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J.C. Bose University inks MoU with DesignTech Systems to develop a Centre of Excellence on IoT, AR for Engineering Students

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Sachin R Nalawade
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Pune, 30 December 2019 – J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad, the leading technical University of Haryana, has signed an MoU with DesignTech Systems Private Limited, engineering services company in India, to develop a Centre of Excellence on Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Augmented Reality (AR) technology based solutions to enable the students to work with an academic supervisor and industry experts on advanced areas like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Augmented Reality and Internet-of-Things (IoT).
This is first of its kind collaboration of University with an industry to work on IoT and AR based Projects. The MoU was signed by Prof. Dinesh Kumar, Vice Chancellor of J.C. Bose University and Mr. Vikas Khanvelkar, Managing Director of DesignTech Systems Private Limited in the presence of senior officials from both the organizations.
The new centre is being developed under the Department of Electronics Engineering in supervision of Dr. Shameem Ahmad, former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University, who is serving the University as Adjunct Faculty, and Dr. S.K. Aggarwal.

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Dr. Ahmad apprised that the purpose of this collaboration is to develop a Centre of Excellence to provide industrial experience and facilities to students to make them enable to provide solutions of real-time industry problems using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Augmented Reality and Internet-Of-Things. Initially, two state-of-the-art IoT and AR Lab are being set up under this Centre.
Speaking on this occasion, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dinesh Kumar said that Augmented Reality is emerging technologies with tremendous career opportunities as it will play a significant role in improving productivity, efficiency, and safety, especially in manufacturing sector. He said that the University has a strong legacy of imparting practical oriented training in specialized field of engineering to meet specific technical manpower requirement of industries since its inception; therefore, through this tie-up, the University is committed to encourage research and promote innovation by providing ultramodern and state-of-the-art facilities and training under the aegis of this Centre. This partnership reflects the key goal for the University, which is to work closely with industry to develop the curriculum and ensure that graduates are job ready when they leave the University, he added.
Managing Director of DesignTech Systems Mr. Vikas Khanvelkar said “It is a great initiative of J.C. Bose University to create the set up for training students in emerging technologies like Industrial Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Augmented Reality. This will help industry to get trained manpower in these areas which at present is difficult to find. DesignTech is proud and happy to be associated with this unique initiative by J.C. Bose University. We have over 21 years of experience in helping industries and educational institutions adopt the benefits of latest technologies. We are committed to support J.C. Bose University to make this initiative successful.”

With the set-up of Industrial IoT and AR Lab, the students would get the opportunity to learn the new cutting edge technologies. Also, the students would get access to PTC University’s award winning Precision Learning Management System.
Registrar Dr. S.K. Garg, Dr. Shameem Ahmad, Chairperson of Department of Electronics Engineering Dr. Neelam Turk, Chairperson of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Tilak Raj, Chairperson of Department of Computer Engineering Dr. Komal Kumar Bhatia and Chairperson of Department Computer Application Dr. Atul Mishra, and From DesignTech Systems , Vice President Mr. Rohit Arora, Senior General Manager Abhishek Shukla, and experts from PTC Mr. Sudhir Naik and Tushar Ghosh were also present on this occasion.

What is Augmented Reality?


Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology enriching the real world with digital information and media, such as 3D models and videos, overlaying in real-time the camera view of smartphone, tablet, PC or connected glasses. It turns the environment around us into a digital interface by placing virtual objects in the real world, in real-time.
Augmented Reality will bring revolution in the Manufacturing Industry in times to come. With AR in Manufacturing, the manufacturing operations employees will be able to show all of the problems directly to maintenance teams and engineers. They can also view Key Performance Indicator (KPIs) in real-time as well as diagnose and resolve the issue without interfering with production as Augmented Reality allows to transforms the landscape of advanced manufacturing by allowing hands-free operation for plant floor personnel to maintain and troubleshoot industrial equipment.

