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Company:
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RAPA Rausch & Pausch Elektrotechnische Spezialfabrik GmbH
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City/Country:
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95100 Selb
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Website:
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www.rapa.com
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Industry:
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Automotive Supplier
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Products:
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Magnetic Valves
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Customers:
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Audi, BMW, Continental, Daimler Chrysler, Thyssen Krupp
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EFD.Lab since:
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May 2003
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1. Purchase Decision:
Why did you choose to buy EFD.Lab (what were the problems that required the use of this type of tool?)
- Significant and increased need for fluid flow optimization within our products
- In order to be able to act flexibly and in a short time
- To improve our internal fluid flow expertise and to avoid the transfer of knowledge out of the company
Prior to EFD.Lab, did your company have any experience using Computational Fluid Dynamics software?
Before we started using EFD.Lab, we only had experience with external consulting.
Which tools did you use for fluid analysis and/or how were the required information and results acquired?
Sponsored external consulting contracts and conducted prototype laboratory tests.
What were the most important reasons for purchasing EFD.Lab?
- Since EFD.Lab focuses on the engineer rather than an analysis specialist as the user
we can combine product development with decision-supporting fluid flow simulations.
- General ease-of-use combined with a full-featured 3D-CAD modelling system with direct CAD interfaces.
2. EFD.Lab Application
Who or which function uses EFD.Lab at the company?
Please choose all the functions that apply: Designer, Developer, Research Engineer, Application Engineer, etc.?
Product development
How do you work with the system? (Procedure)
- Import existing 3D CAD data from our standard CAD system via STEP or SAT files into EFD.Lab
- Prepare models (Inlet and outlet sections, Initial Mesh areas)
- Define boundary conditions, mesh settings, material properties, Goals, etc.
- Run solver, normally overnight
- Check and evaluate results
- Draw conclusions for the design of the simulated parts and assemblies
Which functions are the most useful?
- Results processing using MS Excel
- Initial Mesh functionality
- Cloning of projects
3. Experiences, Advantages, Benefit
What do you like most about EFD.Lab?
- Good CAD interfaces
- Easy to use
- Good graphical visualization functions
- Results processing with MS Excel
Which competitive advantages are transparent? (Time to Market, ROI, Product quality)
Thanks to EFD.Lab, the fluid flow behavior of a product can be tested and optimized even before the first prototype.
Expensive and laborious hardware optimization loops can be omitted
How do you estimate the costs (Maintenance, Training, etc.) for EFD.Lab?
Competitive with other products.
Please advise on the state of Service received from NIKA (Support, Updates)
- The Updates are all right
- Easy to use and to apply
- Good graphical visualization functions
- Results processing with MS Excel
- Excellent technical support
How do you judge consumer satisfaction?
We are very satisfied with the software.
4. How do you see EFD.Lab in compare to other computational fluid systems on the market?
With the design engineer as the primary user in mind the EFD.Lab concept is unique in the market and ideal for users such as RAPA!
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