Simerics® at Pump Users Symposium in Houston

The 27th International Pump Users Symposium, which continues to be the only meeting organized by pump users for pump users, will be held in parallel with the 40th Turbomachinery Symposium on September 12-15, 2011 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX.

Visit us at booth #1815 at the 27th International Pump Users Symposium Exhibition, September 12-15, 2011 in Houston, Texas. For more information go here

PumpLinx® in "Pumps&Systems" Success Story of the Year

Simerics and its PumpLinx® were Honorable Mention in the July 2011 issue of “Pumps & Systems" Magazine's Success Story of the Year. The article, “Best PumpWorks Improves Cooling Water Pump Performance,” is on page 32 of the latest issue. To read the "Pumps and Systems" article go here

Simerics Adds Progressive Cavity Pump Template to its PumpLinx® Software

Simerics has released the Progressive Cavity Pump Template for PumpLinx®, the CFD virtual test bed for pumps. Pump manufacturers rely on PumpLinx® to improve product performance, as well as to reduce cavitation, cavitation damage, and noise.

The PumpLinx® Progressive Cavity Pump Template now extends the virtual pump testing capabilities of PumpLinx® for progressive cavity pumps by modeling cavitation, pressure, and other flow dynamics for these numerically challenging pumps.

PumpLinx® provides a new approach that allows for fast and easy model set up, accuracy, and fast calculation speed, as well as automated grid generation and superior treatment of rotating-and sliding interfaces, and is able to model micron scale stator and rotor clearances.

To learn more about the new Progressive Cavity Template contact Simerics or call at 256-489-1480.

Simerics announces the release of PumpLinx® V.3.0.

PumpLinx® is a 3D simulation software tool, uniquely suited for the analysis and design of pumps, motors, compressors, propellers, valves, hydraulic systems and other fluid devices with rotating or sliding components.

PumpLinx® can be used to improve efficiency, minimize cavitation, control pressure ripple, and reduce noise.

PumpLinx®, based on the Simerics general-purpose CFD simulation software, enables the engineer to create a virtual test article and generate flow visualization and engineering output as accurate as a full scale hardware test at a fraction of the time and cost. The code is continually being developed to add new capability for modeling a wide range of equipment.

With this in mind, Simerics is pleased to release PumpLinx® V.3.0.

PumpLinx Version® V.3.0 New Features:

1. A new design of graphic interface and post-processing data structure; now PumpLinx® supports up to four concurrent display of GL project windows;

2. Expanded valve and pump templates, such as new remesh model for rotational devices and variable displacement vane pump;

3. More physics models, such as dynamics module for any translational and rotational movements; and more advanced porous resistance model;

4. Major improvements of Conformal Adaptative Binary-tree (CAB) mesher: memory usage and time to generate mesh are reduced significantly;Also more than fifty new developments have been implemented in the new version.

Please call or contact Simerics for a demonstration of the new release. To learn more about PumpLinx®, please go to simulation gallery.

Simerics at CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE 2011

Simerics will be participating in CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE 2011 Trade Show.

CONEXPO-CON/AGG is the international gathering place for the construction industries. The show will be held between 22- 26 March 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. Over 2000 exhibitors from all over the world will be showcasing the latest equipment, products, services and technologies.

CONEXPO-CON/AGG will be co-located with 52nd National Conference on Fluid Power (NCFP) and the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) Annual Meeting as well as with IFPE. IFPE is a national exposition and technical conference dedicated to the integration of fluid power with other technologies for power transmission and motion control applications.

To learn more about the show, please go to its website http://www.conexpoconagg.com
To see live presentation of PumpLinx capabilities, ask questions and find out the answers please visit us at Booth S-10546

Simerics Opens Detroit Office

Simerics has opened a new office in Detroit, MI. This will allow Simerics to more rapidly serve current and future customers in the Detroit area. If you have any questions, or would like to schedule a PumpLinx presentation, please call 248-809-3345, or email contact@simerics.com.

Simerics expands in India

Simerics is pleased to announce that AeroDyne Design and Engineering has joined the PumpLinx distributor network, and they will be supporting new and exciting opportunities in India. AeroDyne Design and Engineering, with its headquarters in Bangalore, India, is a company focused on providing competitive simulation solutions to the pumps and turbomachinery industries.

