Designing with Engineered Plastics
Sustainability and Climate Protection Through Digitalization
Investing in digitization means investing for success, and the plastic industry needs powerful tools for the development process and beyond. Altair’s broad, powerful technology portfolio enables sustainable product design, helps organizations transform the plastics value chain, and meet the industry’s sustainability and climate protection goals. It also helps organizations:
Substitute materials
Increase recycled material usage rates
Assess and reduce carbon footprint
Optimize Plastic Parts
Simulation is often used to validate the performance of a mature component, but if a part has the wrong shape, even the best material cannot compensate for the losses in performance. Modern materials reach their potential in combination with optimal geometric layout, derived from designs tailored to withstand the stresses and strains experienced in operation.
With topology optimizaton, ideal components are designed by determining the most effective material placement and load paths. In later development phases, shape optimization can be used for dimensioning, considering local material effects and allowing for further improvement of the component design.