Consumer Goods

Appliances
Food And Beverage
Sports And Leisure
Consumer Packaged Goods

Appliances

Consumer expectations for home appliances are high: Users demand that a given product will perform day in and day out — and last for many years. Reputation for reliability and energy efficiency are key product selling point. It is critical that all possible scenarios for a new product’s failure be tested before it goes to market. Appliances manufacturers perceive computer based modeling as the most promising if not only way forward.

Though reliability is king, consumers have come to expect products that are easier to use, are smaller in size but maximize capacity, consume less energy and emit less noise.

Using simulation analysis tools, designers can evaluate alternatives and refine designs early in the process, when it is least costly to make changes. The need for physical prototypes is also reduced, resulting in a shorter development cycle and a quicker to-market time.

Keeping costs in line, maintaining quality and reliability, and striving for continual innovation are key business drivers. Ansys simulation and modeling tools can help companies meet these consumer challenges in a wide range of sub-industries.

Food And Beverage

Food manufacturing is complex because of the inherent physics, a process that is seamless to the end user. From the design of the equipment that processes food, to the actual manufacturing of food, to the packaging of the final product, even to transportation concerns, the needs of product manufacturers are more demanding than ever. Increasingly, food safety, nutritional value and shelf life are important selling points. And, of course, these improvements need to be made while containing costs.

From the design of the equipment that processes food to the actual manufacturing of food to the packaging of the final product, and even to transportation concerns, the Food and Beverage industry needs for simulation is bigger than ever. Increasingly, food safety, nutritional value, and shelf life are important selling points.

Mixing, cooking, and storing food create interactions between food components that require their own complex modeling processes.

Packaging for food is critical: containers must keep products intact and clean during shipment and retain valuable nutrients while on the shelf. At the same time, environmental impact concerns have become a priority, a factor that often directly competes with cost restraints.

Virtual prototyping can help ensure that all these requirements are given consideration. The Ansys suite of simulation tools offers an unparalleled depth of technical solutions, providing a multiphysics approach to development in the food and beverage industry.

Sports And Leisure

Cutting a few ounces off the weight of a bicycle and improving the flow of air around bike and rider can shave off precious seconds in race conditions; it can also make for a more pleasant, less strenuous ride for the casual cyclist. Engineering simulation can help you design sporting products with greater strength or flexibility, lighter weight, less drag (in air or water), straighter flight, better bounce or more control — optimizing the key parameters that will give your customers the edge, whether they are elite athletes or recreational enthusiasts.

Performance and winning define success in sports. Small refinements in leading-edge equipment can make the difference between first-place gold and participant status. Sport equipment companies address these challenges through modeling and simulation.

Whether it is refining the surface of a golf ball, modeling the keel of a sailing boat, increasing the aerodynamic performance of a bicycle, improving athlete comfort and accomplishments through better clothing and footwear, analyzing the dynamic properties of skis — or even designing cars for the business of motorsport — the adoption of engineering simulation in the sports and leisure industry is growing.

Comprehensive multiphysics solutions from Ansys drive performance in cycling, swimming, tennis, rowing, badminton and a wide range of other amateur and professional activities. ANSYS engineering simulation solutions have been trusted for decades to deliver the winning edge within the timescales that elite athletes, teams and equipment manufacturers demand.

Consumer Packaged Goods

Companies that sell household cleaners, laundry detergents, air fresheners and other home or personal care items are constantly challenged to innovate while maintaining competitive price points. Finding the balance between innovation which, in consumer language, translates to value-added features, bells and whistles, and improved performance — and cost containment is achieved through simulation-driven product development. and cost containment is achieved through simulation-driven product development of their consumer packaged goods.

In creating products that meet consumer demands and add to the company’s bottom line, virtual prototyping eliminates the need for time-consuming physical experiments. From creating a homogeneous product to engineering green packaging, virtual prototyping opens the door to continuous improvement and optimization of products, offering a clear competitive advantage to companies that make use of this technology.

Analyzing mixing components often requires more than one specific physics domain. Using the power of software tools from Ansys, researchers, process engineers and equipment designers can work through complicated analyses of materials and processes quickly and accurately.