Published on: August 14th, 2019 With: Eric Miller, Anthony Dawson, & David Cebon Description: In this episode, the continuation of our discussion on ANSYS Granta, your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by Anthony Dawson, Senior Director of Materials Business Unit Product Operations at ANSYS, and David Cebon, Chief Technologist […]
Published on: August 12th, 2019 With: Eric Miller, Ward Rand, & John Perek Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by Ward Rand, one of PADT’s other Co-Founders, and John Perek, Principal Materials Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace to discuss the introduction of Granta to the ANSYS […]
Heat-set, ultrasonic, helicoil: metal inserts are exceedingly useful when you want to add threads to a plastic part, preparing it for a strong screwed-in connection. Whether you heat up the insert and push it down into the pre-made hole (purposely melting the plastic as you do so) or tap a hole to allow a helicoil […]
Every product is made from materials, and in order to correctly select and apply said materials, decisions need to be based on analysis on the right information. ANSYS Granta software ensures accurate, consistent, traceable materials information every time and provides the tools you need to support design, research and teaching. This toolkit is divided into […]
Published on: July 30th, 2019 With: Eric Miller, Ted Harris, & Joe Woodward Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PADT’s Simulation Support Manager & Specialist Mechanical Engineer Joe Woodward to discuss the latest additions and improvements made for structural analysis in ANSYS Mechanical 2019 […]
With ANSYS structural analysis software, users are able to solve more complex engineering problems, faster and more efficiently than ever before. Customization and automation of structural solutions is much easier to optimize thanks to new and innovative finite element analysis (FEA) tools available in this product suite. Once again, ANSYS is able to cement their […]
Published on: July 15th, 2019 With: Eric Miller & Doug Oatis Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PADT’s Lead Mechanical Engineer Doug Oatis, to discuss the tools that make up the ANSYS Additive family of products (Additive Suite, Additive Print, & Additive Prep), and […]
Ten years is a long time in the life of a software product. While ANSYS itself has been around since the early 1970’s and what is now known as ANSYS Mechanical is approaching 20 years old, the user interface for ANSYS Mechanical maintained the same look and feel from version 12.0 in 2009 through version […]
As we shared in our recent press release, PADT was invited to be one of nine companies presenting at the 2019 Commercial Vehicle Cleantech Challenge. We happily spent the day at the Colorado Governor’s mansion talking and learning about how to make the road transportation of goods with large and small vehicles cleaner and more […]
The past is a tricky thing to remember. When we started preparing for PADT’s 25th anniversary celebration we spent a lot of time thinking about the past, about our journey from an idea to the thriving business we are today. And one though kept coming back to us, “we really should have captured and stored […]
In a previous life, I worked in the maritime and offshore energy industries and used ANSYS as part of my daily routine in structural design. I eventually discovered myself in a position where I was designing subsea equipment for use in offshore oil and gas fields. One thing I quickly discovered was that although subsea […]
Additive manufacturing (3D Printing) has been rapidly gaining popularity as a true manufacturing process in recent years. ANSYS’ best-in-class solution for additive manufacturing enables simulation at every step in your AM process, and helps to optimize material configurations, and machine & parts setup before printing begins. Through the use of ANSYS tools such as Additive […]
Published on: July 1st, 2019 With: Eric Miller, Robin Steed of ANSYS, & Chris Robinson of PCA Engineers Limited Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by ANSYS CFX & Turbo Tools Lead Technical Product Manager Robin Steed, and Managing Director at PCA Engineers Limited, Chris […]
Last week we were pleased to learn that we were selected to present our fuel cell blower technology at the Commercial Vehicle Cleantech Challenge in Denver, Colorado on July 10th. This is a great opportunity for us to share the solutions we developed for the military, automotive applications, and buses to the trucking industry. Many […]
Published on: June 17th, 2019 With: Eric Miller, Ted Harris, & Tom Chadwick Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PADT’s Simulation Support Manager Ted Harris, and Senior CFD Engineer Tom Chadwick for a discussion on what new capabilities (beta or otherwise) are available for […]