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Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 14th December 2006:
Safe Technology Ltd has teamed up with ProSim in India to provide sales and support services for fe-safe™, the company’s state of the art fatigue analysis software suite for Finite Element models.
“We have seen a growing inclination towards looking at reliable, modern methods of fatigue analysis in both India’s traditional and emerging companies. ProSim can help us identify and serve these markets while fe-safe™ can address the fatigue analysis requirements of companies across a broad range of industries,” said Safe Technology Ltd’s Marketing Director, Stephanie Wood.
Safe Technology Ltd is a technical leader in the design and development of durability analysis software. Based in the UK, the company is privately owned and is unique in its sole dedication to the field of fatigue and durability analysis software. Working with worldwide partners and distributors, Safe Technology develops and sells the fe-safe™ suite of software which also incorporates signal processing software and specialist add on modules covering weld fatigue evaluation (Verity®), thermo-mechanical fatigue, creep fatigue and the analysis of rotating components.
ProSIM provides collaborative engineering and R&D services in product and process design, analysis and optimization in automotive, aerospace, power plant, general engineering and bio medical engineering companies. www.pro-sim.com
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 12th December 2006:
Safe Technology Ltd held the second fe-safe™ User Group Meeting on September 20th, 2006. The event was hosted by Dana Corporation at the company’s impressive auditorium at Dana Technical Resource Park, Ottawa Lake, Michigan.
The day was a resounding success providing attendees with a forum to learn more about fe-safe™ and fatigue analysis across a number of industries, as well as incorporating ample opportunity to share ideas and experience with fellow users and industry experts.
The keynote speech, The Secret to Successful Fatigue Life Prediction, came from Professor Steve Tipton, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tulsa. User and industry papers were presented from Shaeffler Group, Medtronic, Inc, Cummins Inc, Serco Assurance and Belcan Engineering Group on a varied range of fatigue related subjects.
Presentations included: Fatigue Considerations of High Strength Rolling Bearing Steels; Martensite Transformations & Fatigue Behaviour of Nitinol; Gray Iron Fatigue Analysis in fe-safe™ Compared to Goodman Theory; High Temperature Materials Testing Methods for Fatigue and a discussion paper on the Fatigue of Threaded Fasteners.
Internal presentations focused on fe-safe™ user tips and buried treasure, including how to speed up analyses and how to use the new loading GUI. There was also a close look at Verity™ including a demo and spot weld applications, plus a look at the latest capabilities and functionality of fe-safe™ 5.2.
Quotes from this year's event included:
“I thank all the Safe Technology staff for arranging yet another very interesting and informative fe-safe user group meeting. These user group meetings serve as a great platform for sharing the knowledge of failures due to fatigue and I hope to see more of these events in the future.” Syed Raza, Caterpillar Inc, USA
“Really like your handouts. I actually refer to them after the meetings.” Peggy Jones, General Motors.
“Very good presentations!” Michael Pang, Faurecia Exhaust Systems.
“Lots of good information” Kevin Eldridge, Dofasco Automotive Components.
“Content was very good. Even the ‘marketing’ material was more useful than annoying. Great variety of material and presenter backgrounds.” Tony Kellicut, Harley Davidson Motor Company .
“It was fantastic to see so many of our customers and potential customers taking time out to come to this event. The meeting saw lots of cross-industry discussion and suggestions for development. Several new evaluation licences were taken up following the meeting which is also very pleasing.” John Draper, CEO, Safe Technology Ltd.
See you next year!
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 12th December 2006:
Safe Technology has announced a 24% growth in turnover in 2006. This growth is thanks to a steadily growing fe-safe™ user base around the world, and the opening up of new markets due to the addition of new products like Verity®.
New Customers for 2006 include General Motors (USA), Huyundai Motors (China), Ricardo Inc (USA), Schaeffler Group (USA) Rolls Royce Marine (Norway), Nokia (Finland), AAC Electronics Corporation (China), Faurecia (Germany), Belcan Engineering (USA), Emerson Copeland (USA) and Equity Engineering (USA).
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 8th December 2006:
Safe Technology Ltd, Sheffield, UK announces that Belcan Engineering Group (USA) has selected fe-safe™, the state of the art fatigue analysis software for Finite Element models.