About DesignTech Systems Pvt. Ltd:

DesignTech Systems is a leading CAD/CAM/CAE, PLM solutions, Additive Manufacturing technologies and Engineering Services provider from India. Having worked closely with companies from cross vertical domains from India and Overseas since 1998, DesignTech supplies technologies and Services at every stage of Product lifecycle. DesignTech Education is an education and training division of DesignTech focussed on providing skill based and also industry specific trainings on electro-mechanical technologies to students through their Centres of Excellence. DesignTech CAD Academy is a part of DesignTech Education division dedicated for imparting applications based trainings to students and industry professionals alike on CAD and PLM software to help them upgrade their skills and gain proficiency over the advanced product design software solutions. Catering to wide industry sectors such as Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Industrial Machinery, Heavy Engineering, Consumer Goods and Electronics to Power and Energy, DesignTech is well equipped to make significant contributions and value additions in the engineering initiatives of the companies. Committed to providing seamless customer service and creating customer delight, DesignTech can make for an ideal Technology, Services and Training Partner for the corporates and industries.

 

Website: www.designtechsys.com

www.designtechproducts.com

www.designtechcadacademy.com

 

About the PTC:
PTC is a global provider of technology platforms and enterprise applications for smart and connected products, operations, and systems. Led by its award-winning ThingWorx® application enablement platform, PTC’s platform technologies help companies deliver new value emerging from the Internet of Things. An early pioneer in Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, PTC later expanded into product lifecycle management and service lifecycle management. Today, PTC employs more than 6,000 professionals serving more than 30,000 customers worldwide.

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A Conversation with Mr. Massimo Vergerio VISI Brand Manager – Vero Software Sees India as Major Growth Driver for their CAD, CAM Solutions

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Sachin R Nalawade
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Vero Software recently conducted its VISI CAD, CAM Conference for Mold and Die Professionals 2017 in Pune. Over 270 delegates attended the event. This event served as a platform for users to understand VISI product portfolio, roadmap, key release highlights, hands-on training sessions and lectures. Experts from industry and academia exchanged their ideas during user presentations, keynote talks, and social events.

I had a chance to meet Mr. Massimo Vergerio, VISI Brand Manager along the sidelines of the conference. Here are some excerpts from the interview.

Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

Sure, I have been in the CAD, CAM industry for over 27 years now; after completing my Electronics engineering from I.T.I.S Camillo Olivetti University I joined Vero Software when company was very young. I joined as a developer and later moved to technical support. Looking at my passion and experience company gave me an opportunity to handle CAM products as a product manager. Next, I moved on to work in other countries like US, Italy, UK and Canada for few years. My role was creation and expansion of the re-sellers network. I also worked to setup offices and assigned partners in China, Brazil, Australia, Taiwan, Singapore and India. From October 2016, I am appointed as a VISI Brand Manager. Each period in my career path was very interesting.

What are latest trends CAD, CAM industry and how technology evolved since late 80’s?

Well lot of things have changed the biggest change is ‘time’, before we had more time to do certain things now everybody wants everything now! With the use of internet, Emails, Mobile phones everyone is expecting immediate response. Product development cycles have reduced in every sector. New materials are developed that are opening up technology in multiple ways. Additive manufacturing has begun to generate real excitement within the manufacturing community. For a long time in many industrial sectors, additive has been known as a great tool for rapidly prototyping new design concepts. But today, the technology is on the cusp of reaching a new, critical level of innovation. New technologies and solutions have emerged and effected economic systems and social structures greatly. This era is of the mobile internet, as well as small, accessible and proficient sensors, artificial intelligence, smart and learning machines, big data, additive manufacturing, Virtual reality, composite materials, nanotechnology and robots. With industry 4.0 robots are gaining traction. Machines are getting faster and accurate, intelligent overall industry is moving in right direction.

CAD, particularly, is evolving in two main technical aspects one ability to do more complex designs and at the same time customers demand easy to use tools. Over the years what I have seen is that knowledge of people working in manufacturing industry is actually getting lesser, rather in the past there were more experts working in industry. Now for number of reasons the level of knowledge is getting lowered and everyone is expecting computers or machines to compensate for that gap.

Tell us more about VISI Product Portfolio?

VISI from beginning started as CAD, CAM integrated solution. We decided to go from freeform surfaces to hybrid modeling with solid and surfaces. We are not targeting generic CAD market, there is lot of competition and it was getting difficult for us to measure it in terms of potential. There are already big players in CAD space.

