2019 Winners Announced for Altair Enlighten Award
August 05 2019 - 9:00PM
Altair, (Nasdaq:ALTR) a global technology company providing
solutions in product development, high-performance computing and
data intelligence, is pleased to announce the winners of the
7th annual Altair Enlighten Award. The awards were presented this
evening at the 2019 CAR Management Briefing Seminars Seminars (MBS)
in Traverse City, MI.
“The winning products demonstrate the power of
innovation and engineering disciplines to reduce vehicle weight and
emissions,” said Richard Yen, senior vice-president, strategic
solutions team and global automotive business of Altair. “We were
thrilled with the entrants and are proud to recognize the winners
and runners up.”
Full Vehicle, Low-volume Production Category Winner;
- Ferrari’s Portofino, weighing an impressive 80kg lighter, while
being 35 percent stiffer than the outgoing California T that it
replaces, was the winner in the Full Vehicle, low-volume production
category. The Portofino is designed to be driven daily, and
converts in just 14 seconds from an authentic ‘berlinetta’ coupé to
a drop-top, thanks to the retractable hard top system. It is
significantly lighter than the outgoing model, thanks to the
adoption of new components featuring innovative design developed by
an extensive use of structural optimization, innovative aluminum
technologies and the use of cutting-edge production
techniques.
"Taking the Altair Enlighten Award in the full vehicle category
for the Portofino BIW is a fantastic result for Ferrari. We have a
dedicated group of engineers who constantly strive to achieve the
most ambitious technical objectives the company sets, so this award
honors their achievements," said Michael Leiters, CTO, Ferrari.
Full Vehicle, High-Production Category Winner;
- FCA’s 4th generation Jeep Wrangler, eliminated 92kg from the
previous generation vehicle. It employs an advanced strategy of
lightweight aluminum, sheet molding compound (SMC) and
high-strength steel. Technology highlights of its new design
include a lightweight body system that shed 51kg (>12%), by
strategically applied advanced lightweight materials to maximize
customer value, comfort, safety, and convenience, as well as
minimize manufacturing impact to bolster the benefit of lightweight
material applications.
“We are immensely proud of the work we did on the one-of-a-kind
Jeep Wrangler,” said Rob Wichman, interim head of product
development, FCA North America. “We are also grateful to Altair for
recognizing engineering achievement, in general. Thoughtful,
disciplined engineering unlocks innovation. And innovation moves
the world forward.”
Module Category Winner;
- ZF with its latest knee airbag (KnAB) design replaces the
typical metal housing found in existing low mounted knee airbags by
a fabric housing. This lightweight “Global Baseline Module”
technology is based on a fabric housing and provides high restraint
performance capability while allowing significant weight reduction.
With a weight reduction of 30 percent, it is 20 percent more
compact, and a design that can be tailored for all specific
customer needs and markets to help meet global safety test
requirements and standards.
- General Motors & Continental Structural Plastics for the
CarbonPro pickup box were the runners up in this category.
CarbonPro is the industry first carbon fibre reinforced
thermoplastic pickup box. It saves 62lb of mass and offers the best
in class impact resistant bed which adds unprecedented strength and
durability to the truck.
Enabling Category Winner;
- Material Sciences won top honors in the Enabling category for
MSC Smart Steel, the first ever spot weldable low-density composite
laminate to be used in a body application. MSC Smart Steel is
a new multilayer steel laminate engineered as a direct substitute
for vehicle body parts stamped from low carbon steel. The
concept involves creating a three-layer laminate whereby the outer
skins are steel, and the middle layer consists of a low-density
conductive polymer core, which allows MSC Smart Steel to be stamped
and spot welded – an industry first!
- DSM Engineering Plastics, Inc., Cikautxo Group, General Motors,
Henn GmbH & Co KG – 2019 Cadillac XT4 Arnitel Thermoplastic Co
for the polyester hot charge air duct, were the runners up for the
Enabling Technology category. The all-new Arnitel thermoplastic
copolyester (TPC) hot charge air duct for the 2019 Cadillac XT4
engine replaced a thermoset rubber solution, significantly reducing
the weight, cost and design complexity of the turbocharging system
for the GM CSS 2.0L turbo engine.
The Future of Lightweighting Winner;
- The award for the Future of Lightweighting went to a
feasibility study for #ULTRALEICHTBAUSITZ, a collaborative effort
by Alba tooling & engineering, Automotive Management Consulting
GmbH, and csi entwicklungstechnik GmbH. #ULTRALEICHTBAUSITZ aims to
completely re-think car seat design from scratch through consequent
use of cutting-edge generative technologies with the philosophy of
“form follows force.” Their goal is to manufacture a comfortable
and highly adaptable, yet ultra-lightweight vehicle seat prototype
with a mass of about 10 kg.
"We were pleased to once again receive so many outstanding
entries this year,” said Carla Bailo, president and CEO at the
Centre for Automotive Research. “The entries demonstrate excellence
in their unique approaches to meet the challenges for weight
reduction through innovative materials and joining technology
combined with design simulation. This is critical to the
success of light weighting initiatives as the future of mobility
including electric and autonomous vehicles continues to develop at
a rapid pace.”
For a list of finalists and their innovations,
please visit http://altairenlighten.com/award/
About Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR)
Altair is a global technology company that provides software and
cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high
performance computing (HPC) and data intelligence. Altair
enables organizations across broad industry segments to compete
more effectively in a connected world while creating a more
sustainable future. To learn more, please visit
www.altair.com.
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