Belcan is a leading provider of advanced engineering services for aerospace, surface transportation and other industries around the world. fe-safe™ is employed by Belcan’s structural analysis groups on a variety of consultancy projects.
Safe Technology Ltd is focused entirely on the development of fatigue analysis software and associated consultancy, training and support. Belcan selected fe-safe™ as their standard fatigue analysis tool because of its multiaxial strain-life approach and probabilistic capabilities.
“We were impressed by Safe Technology’s in-depth fatigue knowledge and the company’s commitment to the careful application of fatigue theory in the development of the software.
“Our engineers work on a wide variety of products, so we needed a fatigue tool that is flexible enough to support a range of analyses in a production consulting environment. We have used fe-safe™ to perform accurate fatigue analyses on products as distinct as internal combustion engines, marine drive systems, pneumatic nail guns, industrial boilers and many other products.
“By using fe-safe™ early in the design process, we are able to make recommendations that optimize design and save our customers time and money in the product development process,” said David Creech, Program Manager, Belcan Engineering Group.
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 30th November 2006:
The Equity Engineering Group, Inc has selected Verity®, the mesh-insensitive structural stress methodology for the fatigue evaluation of welded structures. Verity® is commercially available only in fe-safe™, the state of the art suite of fatigue analysis software for FE models from Safe Technology Limited.
The Verity® method, developed by Battelle researcher, Dr Pingsha Dong, has been validated against 3500 different types of welded joints by major companies and leading experts across a broad array of industries and is demonstrating unprecedented accuracy. This year it was licensed exclusively to Safe Technology Ltd to create an add-on module in fe-safe™ for weld fatigue life prediction.
The Verity® method is a major departure from traditional weld fatigue analysis approaches. There are 3 key features that make this approach unique: Firstly, it uses nodal forces to determine a ‘structural stress’ at the weld toe. Secondly, nodal forces are much less sensitive to mesh density than standard FEA stresses, thereby making Verity mesh insensitive. And thirdly, it uses a single S-N curve for all welds, be they structural welds, seam welds, spot weld, solder joint…and for all thicknesses of sheet and plate, and all types of loading. The applicability of Verity® to any area of industry where the fatigue life of welded structures and components is an issue has profound implications for product design in terms of performance, quality and cost.
Robert Brown, Director of Consulting, The Equity Engineering Group, comments: “The software is being used primarily for fatigue assessment of pressure containing equipment in the oil refining, petrochemical and other process industries. These analyses are typically performed to evaluate in-service equipment to assess remaining life and to develop appropriate inspection intervals. In some cases, these analyses are performed to satisfy jurisdictional requirements to validate fatigue design life when suitable calculations were not performed during the initial design phase. As a result, predictability is a key aspect of the calculations, since some current pressure vessel design fatigue methods include overly conservative design margins and outdated technology.
“The addition of fe-safe™ and Verity® to our suite of innovative products and technologies allows our clients to effectively manage the reliability of their cyclic equipment, which ultimately leads to improved safety and considerable economic advantages.”
Battelle is a global leader in science and technology. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, it develops and commercializes technology and manages laboratories for customers. Battelle, with the national labs that it manages or co-manages, oversees 19,000 staff members and conducts $2.9 billion in annual research and development. Battelle innovations include the development of the office copier machine (Xerox), pioneering work on compact disc technology, medical technology advancements, and fiber optic technologies.
www.battelle.org/verity
The Equity Engineering Group is internationally recognized in the refining and petrochemical industries as a leader in developing and delivering advanced technologies and consulting for the safe, reliable operation of aging plant fixed equipment. With offices in Cleveland and Houston, the company’s goal is effective technology transfer through continuing work with the industry committees, innovative products and services, and the ongoing training of plant management.
www.equityeng.com
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 30th November 2006:
Emerson Copeland has selected Verity®, the weld fatigue analysis methodology developed by Battelle and now commercially available only in fe-safe®, the state of the art suite of fatigue analysis software for FE models from Safe Technology Limited.
The Verity® mesh-insensitive structural stress methodology for the fatigue evaluation of welded structures was developed by Battelle researcher, Pingsha Dong. The method has now been validated by leading experts across a broad array of industries and was this year licensed to Safe Technology to create an fe-safe® module for weld fatigue life prediction.