Because of our experience in handling customers from particular domain. We decided to concentrate on Mold and Die market. VISI is CAD, CAM and CAE software solution for Mold and Die industries, it comprises of various modules, so we start with very basic wireframe CAD system which is backbone of everything. VISI Modeling is the foundation of all VISI products and provides a robust and powerful solid and surface modeling system based around the industry standard Parasolid kernel. Combined with Vero’s surface technology, model analysis and 2D design, VISI-Modeling offers complete flexibility to construct, edit or repair the most complex 3D data.

We have number of modules typically VISI Mold is complete mold tool design solution based on industry specific automation that guides the user through the mold development process. VISI Progress is dedicated software for the design of Progressive Dies and Press Tools. Industry specific functionality provides a more productive and efficient design experience. Helping the designer with intelligent decisions will reduce the potential for error and greatly improve manufacturing productivity. VISI Flow is a unique prediction tool, ideal for pre- and post-production analysis and con-current engineering of injection molded plastic components. We have VISI Machining modules for 2D, 3D and 5 Axis.

We have tried to subdivide applications to fulfill the needs of customers without asking customers to buy solutions that they don’t need. All solutions are very cost effective and customers are happy with the flexibility offered by us to go for the tools that are needed. If customer have some additional need in future or starts different type of jobs then he can add the required module. This is what works well for us since last 20 years.

How do you rank VISI solutions compared to other plastic flow analysis tools in market?

There are few very advanced tools or superior tools available for plastic flow analysis. They are high-end software and are very costly. Our tool is not competition for Moldflow or we are not trying to go against their market. CAD, CAM market is highly segmented. Our tool is used in combination with other tools in VISI Portfolio. It gives more functionality to our users to better understand mold design and its manufacturability. VISI provides a dynamic structure from where it is possible to work with either solid, surface, wireframe or a combination of all three without any restrictions. VISI Mold and VISI Flow are easy to use tools, doesn’t require CAE specialist to run our tools, even design engineers can use it to do the analysis during early stages of product development.

What kind of technology up-gradations we can expect from companies like yours. What can we expect in coming 4-5 years?

First of all for Vero family products we have development cycle of 6 Months. We do two main releases in a year. One is R1 followed by R2. During those intermediate months we do software updates. That includes small enhancements and bug fixing. The direction of product is driven by roadmap. So during the major release R1 we define roadmap based on two main factors one is key selling points and feature requests by customers. The direction of company at this moment is mainly trying to utilize available resources and technology. With number of acquisitions we are now team of 140 developers, they are not just working for the single brand now. We are restructuring development in a way that the core technology would be shared with all Vero products. This will give us an opportunity to allocate resources on things that cannot be done in past. Other thing is that Hexagon is very much involved with us and they are obliviously pushing technology to new level. We are looking forward to use Hexagon’s technology with Vero solutions to better sink knowledge that would be useful to our customers. Our ultimate aim is to provide a product that would deal with mass majority of issues right from Reverse engineering, design, manufacturing and metrology.

How important is India as a growth market for you?

Our primary growth driver in any country is our diverse product portfolio which helps us grow consistently over economic or industry specific turbulences. Our growth primarily comes from growth in purchases in the automotive OEMs and suppliers; following this we also have significant business in the Consumer goods and Energy industry. For long, India is seen as a more stable partner in the east and eventually, we see increased manufacturing throughput from the region in past two years. Whether it is automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, India is being seen as a world partner for manufacturing in the coming decades. This will present us with an opportunity of a lifetime to grow our businesses significantly. With our new Vero India team and partners we have an aggressive approach to expand our presence and are working towards supporting OEMs and suppliers to create top-notch product inventions on an international scale.

I would like to thank Mr. Massimo Vergerio VISI Brand Manager for taking the time to answer my questions. If you have any questions for them or for DailyCADCAM, please leave a comment below or mail me on sachin@dailycadcam.com and we will be glad to answer.

Check details – VISI CAM, CAM Website:- http://www.visicadcam.com

Interview: Mr. Vikas Khanvelkar, Managing Director,DesignTech Systems Ltd

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Sachin R Nalawade
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Would you briefly introduce yourself and your firm?

