We help companies by analysing the dynamic behaviour of their machines during the design phase. We provide simulation models that offer insights into:

• performance: the machine’s performance in terms of accuracy, speed, throughput, etc.
• control: the stability, robustness and performance of the control system running the machine.
• safety: the machine’s ability to stay within operational ranges, brake to a standstill within bounds and its behavior during failures.

Our simulation models are used at every stage of a design:

• Assessment: testing the feasibility of a design, testing use cases, validating against standards and regulations.
• Early design: testing the performance of the design and design alternatives.
• Detailed design: validating and improving simulation models using test setups and measurement data, validating the design using these high-fidelity simulation models.

Below are some examples design objectives that we have worked on:

• Create a model of a railway bridge to to implement and verify new control strategies for its hydraulic cylinder.
• Create a model of a motion-compensated gangway and derive an error budget to determine the most effective design changes.
• Create a DC short circuit model to analyse the forces on the busbar.
• Develop a model of an offshore crane to investigate the optimal tag line controller.
• Create a virtual prototype of a wind tunnel robot to test its capabilities under dynamic wind loads.