For more information go here

Samuel Lowry, President of Simerics, Inc. to be featured in the GlobalSpec Fluid Power and Fluid Handling Online Conference & Trade Show

This presentation will demonstrate recent advances in modeling pumps and valves for flow dynamics and cavitation. It will explain how companies use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to predict performance, gain product insight, and save time and money. During the GlobalSpec Fluid Power and Fluid Handling online event, Samuel Lowry will present examples of the application of CFD for virtual testing and walk attendees through a complete modeling process, start-to-finish, using the CFD tool PumpLinx®.

At 2:00pm Eastern Time on November 17th, Dr. Lowry will be speaking to industry professionals around the globe.The Simerics educational session will be one of several presentations in the day’s agenda that covers leading trends in the Fluid Power and Fluid Handling industry.

• When: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 2:00pm Eastern Time

 • What: CFD Simulation: Virtual Testing of Pumps, Valves, and Systems

• Where: Online - www.globalspec.com/events 

For more information go here

Simerics announces that it has entered into a partnership with 8020 Engineering Ltd, in order to license and support PumpLinx and other Simerics products on UK market. 8020 Engineering Ltd is a rapidly growing consulting company with a focus on providing 'best in class' design based simulation solutions, quality technical support and consultative analysis services. For more information go here

Simerics is pleased to announce RMC Mühendislik / RMC Engineering as the official distributor of Simerics products in Turkey and surrounding countries. For more information go here

Simerics has entered into partnership with CFDnetwork® Engineering to sell and support Simerics products, including PumpLinx® to German customers. This cooperation expands Simerics presence on German and surrounding markets. CFDnetwork® Engineering is an engineering company offering CAE services and software development focusing on fluid dynamics and turbo-machinery. The company, with its headquarters in Munich, Germany and branch offices in Stuttgart and Dresden, has been providing R&D support for turbo-machinery design for over 15 years. For more information go here

Simerics announces that it has entered into a partnership with Axis Tech, with its headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia, in order to license and support PumpLinx and other Simerics products. With Axis-Tech, Simerics is ready to enable product designers to virtually test pumps and other rotating equipment in the exciting Russian market.

A conference “Modern software tools for engineering design and computer modeling" was held in St. Petersburg, Russia on April 29, 2010. PumpLinx ® was featured at this conference and the President of Simerics was available for discussion. For more information go here

Simerics is a CCEFP Member.

The Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP), a network of researchers, educators, students and industry, is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. The main goal of CCEFP is a new, efficient, and effective hydraulic and pneumatic technology. For more information go to CCEFP website.

Simerics has partnered with "Pumps & Systems Magazine", once again, in order to present “Integrated CAE Pump Design and Testing with CFturbo and PumpLinx®”. This high-impact one-hour webinar is now available to playback at pump-zone website. Please call or email Simerics for more information.

Simerics at Pump Users Symposium

Visit us at booth #107 at the 26th International Pump Users Symposium, March 16-18, 2010 in Houston, Texas. For more information go here

Simerics, Inc. announces the webinar "Integrated CAE Pump Design and Testing with CFTurbo & PumpLinx"® on March 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM EST.

The Webinar - facilitated by Dr. Sam Lowry, President of Simerics, Inc. and Dr. Edward Bennett, Director of Fluids Engineering, Mechanical Solutions, Inc - will demonstrate the use of CFTurbo and PumpLinx® for the complete CAE design and testing of pumps.

CFTurbo is design software that enables the creation of high quality prototypes starting from basic pump requirements. PumpLinx® is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software that virtually tests pumps, motors, and compressors for the full spectrum of flow dynamics and cavitation. Pump professionals of all kinds are encouraged to register.

With a seamless link between CFTurbo and PumpLinx®, the two packages enable a complete virtual design and testing process. Integrated CAE Pump Design and Testing with CFTurbo & PumpLinx® will begin with pump requirements such as size, efficiency, flow-rates, and head, and use CFTurbo to create a virtual prototype. PumpLinx® will then be directly launched from CFTurbo to automatically create a full 3D CFD model to be run in real-time. Finally, decision-enabling engineering output will be presented, including: flow, pressure and aeration with cavitation. Cavitation damage prediction and off design conditions will also be discussed. The event will include a live question-and-answer segment.