DesignTech Systems Ltd. is a leading CAD/CAM/CAE, PLM, and Additive Manufacturing technologies provider in India. Besides that we also provide Engineering Services at every stage of product lifecycle starting from Concept design and development, 3D Modeling and validation, product design analysis and simulation, Design for Manufacturing, to developing interactive 3D Technical documentations. For Engineering Services, outside India, our main client base spans North America and Europe inclusive of companies from cross vertical domains and wide industry segments in engineering and product development. DesignTech CAD Academy, a training wing of DesignTech is Siemens Industry Software and Altair Engineering authorized training partner for their PLM and CAE Suite of solutions. With training centers operating out of Pune, Nashik and Hyderabad DesignTech CAD Academy is showing aggressive growth in the area of students and corporate trainings. As a recipient of some of the prestigious awards such as Maharashtra IT Award in 2010, NASSCOM Emerge 50 Award and ranking among the top 100 IT companies in India by Channel World Premiere, DesignTech has carved a niche and coveted position for itself in the CAD/CAM/CAE Technology space in India. I and Sachin Chougule envisioned a great opportunity in this field back in 1990s and formed DesignTech Systems in 1998 to help Indian industry adopt latest technology to match the global standards of engineering and manufacturing excellence.

3D Printing is getting more and more attention lately. How and when did your company entered in 3D Printing business and what were your first thoughts?

We share a long association with Stratasys and have been selling their 3D Printers in India since 2006. Back then, Stratasys offered only FDM Solutions. With the recent merger of Stratasys with Objet to form a new unified entity operating under the name Stratasys Inc. they now offer much advanced 3D Printers including PolyJet and FDM technology with some of the most wide variety of material options. 3D Printing and physical product design validation, was the next big thing revolutionizing the way products are built, developed and tested. They were taking the western markets by storm and we knew, it would not be late that Indian industry too realizes the significance of this technology and the value it brings to product engineering and innovation. We hence joined hands with Stratasys which has always been a renowned name and an industry leader in this segment. Today 3D Printing is not just limited to Prototyping and physical product design validation, but is also considered to be an alternative for batch productions. With faster development process, low iterations, and robust part development possibility, these printers are replacing the conventional CNC machines to develop limited quantity parts for end-use applications e.g. jigs, fixtures, mold inserts etc. Metal 3D Printing technology is also fast paving its way in the Indian Market. The Indian industry is maturing fast and has understood the importance of maintaining their pace of development and advancement in correspondence with their global counter parts to stay relevant in the competition. Which is why they are willing to invest higher in R&D to maintain the competitive edge through product design and performance excellence. With “Make in India” propaganda spreading far and wide across the globe, foreign companies are investing in India to set-up their Hybrid R&D centers, which will also contribute and result into steep rise in the demand for 3D Printers. DesignTech envisioning this transition and trend, has also signed up with Europe’s proven Metal 3D Printing Technology Company, SLM, to introduce their machines to India.

Which verticals in India will be the largest implementers of 3D printing?

Any company related to product design, development and engineering will be the largest users of 3D Printers; then they could be from any industry such as Automotive, Aerospace and defense, Heavy Engineering, Consumer goods and Electronics, Industrial Machinery, Medical and even Education. Applications of 3D Printers in Medical are also quite prolific and this market in India is relatively less tapped but coming up in a big way. Education, taking place right next to Medical, has also started investing in 3D Printers to introduce students to the technology that has deep penetrated the industry and being used exponentially by the industry.

Explain to us your business model. What are your offerings and which segment do you cater to?

DesignTech has three primary verticals; first being CAD/CAM/CAE, PLM solutions and Additive Manufacturing technologies sale; second is providing Engineering Services; and third is imparting training on latest CAD and CAE platforms to students and working professionals. The industries we majorly cater to are Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Industrial Machinery, Heavy Engineering, Consumer Goods and Electronics, Education, and Power and energy. DesignTech is a one-stop-shop for all engineering technology, training and services requirements. Our work motto is to help customers derive highest returns on their investment in the technology or service offered by us thereby enabling them to attain their goals of product design, quality and productivity. We are a customer oriented company that strives to make every dealing with the customer a delightful experience for them.

