the industry-leading Pro/MECHANICA software to evaluate and solve structure, thermal, vibration, and/or fatigue problems. A highly-experienced, and licensed, engineer will model your product, subject it to real-world loads, and evaluate its performance. Your results will be presented in high quality images, color fringe plots, animations, or other appropriate outputs as required..

Founded in June of 2000, Productive Engineering, LLC helps product manufacturers with their design and analysis needs. Our extensive background and experience provides superior insight to evaluating and solving design and failure problems. We work closely with customers to determine and meet their goals, while exceeding their expectations. Previous employment with Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) and Integrated Network Solutions (INS), led to the creation of this company to better support the users of PTC’s products. In addition, the research, design, and analysis background gained from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory greatly enhances our service capabilities and possibilities.

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