The Verity method is a major departure from traditional weld fatigue analysis approaches in that it uses nodal forces to determine a ‘structural stress’ at the weld toe. The applicability of Verity® to any area of industry where the fatigue life of welded structures and components is an issue, has profound implications for product design in terms of performance, quality and cost. The Verity® method can be applied to structural welds in thick plate, seam welds in thin sheets, spot welds and solder joints, all with a single S-N curve and demonstrating unprecedented accuracy.
“This is a groundbreaking methodology, now available in a user-friendly piece of commercial software. Battelle and Safe Technology are confident that other companies will soon be reaping the benefits of applying Verity® to their design and analysis programs by achieving accurate and consistent fatigue life evaluation of welded structures. Industry experts believe this has the potential to save billions of dollars in the aerospace, automotive, bridge construction, shipbuilding, pipeline, and off-shore oil rig industries,” said Prof John Draper, CEO, Safe Technology Ltd.
Verity® has been developed in collaboration with more than a dozen leading engineering companies, Battelle’s Joint Industry Project (JIP), and has been verified by correlating the results of more than 800 sets of welded joint fatigue test data. It has won a number of awards, the most recent being an R&D 100 Award by R&D Magazine in the US.
Battelle is a global leader in science and technology. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, it develops and commercializes technology and manages laboratories for customers. Battelle, with the national labs that it manages or co-manages, oversees 19,000 staff members and conducts $2.9 billion in annual research and development. Battelle innovations include the development of the office copier machine (Xerox), pioneering work on compact disc technology, medical technology advancements, and fiber optic technologies.
www.battelle.org/verity
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 23rd October 2006:
Safe Technology has extended existing premises in Sheffield and taken on new technical support and software development staff. This is part of an ongoing expansion programme as the company continues to develop new products and rise to new technical challenges.
‘This is an exciting time of growth for Safe Technology. Our flagship product, fe-safe™, has always been at the cutting edge of fatigue analysis software for FE models and we are determined to stay at the forefront of the technology by developing new capabilities and products to be applied in an ever-increasing range of industries,’ said Ian Mercer, Software Director.
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Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 28th July 2006:
Safe Technology are pround to announce sponsorship of Fatigue 2007 - the 6th Engineering Integrity Society International Conference on Durability and Fatigue taking place at Queens’ College, Cambridge, UK on 26-28 March 2007
Confirmed Plenary and Keynote speakers are: Prof Paul Bowen (University of Birmingham, UK); Prof Jean-Louis Chaboche (ONERA, France); Prof Gregorz Glinka (University of Waterloo, Canada); Prof Trevor Lindley (Imperial College London, UK); R Sunder (BiSS Research, India); Darrell Socie (University of Illinois, USA); John Evans (University of Wales Swansea, UK); Robert Ritchie (University of California, Berkeley, USA).
“The calibre of the papers has allowed us to pull together an exciting programme of presentations from key personnel working and studying in the aerospace, marine, land based transport, manufacturing and materials processing sectors. This promises to be our most successful and expansive fatigue conference yet,” said convenor, Martin Bache.
John Draper, CEO of Safe Technology, said "We are proud to sponsor this conference which makes an important contribution to the advancement of fatigue knowledge and its application in industry. Consistent application of modern fatigue methods in engineering design is essential if we are to produce components that combine optimised design with a high level of reliability."
The Engineering Integrity Society is a UK based organisation promoting the academic and social advancement of engineering. These aims are achieved through regular technical seminars, conferences and meetings to review current engineering practice within the academic and industrial environment.
The Provisional Programme and booking form are available online from the EIS website
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 20th July 2006:
Safe Technology is proud to announce the agenda for our 2nd fe-safe™ UGM on Wednesday 20th September.
Confirmed presenters and papers are as follows:
User and industry papers from:
Internal Presentations to include:
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 5th July 2006:
Safe Technology is proud to announce our 2nd fe-safe™ UGM on Wednesday 20th September. Once again, our hosts for the event will be Dana Corporation and we will be using their fantastic auditorium at the Dana Technical Resource Park, Ottawa Lake.
