We just can't bottle up this exciting story...

Hello SwYmers,

I'm excited to share a recently published article posted on Design World entitled, Keeping carbonation bottled up with FEA. In it, author Chris Hardee had the opportunity to interview Xavier Brajer of Verallia at Saint-Gobain’s Research Center. Xavier explained how he and his 15-person Mechanics of Materials Group in the company’s R&D department use Abaqus and Isight to save time and money when designing glass bottles:

"'We start with a CAD model of the bottle shape that has been drawn by Verallia’s design department, in agreement with the customer,” said Brajer. “Then as we try and reduce the weight of the bottle, we use Abaqus finite element analysis (FEA) to simulate stresses and couple that with Isight software to optimize the geometry so that the container will withstand those stresses without breaking.” Saint-Gobain has been using Abaqus, the SIMULIA brand for realistic simulation from Dassault Systèmes, for about 15 years, and started using Isight (also from SIMULIA) for automated and integrated simulation process flows about two years ago. “These two software packages link together easily and allow us to run a series of calculations that save time while leading us to the optimized bottle geometry,” Brajer added.'"

Check out the complete article to see how Xavier and his team are putting the SIMULIA product suite to good use.

Another success story comes from The Coca-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd. who uses Abaqus to ensure they are delivering the highest quality in their plastic bottles. Dr. Simon Shi, Senior Packaging Engineer Global Innovation& Technology Centre, Coca-Cola Beverage Co. Ltd states: "Realistic simulation gives us confidence that we will always be able to cost effectively provide product quality to our customers anywhere in the world market.” See more on the Coca-Cola success story attached.

For more information on Abaqus and Isight please visit our website. You can also learn more about Isight and how you can apply it to your business practices by watching this webinar which explains the product's features!

Thanks!

Ashley