To register for the FREE Webinar on Integrated CAE Pump Design and Testing with CFTurbo & PumpLinx®, please visit www.pump-zone.com .

PumpLinx® V.2.5 Released

Simerics, Inc. continues its commitment to innovation with the release of PumpLinx® V.2.5. PumpLinx® can be used to improve efficiency, minimize cavitation, control pressure ripple, and reduce noise. Created for designers of pumps, motors, compressors, propellers, and other fluid devices with rotating or sliding components, PumpLinx® is based on Simerics, general-purpose CFD simulation software.

PumpLinx® enables the engineer to create a virtual test article and generate flow visualization and engineering output as accurate as a full scale hardware test at a fraction of the time and cost. The code is continually being developed to add new capability for modeling a wide range of equipment. More than 10 pump templates are now available.

PumpLinx® is now parallel, which means it is even faster – up to three times faster – than its current market-leading speed. The new version includes a new rolling vane and radial piston template, a Linux version, and improvements in the cavitation and heat modules.

PumpLinx® Version 2.5 New Features:

• Parallel version (up to 3x speed up on quad core)
• New Linux version available
• New Equilibrium gas model in the Cavitation module
• Support for Volumes Blanking and Volumetric Sources for all modules
• Heat module improvements: new boundaries and many new options
• Automatic CG wall assignment in Heat based on blanking information
• New Rolling Vane Template
• New Radial Piston Template
• Improvement in the 1D Spool Valve model

PumpLinx® CFturbo® EU Workshop 2009

Workshop on the Design and Virtual Testing of Axial, Centrifugal and PD Pumps was hosted by CFturbo® (www.cfturbo.com) and Simerics (www.simerics.com). This one-day, hands-on, EU Workshop was held in Aachen, Germany, November 12, 2009. Its goal was to provide both an in depth introduction to PumpLinx and CFturbo, as well as to present the latest technological advancements in the field of pump design and simulation. After this workshop, participants were able to design and virtually test their prototypes and existing hardware. For more information see brochure.

New Collaboration for Design and Testing in Turbomachinery: CFturbo® (www.cfturbo.com) and Simerics(www.simerics.com) are teaming to offer an advanced alternate tool set for pump design and analysis. This complete design and test (D&T) system takes advantage of two customized software tools developed specifically for turbomachinery: CFturbo®, the advanced turbo-machinery design package, and PumpLinx®, the virtual test-bed for fluid pumps and compressors. Building on the latest simulation technology for turbomachinery applications, CFturbo® & PumpLinx® offer the designer a comprehensive design-test solution capable of addressing the full range of operating conditions, including off-design points and transient phenomena. The tool can be used to rapidly generate 3-D prototypes based on system requirements and test those prototypes over the complete operating range, including deep cavitation. Batch mode can be used to facilitate parametric studies and optimization of the design. A key advantage of this package over legacy tools is how fast and robustly it can be used to design and test pumps over the full range of operating conditions, including analysis of transient effect within a practical timeframe.

PumpLinx at the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Conference

Simerics in cooperation with Flowserve Corporation will present paper FEDSM2009-78256 “Demonstration and Validation of a 3D CFD Simulation Tool Predicting Pump Performance and Cavitation for Industrial Applications” at the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting in Vail, Colorado. This comprehensive paper provides excellent correlation with data from Flowserve, one of the world’s leading pump designers and manufacturers. The paper will be presented on Thursday August 6, 2009 at 1 p.m., in the Session 1-11 “Pump Performance with Cavitation and Multiphase Flows.”

PumpLinxwill also be featured in the paper FEDSM2009-78472 “Simulated Helical Gear Pump Analysis Using a New CFD Approach” by Aaron S. Heisler, John J. Moskwa, and Frank J. Fronczak, University of Wisconsin. This paper focuses on cavitation prediction at high-speeds in helical gear pumps for the purpose of hydrostatic dynamometer system development. The paper will be presented on Thursday August 6, 2009 at 8 a.m., in the Session 1-10 “Special Rotodynamic Pumps and Gear Pumps” For an abstracts and information, go to here

Simerics Webinar a Huge Success: "Advances in Simulation of Pumps & Cavitation" had hundreds of attendees. All the questions have been answered and are posted on the "Pumps and Systems" social network site, Pump Connect. To take a look at the Questions and Answers, go to http://www.pumpconnect.com To view the recording of the webinar go to the "Pumps & Systems" site http://www.pump-zone.com/resources/pump-webinars

Simerics Announces New Partner in Germany: Simerics is pleased to be partnering with UNIKE, an established distributor of simulation products to the German market. Simerics offers the 3D CFD tool PumpLinx, which was developed for the simulation and testing of fluid pumps, motors, to the Simerics expansion into Europe. For more information on UNIKE, please visit their website at www.unike.eu.

