German microgravity experiment firm YURI is on a mission to make microgravity research accessible to all industries. To take customers’ research ideas and scientific requirements and translate them into engineering specifications for hardware makers, YURI needed a powerful design platform to develop its space hardware equipment. Design reuse was key as well as having full control of where data resides in order to comply with international regulations.

The start-up is taking advantage of the Reinvent the Sky industry solution experience on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to build its hardware and handle all space experiments. Using the cloud-based platform, engineers can design and build experiment containers and customized experiment inserts in 3D, from any location, to create accurate mock-ups.

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The platform positions YURI to deliver the most effective and suitable microgravity hardware for clients while speeding up time to market and reducing implementation and R&D costs. With the ability to reuse existing designs, engineers can quickly create hardware that meets safety requirements without starting from scratch on each project. The cloud-based implementation ensures business continuity and data security, and provides access to the most up-to-date software and tools. As business needs grow, YURI can easily add new functionality and scale its computing resources.

YURI’s engineers benefit from the ability to access the platform online from wherever they are regardless of the device, and know they are working with and sharing the latest data and designs.

“I can easily access all the applications I need and work on all the components and share them securely with colleagues, which would not be the case if file-based work and data was stored locally,” said Lukas Trautwein, design engineer at YURI. “In terms of speed and access to the applications on cloud, nothing changes when we’re working from home. And should there be a failure or malfunction, the permanent storage mechanism of the cloud keeps data safe,” he added. 

Thanks to the cloud, YURI is always working with the most up-to-date version of the software and benefiting from access to the latest functionality.

“Managing updates is super easy and ensures that everyone works in the same way using the most current release,” Trautwein said. “The update runs smoothly in the background and allows me to carry out other tasks such as managing my emails, without impacting my productivity.”

To learn more about how YURI is using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, read the full case study.