The agenda so far:
We aim to build on the success of last year and provide you with a highly technical and valuable day during which you’ll learn more about fe-safe and durability analysis from us and your fellow users. We will cover a wide range of industries and fatigue related concerns this year to help increase your knowledge and understanding of fe-safe, its capabilities and its applications.
On hand to answer all your fe-safe and fatigue questions will be key Safe Technology staff:
This event is free of charge. Don’t delay…reserve your place today!!!
For a full agenda and more details, please email Wendy Vaughan
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 31st March 2006:
The latest version of the durability analysis software for FE models, fe-safe™ 5.2, includes a number of major enhancements along with the eagerly awaited add-module, Verity®.
The release of Verity® in fe-safe™ marks the first commercial introduction of Battelle’s methodology, the revolutionary new mesh-insensitive structural stress method for fatigue evaluation of welded structures.
The Verity® method can be applied to structural welds in thick plate, seam welds in thin sheets, and spot welds. Benefits of the methodology are that the equivalent structural stress is calculated at the weld, not at some distance from it; A single S-N curve can be used, so there is no need to ‘classify’ the welded joint; The method is insensitive to the mesh density and element types used in the FEA; The same S-N curve can be used for structural welds in thin and thick plate, and to seam welds, spot welds, laser welds and other weld types.
Verity® has been developed in collaboration with more than a dozen leading engineering companies, Battelle’s Joint Industry Project (JIP), and has been verified by correlating the results of more than 800 sets of welded joint fatigue test data. The applicability of Verity® to any area of industry where the fatigue life of welded structures and components is an issue, has profound implications for product design in terms of performance, quality and cost.
Distributed Processing in fe-safe™ 5.2 allows a single analysis to be spread over multiple processes, gaining significant increases in speed when dealing with large models or complex analyses. fe-safe™ is ideally suited to distributed processing because it analyses each node separately, i.e there is no nodal interdependence to slow the analysis down. Benchmarks indicate that substantial savings in analysis time can be achieved. fe-safe™ automatically splits up, queues and remerges the job. Plus, once you’ve hit ‘analyse’, the client computer is free to set up the next task. Analysis-only licenses can be purchased to utilize this feature or, if you already hold multiple fe-safe™ licenses, there is no additional cost!
The Extended Materials Database included as standard in fe-safe™ now contains more materials and more data per material. In fe-safe™ 5.2 there are equivalent specifications, chemical compositions, heat treatments and failure criteria for close to 500 material entries including steels, irons, titaniums, aluminium alloys, coppers and more.
Visual Loading Definition is the new GUI allowing easy set up of complex loading histories. All the complex loading definitions previously requiring editing of textual .ldf files are now available at the click of a mouse.
Pre-Scanning of FEA Models is an enhancement that provides the option to pre-read an FEA model. It provides a list of what can be read from the model and the user selects appropriate data sets to be read in. This option provides another means of speeding up the analysis without compromising on accuracy.
Press Release, Sheffield, UK, 15th March 2006:
DANA Corporation, Ohio, USA, the leading designer and supplier of automotive systems and components for major vehicle producers around the world, has extended the use of Safe Technology’s state-of-the art fatigue analysis software, fe-safe™, by making the software available to its engineers globally.
Dana chose fe-safe™ originally for its superior technical features and impressive multiaxial capabilities. Safe Technology highly encourages multiaxial analyses and in this respect, the two companies’ philosophy on the best way to conduct fatigue analysis is closely matched.
"Safe Technology has consistently given us excellent support and I am always impressed with their depth of experience and knowledge; they are always prompt with problem resolution. The fe-safe™ interface is also very clean and its use is rather intuitive. It made perfect sense to make fe-safe™ available to our engineers around the world" said Blake Garretson, Design Analysis Engineer, Dana Automotive Systems.
"The use of fe-safe™ has allowed Dana engineers to identify potential overly conservative analyses, thus eliminating unnecessary ‘overdesign’," said Ravi Joshi, Design Analysis Engineer, Automotive Systems.
"The use of fe-safe™ to calculate crack initiation automatically ensures mean stress correction, and also allows for direct life estimation of a component, something of chief interest to our customers and an important justification for us to use fe-safe™ as a post FEA tool for life prediction."