Simerics announces the webinar, "Advances in Simulation of Pumps and Cavitation", on June 25, 2009 at 1:00 PM EST US.

"Advances in Simulation of Pumps and Cavitation" is a webinar that will demonstrate the use of CFD simulation to predict flow dynamics and cavitation in a fluid pump. Pump professionals of all kinds are encouraged to register. The demonstration will start with CAD geometry of a real-world production pump; and then, the webinar will proceed through real-time model and simulation set up, using the CFD tool PumpLinx, in order to provide information on flow, pressure, and aeration with cavitation. Finally, results will be compared to physical test data. Through modeling and simulation of a real pump, the attendee will understand the fundamentals of CFD from model set up to post-processing in this high-impact, one-hour session.

To sign up for this webinar event, please go to here.

PumpLinx will be featured at the SAE World Congress & Exhibition 2009 in paper 2009-01-1117:

"Design of Low-Inertia, High-Speed External Gear Pump/Motors for Hydrostatic Dynamometer Systems", Aaron Heisler, John Moskwa, Frank Fronczak, University of Wisconsin; Masayuki Adachi, Horiba Instruments Inc.

The paper will be presented at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 23, in the Session on Emission Measurement and Testing (Part 3 of 3) Room W2-67. Aaron Heisler, PhD student, University of Wisconsin will present. Dr. Sam Lowry from Simerics will attend and be available for questions, independent of the session.

For an abstract and information on ordering the paper, go to here.

Simerics, Inc. is proud to announce the release of PumpLinx Version 2.4.0. PumpLinx is a CFD simulation tool created especially for designers of pumps, motors, compressors, propellers, and other fluid devices with rotating or sliding components. Starting with a 3-D CAD design, PumpLinx enables the engineer to create a virtual test article and generate flow visualization and engineering output as accurate as a full scalehardware test at a fraction of the time and cost.

Key advantages of PumpLinx are automated grid generation, a robust and accurate cavitation model, ease-of-use; and same day turn-around. The accuracy of the code (pressure, velocity, loads, thrust, cavitation, etc.) has been thoroughly validated against production hardware. PumpLinx can be used to improve efficiency, minimize cavitation, control pressure ripple, and reduce noise.

The code is continually being developed to add new capability and templates for modeling a wide range of equipment. New features in PumpLinx v.2.4 include:

• Bent Axis Piston Pump Template
• Cavitation Damage Model to indicate the location of potential cavitation damage
• 1-D Models for Spool Valves and Pressure Relief Valves for use with 3-D system modeling
• Orifice, Filter, and P-Q Curve Boundary Conditions
• Lagrangian Particle Module for predicting the motion of liquid droplets and solid particles in a flow field
• User Expressions and Tables for setting physical properties and boundary conditions
• Animated Streamlines for flow visualization

Pumps & Systems Magazine Article:

See the Simerics article, "Flow Simulation in Pump/Compressor Design", in the February 2009 edition of Pumps and Systems Magazine, p.46. Or call for a free copy at 1 (256) 489-1480.

Bent Axis Piston Pump Template Released: Simerics is proud to announce the release of its bent axis piston pump template. PumpLinx uses a template-based approach to make CFD analysis easy. The bent axis piston pump template will be the latest template from Simerics directly addressing the growing need to simulate ever more complex pumps. For more information contact us by clicking here

PumpLinx for Marine Propellers and Waterjets: PumpLinx is now being used to optimize marine propellers and waterjets. Now validated on the prediction of cavitation and performance for real life screw propellers and waterjets. PumpLinx is a proven tool that will allow the product engineer to more effectively optimize marine propulsion. Diminish cavitation, improve energy efficiency, reduce vibration, noise, and enhance the iterative engineering process through PumpLinx, the rapid virtual test bed for marine applications.