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Lightweighting News and Resources

2018 Altair Enlighten Award Honors Automotive Lightweighting Innovators

July 30, 2018 · GM, BMW, Asahi Kasei and Mazda, Sika Automotive, United States Steel and American Axle & Manufacturing take top honors at the 2018 CAR Management Briefing Seminars.

Pailton Engineering Takes on Lightweight Military Vehicle Project

April 16, 2018 · The team at Pailton Engineering received a new project request, regarding a tender for a military-grade drag link assembly.

Tests Show Strength of Tri-Mack’s Overmolded Thermoplastic Composite Hybrid Bond

March 9, 2018 · The data helps validate the performance of hybrid composites, which are of particular interest in aerospace and other industries where the goals of lighter weight and lower cost are driving material innovation.

ParaMatters Releases Autonomous Topology Optimizer

February 21, 2018 · ParaMatters' CogniCAD is a cloud-based, cognitive design platform that is capable of automatically generating additive manufacturing for high-performance, lightweighted structures within aerospace, automotive and other mission critical applications.  

Generative Design: Advice from Algorithms

January 2, 2018 · Design engineers face new challenges in working with computation-driven design software.

7 First Steps to Design for Additive Manufacturing

January 2, 2018 · Design for additive manufacturing looks at the bare-bones function of a part and how to produce it via additive manufacturing.

Integrating Legacy Data: A Perennial PLM Pain Point

January 2, 2018 · Despite a flurry of migration tools and advancements in core PLM platforms, migrating legacy data remains a costly and complex endeavor when modernizing PLM platforms.

Altair Doles Out Enlighten Awards for Innovation in Automotive Lightweighting

August 15, 2017 · FCA, Toyota, Faurecia and AP&T recipients of the 5th annual Altair Enlighten Awards; Honda and Constellium were runners-up in the Full Vehicle and Module categories, respectively.

How Light-Weighted Airplane Seats Can Save Airlines $200 Million

July 1, 2017 · No normal airplane seat frame: this one has been light-weighted using lattice and surface optimization, meaning an algorithm in Autodesk’s Netfabb software produced the geometry to meet specified design goals.

Student Racecar’s 3D-Printed Steering Shaft Bearing Reduces Weight

June 8, 2017 · The Formula Student team from TU Darmstadt is driving with aluminum components from additive manufacturing at Heraeus.

ICME Helps Designers Living in a Materials World

January 3, 2017 · The promise and challenges of a systems-level approach to lightweighting.

Built-In Lightweight Performance

January 3, 2017 · The Evora chassis from Lotus Cars was designed to be lightweight from the start.

Racing to a Lighter Design with Optimization

January 3, 2017 · ELBFLORACE and Technische Universität Dresden collaborate for a lighter, stronger steering column mount.

A Look at Lightweighting

January 3, 2017 · If we’re so concerned with weight, why don’t we just make everything out of carbon fiber? Or aluminum?

World Solar Challenge Provides Lessons in Lightweighting

January 3, 2017 · The World Solar Challenge not only provides a hands-on learning experience for students, it also provides a crash course in novel lightweighting and aerodynamics techniques.

Tour de France Champion and ORNL to Offer Lower Cost Carbon Fiber

August 30, 2016 · New manufacturing process yields high volume, low cost carbon fiber for transportation, renewable energy and infrastructure.

Modeling, Simulation and Crash Safety Congress Spotlights Lightweight Materials

February 3, 2016 · The Lightweight Materials Modeling, Simulation and Crash Safety Congress focused on composite modeling and multi-material joining simulation.

Lightweighting Congress to Run in Detroit

January 11, 2016 · The Lightweight Materials Modeling, Simulation & Crash Safety Congress will run January 26th and 27th.


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