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Case Studies
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“We have been using traditional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software to analyze our
Autodesk Inventor solid models for the last couple of years. But we found the analysis
process too time consuming because our software was unable to meet the rigorous demands
of our development timescale. EFD.Lab on the other hand matches our needs for shortened
design time and ease-of-use”
Dr. Zafer Ayaz, Naval Architect
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Saipem UK
» Saipem UK Selects EFD.Lab Engineering Fluid Dynamics Software
for Autodesk Inventor
Product: EFD.Lab
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“EFD.Lab results are easy to understand and interpret by any engineer who is already familiar with the subject matter being studied.”
Ad Heijmans, development manager at Eclipse Combustion
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Eclipse Combustion
» Eclipse Combustion Optimizes Industrial Air Heaters with Gas Burners
in Two Weeks
Product: EFD.Lab
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“We had complete confidence in the simulation results because EFD.Lab had provided such an accurate simulation of the original design.”
Rob Preble, Project Engineer at Shaw Aero Devices
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Shaw Aero Devices, Inc., Naples, Florida
» Fluid Simulation Reduces Valve Prototype Development Time
from 3 Months to 1 Day
Product: EFD.Lab
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“EFD.Lab offered the best combination of cost effectiveness and ease-of-use for us. As a matter of fact, my colleagues who were
using a traditional market-leading CFD code were amazed at how quickly I could conduct “what-if” tests.”
Evan van Wolfswinkel, Engineer at Ceemo
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CEEMO Engineering
» CEEMO Engineering Uses EFD.Lab to Fine-Tune New Race Car Design
in 8 Weeks
Product: EFD.Lab
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“Testing, which used to take 2 weeks, now takes only one day; therefore, our design test schedule has shortened dramatically.”
René Aarntzen, R&D / Engineering Manager
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Watts Industries Netherlands BV
» Watts Industries Netherlands Ensures Safe Drinking Water by Using
Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Product: EFD.Lab
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“EFD.Lab enabled Actaris engineers to quickly and accurately simulate the flow velocity, direction and pressure,
making it possible to evaluate new design concepts without the expense and leadtime required to build multiple prototypes.”
Ibne Soreefan, Project Manager for Actaris
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Actaris US Gas, Inc, Owenton, USA
» Actaris Designs Novel Gas Meters using EFD.Lab Flow Simulation Software
Product: EFD.Lab
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“EFD.Lab considerably reduced the amount of time required to optimize the design by enabling us to evaluate
design concepts in software without having to build a prototype.”
Dustin Borg, Johnson Design Engineering
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Johnson Design Engineering, CA Carlsbad, USA
» CAD-Integrated CFD Software Helps Design Innovative Flush Valve in Less Time
Product: EFD.Lab
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“Software tools such as EFD.Lab are imperative for us so that we can still
retain our
high quality standards at reasonable prices.”
Kai Huck, Grohe
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Grohe, Porta Westfalica, Germany
» EFD.Lab at Grohe - Flow simulation right from the predevelopment phase
Special issue from CAD-CAM Report 6/2005
Product: EFD.Lab
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“However, we have now progressed so far that we only carry out 10% of the tests which were previously necessary.
The simulation has thus also led to an enormous cost saving in terms of test set ups.”
Dipl.Ing. (TU) Rainer Hoffmann,
Océ Drucksysteme
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Océ Drucksysteme, Poing, Germany
» Targeted airflow - EFD.Lab used for flow simulation at Océ
Special edition from Konstruktionspraxis 6/2004
Product: EFD.Lab
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“I would purchase EFD.Lab for my part.
Our experiences with it have been very good.
It is the right product for us, and
this also applies to the support.”
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Karsten Cartarius,
BOLL & KIRCH Filterbau
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BOLL & KIRCH Filterbau, Kerpen, Germany
» Flowing success - Flow simulation in industrial use
Special edition from Konstruktionspraxis 6/2005
Product: EFD.Lab
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Bayern-Chemie Protac uses NIKA flow simulation software for example to optimise intake components
for flying objects with ram rocket drives, for calculating thrust vectors of angled nozzles or
ascertaining the aerodynamic coefficients of flying objects.
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Bayern-Chemie Protac, Aschau, Germany
»
Flow simulation in industrial use - Automated functions support the engineer
Special edition from VDI-Z 3/2005
Product: EFD.Lab
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"It was exactly the right software to be offered at exactly the right time.
After only just a few days, it transpired that this software is ideal for our purposes."
