39 | Finite Element Analysis Sails into the Mainstream
Long the domain of engineering specialists, finite element analysis software is reaching a wider audience as the tools become easier to use and more accessible to nonexpert users. Improvements in FEA software, coupled with the faster multicore processors available today, also make it feasible to run these highly complex compute-intensive simulations on an ordinary desktop or laptop computer.
49 | New Automation, Machines Revive Manufacturer
In 2005 connector manufacturing wasn’t what it had been. In a flurry of outsourcing, US shops were steadily losing business to China and India, and economy-wide financial turbulence lay just around the corner.
Rather than wallow in the impending doom and gloom, Senga Engineering (Santa Ana, CA) had another plan. Senga is a veteran-owned small business that is ISO 9001:2008, AS9100C, and ITAR certified. It began looking for a shift in strategy that it hoped would ensure success for years to come.
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10 QUALITY SCAN Social Responsibility, Quality Help Competitiveness
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17 NEWSDESK
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The Cover: An Abaqus FEA virtual model from Simulia simulates the real-world performance of a crash dummy, a complex and very expensive system containing multiple sensors that record about 35,000 data points in a typical 150-millisecond crash. Image courtesy Dassault Systèmes Simulia
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