Consumer Goods

Consumer Goods manufacturers produce a broad range of products varying from household and garden equipment, sporting and athletic goods, to hand tools and furniture. Modern consumer goods have shorter operational lives compared to many other products, and design cycle times need to be just as short; the gap from concept to product should be measured in months rather than years. Reducing time-to-market is a challenge faced by all manufacturers, and is critical to their success. Bringing innovative products to the consumers first is the overarching goal.

SIMULIA provides realistic simulation solutions—such as our Abaqus Unified FEA product suite, Multiphysics, simulation automation and optimization capabilities, and SLM products—that address specific engineering challenges for the consumer goods industry.

Abaqus Unified FEA allows you to optimize designs within short development schedules. Efficient design of multiple configurations of the same product, and automatic application of changes throughout the design, enable Abaqus users to bring their products to market quickly. Many load regimes, including mechanical (with shock/drop), thermal, and Multiphysics capabilities such as fluid-interaction can be considered early in the design phase. This allows you to troubleshoot potential design problems before beginning to make prototypes, saving you substantial time and money. In addition, employing SIMULIA’s Simulation Lifecycle Management strategies to manage your simulation data processes and applications will significantly improve your development process.

Solution Capabilities

• Drop testing of diverse products and fluid-filled containers
• Design analysis of consumer appliances such as washers and dryers
• Unified modeling and simulation environment based on Abaqus/CAE
• Advanced material modeling and calibration for complex materials, such as paper and film
• Multiphysics solutions with interactions between mechanical, thermal, and fluid domains
• Nonlinear analysis for plastic, rubber, and foam
• Process automation to capture workflows for deployment to non-FEA-expert users
• Simulation process automation
• Design optimization