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Jacob,
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik
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Glatt Ingenieurtechnik, Weimar, Germany
»
Making flow visible
Special edition from Konstruktionspraxis 11/2003
Product: EFD.Lab
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The simulation of fluid or thermodynamic processes will increasingly establish itself a routine tool in most development departments.
With programs like EFD.Lab from NIKA, the first steps have already been taken.
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Broad Front - CFD as a Tool to Support Development
Digital Engineering Magazin, 3/2003
Product: EFD.Lab
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“Flow simulation is a vital requirement for us to realise our claim of developing state of the art products.
CFD is the only sustainable way to achieve this, and EFD.Lab has proved to be the perfect choice for our needs.”
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Karsten Cartarius,
BOLL & KIRCH Filterbau
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BOLL & KIRCH Filterbau, Kerpen, Germany
»
Product Development - Integration of Flow Simulations
CITplus, 6/2006
Product: EFD.Lab
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“EFD.Lab has become an indispensable tool in our product development.
The opportunity to visualise the effects opens up totally new dimensions
for designers developers in product design and optimisation”.
Dipl.-Ing. Rocco Kemnitz,
RAPA Rausch & Pausch GmbH
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RAPA Rausch & Pausch GmbH, Selb, Germany
» Software Solutions for Simulations with NIKA
CAD NEWS Magazin, 4/2006
Product: EFD.Lab
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“We selected EFD.V5 because it was the most accessible Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software for engineers working with CATIA V5.
Analysis results are easily generated and also improve communication between different groups within the company”
Scott Boham, Mechanical Design Engineer for Sharp Laboratories Europe
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Sharp Laboratories Europe
» Sharp Laboratories Selects EFD.V5 Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Software for CATIA V5
Product: EFD.V5
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“CAD-embedded CFD made it possible to determine simulation results nearly as fast as we changed the design.
The result is that we were able to improve the flow rate of our new valve by 15% while eliminating about 50
prototypes and reducing time to market by 4 months.”
Daniel Gaisbacher, Project Manager for VENTREX Automotive GmbH
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VENTREX Automotive GmbH, Graz, Austria
» EFD.V5 for CATIA Helps Save Four Months in Design of Automotive Valve
Product: EFD.V5
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“EFD.V5 makes it easy and inexpensive for design engineers to perform computational fluid dynamics simulations
that in the past would have required the service of analysts with advanced degrees and software packages that lease
for tens of thousands of dollars per year.”
Mark Van de Bogert, Design Manager for Miniature Precision Components
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Miniature Precision Components, Inc., Walworth, Wisconsin, USA
» Miniature Precision Uses EFD.Lab Flow Simulation to Optimize Hydrocarbon Trap
Product: EFD.V5
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“I am the user of the software, not its slave.”
Markus Bittcher from TRW Automotive Electronics and Components
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» Finally Flowing - Fluid Flow Simulation in CATIA V5
Special edition from Automobil Industrie 6/2004
Product: EFD.V5
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”With EFD.V5, NIKA is closing an important gap in the range of simulation software for CATIA V5”
Roland Feldhinkel, Chief Executive of NIKA GmbH
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» Efficient Calculation - EFD.V5 – Engineering Fluid Dynamics for CATIA V5
Special edition from Konstruktionspraxis Spezial 5/2004
Product: EFD.V5
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The “EFD.V5” flow simulation software from NIKA closes the flow simulation PLM gap for CATIA V5 for the first time.
The program was developed on the “CAAV5” platform and meets the specified requirements for process-oriented flow
simulations within the PLM concept from Dassault Systèmes ...
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»
Flow Simulations in PLM - EFD.V5 – The Product Lifecycle Management Gap
Special edition from VDI-Z Integrierte Produktion, 1/2-2004
Product: EFD.V5
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“Digital Product Development Requires Simulation Tools”
Ivo Weinhold, Produktmanager NIKA GmbH
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»
Simulating Flow - how can flows be simulated without laboratory experiments?
k-magazin, 3/2004
Product: EFD.V5
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“We see EFD.V5 as an important element in the overall PLM concept and at the same time as
a milestone on the road to integrated digital product development using CATIA V5.”
Roland Feldhinkel, Chief Executive NIKA GmbH
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» Success Is Flowing for NIKA - Flow Simulation for Engineers
Special edition from CAD/CAM 3/2004
Product: EFD.Lab & EFD.V5
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Metzeler APS, the global leader in the development and manufacture of body sealing systems
and window channel technology, used its know-how of rubber extrusion to work jointly with
NIKA to integrate an appropriate calculation model for coextrusion of window sealing profiles
for vehicles into EFD.Lab and EFD.V5 ...