What are advantages of using Stratasys 3D printers over others?

The best advantage of Stratasys is that they offer printers in two unique technologies namely FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) and Polyjet that can serve a wide range of applications which other companies find difficult to match. No matter what the need or requirement a customer might have, Stratasys machines can cater to it. The impressive plethora of materials that Stratasys offers right from production grade thermo plastic or ABS+ material known for its sturdiness and ruggedness, to transparent, flexible, rubber like material and many more, gives companies options to develop products that are unbelievably real like or close to their actual product giving them better understanding about the look, feel and functioning of their product. Stratasys Machines can help you create functional models which is a big ‘plus’ to its set of advantages. Choice of colors also makes designers and engineers give shape to their imaginations thus helping them make their products aesthetically more appealing and attractive to their consumers. Stratasys offers printers in three range:

1.       Idea Series: these desktop printers are ideal for concept development and validation. Easy to use, they can sit perfectly in the office environment, giving designers and artists the liberty to immediately print their designs for better visualization. With the product it hand, they can better communicate their ideas to others. These cost effective printers, gives designers a free hand to test their concepts and come up with a design that not just looks great but also performs equally well. These printers allow you to print functional models, which is why they can be tagged as the ‘best friends’ of designers helping them boost creativity, innovation and performance of the product.

2.       Design Series: these printers can help engineers develop real-like products. They also facilitate multi-material and offer digital printing facility which can enable designers print parts with more than one material bringing them closer to the final product. A color pallet comprising of impressive range of various colors and shades also further augments creativity and visualization. They can build functional models making it an ideal approach to physically validate product designs including fit, form and ergonomics.

3.       Production Series: as the name suggests, the printers in these series can help develop products for end-use applications making it an ideal alternative for small batch productions.

What are the growth drivers for this industry? What are the current trends here?

The growth drivers or success imperatives for the industry today are:

1.       Shorter shelf life of the products and cut throat competition has necessitated

a.       frequent product design innovations

b.      compressed design and development cycle

c.       getting product design right the first time and hitting the market early

d.      achieving cost and time efficiency resulting in competitive pricing

e.      establishing non-iterative design and development processes

f.        eliminating the wastage of resources including man efforts, machines, materials, time and costs etc. in development processes

Trends and Imperatives:

2.       catering to wider markets and geographies by making products or services customized to their needs and requirements e.g. offering various language options on the mobile devices

3.       ‘Online’ is the new market place – making sure that you are present on the relevant sites based on your target audience

4.       Understand your product differentiation and pitching strategy based on ‘Economies of scale’ or ‘scale of Economies’ in case your product is higher end and high value

5.       Radical Innovation comes but once in a while, but Kaizen or incremental innovations play as much an important role in helping your product success and supersede other competitive products in the market. E.g. introducing new features ever year with new versions.

6.       IF applicable, Deliver at door step or miss the door of opportunity. Customer service is key to product success

In terms prototyping and manufacturing applications of the industries that you serve can you tell us where you have seen the biggest growth areas in the last few years in terms of 3D printing?

That will have to be Automotive, Education and Government sectors

Do you think 3D printing have potential to replace traditional manufacturing processes?

Not in Volume manufacturing, but definitely for batch productions.

What are the challenges in 3D printing Industry? What are some of the important lessons learnt?

Some of the greatest challenges are:

a.       Mindset transition from the traditional and conventional to the new and advanced technologies with bigger benefits

b.      Finances, Funds and resources

c.       Technology adoption curve is slower

d.      Sales cycle are longer

Important lessons learnt are:

a.       Value selling counts – demonstrate the benefits and the ROI that customers can derive. Do a pilot for them or a benchmark or proof of concept which will reassure their confidence in the technology and convince them to opt for it

b.      Patience and perseverance are directly related to results bearing fruits. Be in touch with the industry or lose the ground.

c.       Over selling or too much follow-up is inversely proportionate to the positive result or result being in your favor. The customer themselves have to internally get sold on the idea of 3D Printing; too much follow-up can negate the chances of that. Practical demonstration and benefits in ‘black-and-white’ should help. After that they will come to you if they are convinced.

d.      Finally your technical support, customer service, rapport with the customer plays a significant role. Hence maintaining a pleasant relationship is non-optional.

