{"id":64108,"date":"2023-02-02T11:28:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T11:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/?page_id=64108"},"modified":"2024-03-27T07:46:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T07:46:38","slug":"itw-accelerates-development-fastening-components","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/customers\/itw-accelerates-development-fastening-components\/","title":{"rendered":"ITW Accelerates the Development of Fastening Components"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Physical prototyping and poor design concepts cost time and money. ITW Automotive, a leading global supplier of auto parts, deployed simulation at an early stage in the design process to disqualify poor design concepts earlier and accelerate development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10% reduction in R&D costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accelerating the Development of Plastic Fastening Components using Cloud-Native Simulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ITW Automotive<\/a> uses nonlinear static simulation and analysis, now embedded in their engineering design teams at the early stages of product development. In this case study, we demonstrate how ITW Automotive has deployed engineering simulation in the cloud at an enterprise level and, using a specific example of a pipe and anchor clips, how they account for non-linear materials, contacts, and effects to predict large deformations and optimize clip designs. Deploying simulation at an early stage has accelerated time to development and significantly reduced physical testing costs by leveraging the parametric modeling capabilities in SimScale. This also ensures that poor design concepts are disqualified earlier leading to faster overall development times and reduced risk of part failure. The anchor clips in question, have been used in the new Volvo XC90 hybrid vehicle and are a critical component for vehicle safety and performance. Massimo Savi is a mechanical design engineer at ITW Automotive with a focus on plastic fastener component design and development. Simulation is critical during product design as it allows his team to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n