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»
Simulation Made Simple - New EFD.Lab and EFD.V5 Version 5.1
Konstruktionspraxis 2/2005
Product: EFD.Lab & EFD.V5
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“We are very pleased that Flomerics is providing their EFD fluid dynamics simulation software
free of charge to the F1 in Schools project. This will enable students to analyze and optimize
the aerodynamics of their designs and will certainly give Canadian schools an advantage in competitions.”
Paul Riddell, Director of Development,
TeamWork Canada Inc.
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TeamWork Canada Inc.
»
Flomerics Helps Canadian Schools Pursue F1 Pole Position
Product: EFD.Pro
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“Using EFD.Pro, we were able to make hundreds of variations in the geometry to fine-tune
the fan and heat exchanger performance and reduce costs without sacrificing quality”
Guus Bertels, senior Engineer at Bronswerk Heat Transfer BV
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Bronswerk Heat Transfer BV
»
Bronswerk Heat Transfer BV Develops Groundbreaking Air-Cooled Coolers
and Innovative Fans with Massive Environmental Impact
Product: EFD.Pro
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“With EFD software we were able to evaluate 15 different alternatives very quickly and without cutting any metal.
One of them provides the same performance as the previous design even though it is much less expensive to make
because it does not require hydroforming.”
Toni Stamenov, Design Engineer for Ingersoll Rand Energy Systems
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Ingersoll Rand Energy Systems
»
Ingersoll Rand Energy Systems Improves Microturbine Using
EFD Flow Simulation Software
Product: EFD.Pro
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“We can show the finished design to our customer complete with how it will look and work in just one day –
that’s a saving of 3 weeks and thousands of Euros for each model. ”
Henry Aaldering, technical director at JAZO
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JAZO Zevenaar B.V.
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EFD.Pro analysis results depict amount of pressure loss on a JAZO housing
Product: EFD.Pro
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”Although I had no training on the use of EFD.Pro, I found it quick and easy to use.”
Peter Venema, Fico Trim & Form
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Fico Trim & Form Integration Systems B.V., Duiven, Netherlands
»
Laser Cutting System from Fico Achieves 40x Performance Enhancement
after Engineering Fluid Dynamics Analysis
Product: EFD.Pro
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”EFD.Pro enables flow and heat transfer simulations within the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire PDS concept
for the first time – a further step towards integrated digital product development using
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire.”
Dr. Ivo Weinhold, Produktmanager NIKA GmbH
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» EFD.Pro – Flow Simulation for Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire
Product: EFD.Pro
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“The CFD software makes it easy to perform flow simulation because it
automatically analyzes the geometry and generates the computational grid in the background while the user interacts with the
familiar CAD interface.”
Research scientist V.V. Pavlov at the Crimean State Medical University in the Ukraine
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» Computer Simulation Used to Investigate Mystery of Dolphin’s Speed
Product: COSMOSFloWorks
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„We don´t have any traditional analysts for fluid analysis in our company;
therefore, we have to solve our fluid simulation problems with our engineering know-how.”
Hans-Joachim Beckmann, CAD Product Manager at Buschjost
NIKA´s EFD technology has proven to be a perfect solution for this team
since it was especially created for the engineer ...
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Buschjost, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
» Accelerated Product Development in the Valve Industry
Customer Showcase
Product: COSMOSFloWorks
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Bayern-Chemie chose FloWorks around eighteen months ago. Once the program had been installed,
they only needed one day of training from NIKA. “Most of the functions were self-explanatory
and every upgrade has brought genuine improvements so far.”
Ralf Stierle, Bayern-Chemie
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Bayern-Chemie Protac, Aschau, Germany
» Flow Analysis – Not Just for Rocket Engines
Special edition from Konstruktion, 3/2003
Product: COSMOSFloWorks
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The use of COSMOSFloWorks not only saves time and costs for producing numerous prototypes,
it also makes a significant contribution to the quality of Dräger Medical’s life-preserving equipment ...
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Dräger Medizintechnik GmbH, Lübeck, Germany
» COSMOS Software at Dräger - Integrated Analyses Save Time
Special edition from CAD-CAM Report, 3/2003
Product: COSMOSFloWorks
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