Do you think that CAE software for 3D printing work would play bigger role in developing better 3D Printed parts?

CAE solutions are a great way to identify product design weaknesses and fallacies. However, some of the design errors cannot be gauged virtually, they can be only identified with a physical product in hand. E.g. fit, form, ergonomics and visualization. Hence CAE will not come in the way of 3D Printing.

What is your vision, including personal predictions, for the next 5 years for 3D printing in general; and for DesignTech’s 3D printing business?

There is a huge opportunity for 3D Printers; especially the metal 3D Printers are making new waves and are the latest rage in product development segment. This industry will grow at the rate of more than 20 % CAGR for the next five years. Low cost 3D printers and anticipated entry of Biggies like HP and Autodesk in this segment will increase the completion on one hand bur on the other hand this will also increase the knowledge amongst the users and will increase adoption. Metal 3D printing will also grow and overall market size will grow. At DesignTech this is a high potential growth opportunity for us and we will try to maintain our dominant position in the market with our deep penetration and excellent credentials of Customer Support.

If any question to Mr.Vikas Khanvelkar, please write to us on sachin@dailycadcam.com

Profile Details –

Mr. Vikas Khanvelkar, Managing Director,DesignTech Systems Ltd

Mr. Vikas Khanvelkar’s has rich experience of over 30 years in this industry. He has acquired his Bachelor of Engineering in (Electronics & Telecomm) from College of Engineering Pune (COEP). He has also pursued his Masters in Business Administration and specialized in Marketing.

Prior to starting his own business DesignTech Systems Ltd in 1998, Mr. Khanvelkar was associated with HCL Infosystems for 9 years, where he was heading CAD/CAM Division as a Country Manager for 5 years.

He has always worked on introducing latest technologies in the Indian Market right from the concept stage, be it CNC Technology; Variable speed DC, AC and Servo Drives; or CAD/CAM Technology.

In early 80’s when CNC Technology was just getting introduced in India, he worked on promoting CNC Machine Tools and CNC Controller Retrofit Systems to successfully convert conventional Machine Tool user’s to accept and move to CNC.

In mid to late eighties when variable speed DC, AC and servo drives were just coming on the scene, he was involved in promoting industrial automation and control systems based on variable speed drives and programmable logic controllers for cement plants, printing machinery, rubber calendar machines etc. in wide industrial segments.

In early ninety’s when CAD/CAM/CAE Technology was being evaluated by large Automotive and Defense Customers, Mr. Khanvelkar worked on promoting these solutions based on HP Unix Workstations. This made him grow to head HCL/HP – CAD/CAM division nationally.

After promoting DesignTech in 1998, he has pioneered use of CAD/CAM/CAE software solutions in SMEs across all industrial segments all over India. He extensively worked and supported to convert conventional 2D based designers to move to 3D modeling based design solutions and also popularized use of FEA solution amongst many of them.

He also proliferated use of CAD/CAM/CAE software in Educational Institutes and popularized CAD/CAM as a career option among Mechanical Engineering students. He is regularly invited as a guest faculty in many Management and Engineering Institutes to enrich the students on the aspects of Management, Entrepreneurship and Technological aspects. He has also delivered lectures on technology and management in various events and conferences all over India. 

Interview with Diego d’Udekem Director of Sales and Operations at Free Field Technologies (FFT) – MSC Software Company

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Recently, I had chance to attend the ‘Seminar on Engine Acoustics’ Organized by MSC Software in Pune, India. Diego d’Udekem Director of Sales and Operations at Free Field Technologies (FFT) – MSC Software Company was the main presenter for the event. It was right moment to know more about the latest offerings and new trends in the evolution of CAE tools. Diego is the person with the background and experience to help us with knowing more about the acoustic CAE. I asked Diego few questions. Here is the interview.

Diego, can you tell us a bit about yourself? 

