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Company:
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KERMI GmbH
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City/Country:
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94447 Plattling
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Website:
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www.kermi.de
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Industry:
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HVAC
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Products:
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Radiators, shower doors
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Customers:
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Wholesale
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EFD.Lab since:
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January 2004
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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?)
- Flow pattern in radiators
- Flow flield, pressure loss, noise in valves
- Heat transfer performance inside and around radiators
Prior to EFD.Lab, did your company have any experience using Computational Fluid Dynamics software?
No
Which tools did you use for fluid analysis and/or how were the required information and results acquired?
- Partially with help of an external CFD consultancy service for special tasks
- Manufacturing of physical prototypes and experimental investigations
- However, many questions remained unanswered
What were the most important reasons for purchasing EFD.Lab?
- Improvement and optimization of existing products
- Better prediction of flow and heat transfer for new developments
- All this became true through the easy-to-use software
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.?
- Application at the predevelopment stage
- Also for questions during serial production
- Currently only used by development engineers
How do you work with the system? (Procedure)
- Development of a design concept on a theoretical basis
- Creation of 3D CAD models
- Transfer of CAD models to EFD.Lab and definition of boundary conditions simulation / fluid flow analysis
- In parallel, a reference experiment with a real model is done in the laboratory
- Comparison of experimental and computational results
- Then, variations of the design or boundary and application conditions are done
- Findings directly lead to design recommendations
Which functions are the most useful?
- Hassle-free CAD data transfer
- Automatic mesh generation is very helpful
- The cloning of projects for case studies
- Consideration of radiative heat transfer
- Visualization functions for simulation results
3. Experiences, Advantages, Benefit
What do you like most about EFD.Lab?
- Usability
- Quality of NIKA’s Support
Which competitive advantages are transparent? (Time to Market, ROI, Product quality)
- Significant reduction of prototypes
- EFD.Lab simulation results can be directly used for presentations or marketing purposes
How do you estimate the costs (Maintenance, Training, etc.) for EFD.Lab?
Very good quality for an acceptable price
Please advise on the state of Service received from NIKA (Support, Updates)
- Great service
- Support is competent and committed
How do you judge consumer satisfaction?
- Great satisfaction
- Appreciation through “WOW effect“ by colleagues confirms the satisfaction
4. How do you see EFD.Lab in compare to other computational fluid systems on the market?
- Attractive value-for-money
- Very easy to use
- Usability for non-specialists
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