Altair is pleased to welcome CENOS to the Altair Partner Alliance (APA). Within the APA, CENOS will offer two simulation solutions, CENOS: Induction Heating (IH) and CENOS: Wireless Charging (WCH). Thanks to their straightforward, easy-to-use design, both solutions will allow a wider range of engineers (such as mechanical and product engineers) to handle induction heating and wireless charging simulations – rather than needing to outsource to specialized electric and simulation engineers.

CENOS: IH and CENOS: WCH offer teams a leading user experience for induction heating and wireless charging use cases and complement an array of Altair products. Simply put, if a user needs to tackle an induction heating and/or wireless charging application, they can do everything quicker and more efficiently by accessing CENOS tools through the APA. 

CENOS: IH

CENOS: IH helps engineers perform induction heating tasks quicker and more effectively by replacing physical tests with computer simulations. It enables the in-house design of efficient induction coils, heating recipes, impedance matching, and other induction heating-related tasks. It’s ideal for a variety of industries and applications, including automotive, aerospace, tooling, packaging, and more. It can play a pivotal role in applications such as the heat treatment of steel parts, and the welding, brazing, shrink-fitting, and processing of metals.

Additional capabilities include:

• Induction hardening: Helps engineers predict the hardening profile, metallurgical phases, and hardness of steel parts after quench hardening, scanning, and other types of induction hardening processes.
• Induction coil design: Enables in-house design and optimization of induction coils for steel and non-ferrous metals. Also improves heating profiles by placing flux concentrators and improves coil lifespan by preventing local overheating.
• Induction heating, welding, forging, brazing, and shrink-fitting: Provides engineers with a specialized tool for process design in things like coating, forging, welding, shrink-fitting, etc.
• Induction cooktops: Great for helping engineers improve cooktops’ impedance matching, coupling efficiency, and more.

CENOS: WCH

CENOS: WCH is great for engineers designing wireless power transfer systems. It provides a fully equipped simulation tool for coupled electromagnetic, thermal, and circuit analysis of wireless charging systems. It’s especially powerful for wireless charging systems in electric vehicles (EVs) and industrial robots – including while they’re in motion. 

Additional capabilities include: 

• EVs: Can perform a full analysis of transmitter and receiver wireless charging systems in both stationary and moving conditions. 
• Industrial robots and mobility hardware: Enables in-house design of transmitter and receiver power transfer systems and their placement studies in things like scooters, drones, etc.
• Electronic devices: Enables in-house design and optimization of receiver and transmitter wireless charging systems for a variety of electronic devices. Als helps users model charging scenarios.
• Near field communication (NFC) charging: Helps engineers design and optimize NFC systems for wireless charging. 

“CENOS will be a superb addition to the APA, offering Altair customers access to premier simulation applications for all their induction heading and wireless charging needs. Our solutions – like Altair’s – help engineers design products quicker, more confidently, and with less headache,” said Mihails Ščepanskis, founder and chief executive officer, CENOS. “Now, induction heating and wireless charging no longer needs to be the domain of only specialized engineers. Our products democratize engineering to drive innovation.”

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Riga, Latvia, CENOS’ mission is to lead simulation software beyond corporate research and development centers, enabling engineers in production facilities as well as small manufacturers to focus on the creative act of engineering. With specialized products for induction heating, wireless charging, radio frequency antenna design and placement, electromagnetic stirring, and the melting and pumping of liquid metals, CENOS serves customers throughout Europe and North America. 

To learn more about CENOS and its products, register for their introductory webinar here.