Sure, I am Diego d’Udekem Director of Sales and Operations at FFT – MSC Software Company, after doing my Masters in Electro-mechanics 2004 started working with Altran. Later in April 2005 joined FFT as Support & Project Engineer, and then I passed through Head of Engineering and Support. From February 2013, I am appointed as Director of Sales and Operations. 

It is my pleasure to work with FFT since last 10 years, it is great experience to work with such a professional, active and creative group and all the activity related to sales and operations worldwide for constantly developing company.

Please tell us about FFT and its acquisition by MSC Software?

FFT was founded in 1998 by Jean-Pierre Coyette and Jean-Louis Migeot is a Belgium based company providing acoustics and NVH simulation software solutions for the automotive, aerospace and other industries. 

In 2011, MSC Software acquired FFT. Bringing FFT together with MSC’s existing NVH solution family in MSC Nastran, positioned MSC as a powerhouse to deliver robust acoustics and NVH solutions to customers worldwide. Even after acquisition the FFT’s sales, support, and R&D departments remained unchanged working with the same staff. Being part of MSC group has helped us to cater larger customer base, enhanced our solutions, added value and offer related services in more regions.

What are the products offered by FFT?

 FFT’s offers ACTRAN – the finite element software for acoustic, vibro-acoustic and aero-acoustic modeling. It is one of the best and most complete acoustic simulation tools available; it provides rich elements, material models, boundary conditions, solution schemes and high-performance solvers to users to solve their complex acoustic problems accurately.

ACTRAN is widely used in automotive, aerospace, audio, advance materials, telecom, IT, defense, energy and other industries worldwide. Along with the software we also offer a wide range of services including on-site and off-site consulting, training, technology transfer and contract research.

We also offer integrated Actran for Nastran solution that gives our users advanced features for mixing the best of both worlds and few specialized solutions like ACTRAN TM for turbo machinery, ACTRAN DGM for modeling noise propagation in complex flows and ACTRAN VI pre and post-processor for ACTRAN Suite.

We have released Actran Version 15 in Oct 2014 with lots of new features added; also take care of the customer requests for the requirement of particular features in every release.

How is Actran’s market in India, what is your strategy to establish it among the major CAE systems in India?

We’ve already had few customers from Automotive, Aerospace sector in India and received a lot of positive feedback from various companies and Government organizations. We are conducting seminars at various places in India to make people aware about our product, discuss a wide range of applications and show them how it can help them to make better products and improve the acoustic performance of their design.

We have our distributor MAXrad SOFTware India Pvt Ltd. Bangalore and have great support from MSC Software India team to promote Actran in existing and new customers.

You can see in today’s event in Pune, as expected we got a good number of serious designers from various sectors looking for improving acoustic performance of their product, they liked our product, they are ready to try it and we are looking forward to serve them and support their success with our software.

How you take care of generating trained resources required to work on such specialized tools?

We conduct training programs for working professionals and corporate on request, conduct seminars, demos and hands-on workshops worldwide. Free Field Technologies regularly organizes training on each and every Actran module. Training may be arranged in FFT premises or at the customer’s site. Both standard and custom trainings are available. FFT also regularly organizes introductory courses on acoustics and other seminars on acoustic CAE.

We are offering Actran Student Edition to students and educators along with the supporting materials and online tutorials. We conduct live webinars, provide on -demand webinars on various topics and real industrial applications to educate our user community.

Any message to design professionals and DailyCADCAM users in India?

In India, we have seen our Actran community growing tremendously over the last several months. I appeal users from Automotive, aerospace, electronics, ship- building, defense sector to try Actran software suite for acoustic, vibro-acoustic and aero-acoustic modeling. Let us know the challenges faced in analyzing and enhancing the acoustic behavior of your products.

Join us for our latest webinars – http://www.fft.be/index.php?pageID=1 and check this video on Introduction to Actran by Jean-Louis Migeot, CEO FFT, MSC Software Company.

I would like to thank Diego d’Udekem for taking the time to answer my questions. If you have any questions for Diego or for DailyCADCAM, please leave a comment below or mail me on sachin@dailycadcam.com and we will be glad to answer.

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