Design engineers are increasingly presented with more challenging scenarios, especially given automotive industry trends towards more efficient, quieter and higher performing vehicles. The need for confidence in simulation technology has never been greater. With Romax's latest release of RomaxDesigner R12.7, we deliver such confidence by offering a more in depth level of analysis than ever before.
The new edition includes new advanced capabilities such as accounting for thermal expansion, test duty cycles, improved NVH gear whine analysis, and gear root stress prediction as well as many other features and improvements.
When designing transmissions, thermal expansion is a major factor and users can now account for this when using RomaxDesigner. RomaxDesigner now calculates the thermal expansion for all components, enabling users to visualize how this affects the whole system at the same time as considering clearances, deflections and preloads. This new capability considers the thermal expansion of shafts and bearings, as well as housings, planet carriers, and other imported finite element components.
Testing of transmissions is an essential part of the design process, and with RomaxDesigner's new capability for test duty cycle generation, users benefit from massively reduced rig testing times. RomaxDesigner now generates a test duty cycle from road load data with condensed damages. This matches for both gear contact, gear bending and bearing damages within one single duty cycle, thereby reducing the need for additional testing time.
RomaxDesigner can now accurately perform a root stress analysis, predicting root stress due to gear mesh loads and system deflections. A critical gear performance parameter, users can now calculate this in RomaxDesigner, without having to resort to time-consuming and specialized FE analysis. Again, another huge time saving.
As the demand for NVH technology grows, Romax have improved the usability and robustness of all RomaxDesigner NVH functions increasing the ease of use for customers. Another enhancement is the improved third party links and development into time domain based analysis software such as Ansys and integration to other dynamic analysis packages.
Romax is also pleased to announce the launch of a new online customer support portal. This will ensure that RomaxDesigner users receive the highest level of technical support from their in-house team of support and application engineers, as well as a direct link to the developers who work closely on improving the software every day.
Romax Technology has been providing world class software and services analysis solutions for gearbox, bearing and drivetrain design for 20 years. It's pioneering software and services are used by the leading manufacturers and operators in the industry. Collaboration between Romax and key users of RomaxDesigner is one of the fundamental ways the company defines the necessary improvements, enhancements and additions that are made to the software. "Collaborative working is central to the way in which Romax works and to the development of our software tool," said Graeme Walford, Chief Operating Officer at Romax Technology. "Working together with our clients helps us to develop the product and to make it an invaluable tool for those who work with it. We believe that these additional capabilities and new improvements will continue to set RomaxDesigner apart as the worlds leading virtual product development tool for gearboxes and drivetrains."