Using Altair Software for Manufacturing

Altair offers a unique set of simulation tools to evaluate product feasibility, optimize the manufacturing process, and run virtual try-outs for many traditional, subtractive, and additive manufacturing processes. Users can validate designs early in the manufacturing process with the simplicity and affordability of the simulation software, as well as use optimization technology with specific manufacturing constraints to design better, more efficient products.

Learn more at altair.com/manufacturing-applications.

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Altair Inspire - Unit Cell Lattice Generation

Altair Inspire includes the ability to generate lightweight, unit cell lattice structures for 3D printing. Unit cells can easily be edited, evaluating the structural performance of different design variants in moments.

Altair Inspire Cast - Casting Simulation

Altair Inspire Cast is a fast, easy, accurate and affordable casting simulation environment focused on creating high quality components with increased profitability through a highly intuitive user experience. In this short video, we'll demostrate a typical setup workflow.

Altair Inspire Form - Sheet Metal Forming Feasibility

Altair Inspire Form is is a complete stamping simulation environment used by product designers and process engineers to optimize designs, simulate robust manufacturing and reduce material costs. With the fast and easy feasibility module, users can analyze parts in seconds to predict formability early in the product development cycle.

Altair Inspire Form - Virtual Stamping Tryout

Altair Inspire Form is is a complete stamping simulation environment used by product designers and process engineers to optimize designs, simulate robust manufacturing and reduce material costs. The tryout module includes a highly scalable incremental solver, helping users to iterate and simulate multi-stage forming, trimming and springback in a modern and intuitive user interface.

Altair Inspire Extrude - Polymer Extrusion

Altair Inspire Extrude is an easy-to-use tool for simulating metal extrusion, polymer extrusion, and friction stir welding processes to detect potential defects early in the product development phase and improve the process efficiency. It uses Altair HyperXtrude solver to simulate these processes. In this short video we'll demonstrate a typical workflow for polymer extrusion simulation.

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Altair Inspire Extrude - Metal Extrusion

Altair Inspire Extrude is an easy-to-use tool for simulating metal extrusion, polymer extrusion, and friction stir welding processes to detect potential defects early in the product development phase and improve the process efficiency. It uses Altair HyperXtrude solver to simulate these processes. In this short video we'll demonstrate a typical workflow for metal extrusion simulation.

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Altair EDEM - Mixing in Tablet Coater

Altair EDEM is high-performance software for bulk and granular material simulation. This short video demonstrates a typical workflow to Investigate inter-tablet coating uniformity and assess mixing in the coating pan.

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