PITTSBURGH, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Software
Motor Company (SMC) and Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) are
collaborating to accelerate the development of ultra-efficient
switched reluctance motors (SRMs) that solve critical noise
vibration and harshness (NVH) issues. This will spur adoption of
SMC's advanced motors across many industries, slashing global
energy demand via increased efficiency and helping reduce
climate change.
Traditional alternating current induction motors drive most of
today's power-hungry machines, which consume over 45% of the
world's electricity. SRMs are much more energy efficient, reliable
and durable, but to drive industry adoption, these advanced motors
must overcome critical NVH challenges — requiring months of
prototype testing and weeks of simulation. An enhanced workflow can
greatly compress that development time, ensuring motors run
silently, increasing energy efficiencies and decreasing carbon
impact.
SMC and Ansys are building an automated, optimized and
repeatable workflow for rapid design and analysis of SMC's Q-series
SRMs, engineered for commercial adoption with radically reduced
NVH. Leveraging Ansys workflow technologies — including
cutting-edge multiphysics simulation and Ansys®
Cloud™ — will enable global implementation and adoption of
SMC's advanced motors by companies across numerous industries. As
seen in the HVAC industry, this will reduce traditional motors'
energy consumption by up to 64%, helping SMC's customers save
millions of dollars and enabling them to achieve a zero or net-zero
carbon footprint.
"With the electrification revolution in full swing, this new
state-of-the-art workflow will help us create a highly innovative
next-generation SRM — the most sophisticated electric motor design
in the world — and deploy it with minimal NVH effects," said
Mark Johnston, president and CEO of
SMC. "SMC's advanced motor adoption across commercial real estate,
HVAC, industrial equipment, agriculture, vehicle traction,
aerospace and many other industries will play a major role in
reducing global energy consumption and improving the
environment."
"Together with SMC, we are rapidly developing SRMs, delivering
unprecedented reduced noise levels and enabling wide commercial
adoption of these highly efficient motors for the first time," said
Prith Banerjee, chief technology
officer, Ansys. "This automated, optimized and cloud-based motor
design and analysis platform significantly speeds SMC's development
of next-generation SRMs which promises to disrupt a $100 billion-plus industry and alter how the
world consumes energy."
About Ansys
If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you've used a
product where Ansys software played a critical role in its
creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering
simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering
Simulation, we help the world's most innovative companies deliver
radically better products to their customers. By offering the best
and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help
them solve the most complex design challenges and create products
limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is
headquartered south of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Visit www.ansys.com for more
information.
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