Safe Technology currently offer the following training courses and seminars:
Feedback from a recent course includes:
"John is clearly an authority in the field of Metal Fatigue and he has an excellent manner in presenting the material. I learnt a great deal from the course and it gave me much food for thought."
Andrew Forsyth, Group Engineering, EXPRO North Sea Ltd, Aberdeen, UK (Nov 2010)
Presented by Dr Tim Hunter, Wolf Star Technologies
11 April, Free Webinar, » watch now » Email Wendy Vaughan for the webinar password.
23 April 2013, Livonia, Michigan, USA » register now »
14 May 2013, Coventry, UK » register now »
FREE
Attend this FREE seminar to learn more about fe-safe/True-Load™: a new, unique suite of software for in-situ load measurement and meet the experts behind the technology.
Learn about the unique features of fe-safe/True-Load™:
About fe-safe/True-Load™:
Who should attend: Engineers who are responsible for integrating and enhancing testing and analysis programmes, engineers interested in streamlining and optimising their test programmes, engineers interested in increasing their knowledge of loading histories to improve their fatigue analysis results.
Presented by Dr Will Mars, Endurica LLC
20 August, Michigan, USA
22 October, Sheffield, UK
FREE
Overview: This half-day seminar provides an introduction to the technology behind the first commerical suite of software that offers a fatigue solution for rubbers and elastomers, fe-safe/Rubber™.
Content:The seminar provides an overview of:
fe-safe/Rubber™ is a unique solution for computer simulation of fatigue failure in elastomers. For the first time, analysts responsible for the durability of elastomeric products will have a reliable and well validated method that enables them to investigate, at the inception of a design change, the issues that will determine product durability.
Who should attend: Engineers involved with the design, analysis, and testing of elastomer materials, components, and systems that must endure dynamic loading conditions. Materials, Product and System Engineers, Finite Element and Durability Analysts and Test Development Engineers.
Presented by Dr Will Mars, Endurica LLC
21-22 August, Michigan, USA
23-24 October, Sheffield, UK
Cost: $1695/£895
Overview: Elastomers are outstanding in their ability to repeatedly endure large deformations, and they are often applied where fatigue performance is a critical consideration. Too often, however, engineers find out only near the end of a development cycle that there are fatigue issues to resolve. This class gives you the theoretical and practical know-how to deal effectively with fatigue issues at the beginning of the design cycle. The macromolecular structure of elastomers gives rise to a number of unique behaviours, and appropriately specialised methods are therefore needed to characterise, analyse, and design for durability.
Who should attend: Engineers responsible for the design, analysis, and testing of elastomer materials, components, and systems that must endure dynamic loading conditions. Materials, Product and System Engineers, Finite Element and Durability Analysts and Test Development Engineers.
Presented by John Draper
3 June, Sheffield, UK » register now »
10 June, Livonia, MI, USA » register now »
23 September, Location to be confirmed, USA
4 November, Sheffield, UK
FREE
Overview: This one day seminar covers the problems that can now be solved using durability analysis software for FEA models and explains how to develop a design process for durability.
Content: The seminar works through the 5 crucial steps for developing a design process for durability. Working from elastic finite element models, the five steps are:
A technology update in key areas of fatigue analysis is provided:
fe-safe™ - the technically advanced fatigue analysis software for FEA models. fe-safe™ incorporates the most sophisticated fatigue analysis technology available in commercial software. As a result, fe-safe™ is changing the way design engineers perceive fatigue analysis software tools. John Draper will provide a technology update on modern methods of metal fatigue and a demo of fe-safe™.
Who should attend: Design and Test Engineers responsible for product durability in the ground vehicle, aerospace and manufacturing industries interested in durability analysis. No previous knowledge of fatigue is necessary.
Presented by John Draper, Safe Technology; & Doug Kenik, Firehole Composites
2013 dates to be confirmed.
FREE
Overview: A technology transfer day outlining how to develop a design process for durability and overcome fatigue issues in both composites and metals using durability analysis software for FEA models.
Content: This one day seminar covers the problems that can now be solved using durability analysis software for FEA models and explains how to develop a design process for durability working through 5 crucial steps.
An insight into how to perform effective durability by design for composite materials, including:
A technology update in key areas of fatigue analysis is provided:
Damage tolerance of composite structures is discussed:
fe-safe™ - the technically advanced fatigue analysis software for FEA models. fe-safe™ incorporates the most sophisticated fatigue analysis technology available in commercial software. As a result, fe-safe™ is changing the way design engineers perceive fatigue analysis software tools.
Who should attend: Design and Test Engineers responsible for product durability in the aerospace, renewables, ground vehicle and manufacturing industries interested in durability analysis. No previous knowledge of fatigue is necessary.
Presented by John Draper
4-5 June, Sheffield, UK » register now »
11-12 June, Livonia, Michigan, USA » register now »
24-25 September, Location to be confirmed, USA
5-6 November, Sheffield, UK
Fee: £895 + VAT / €1075 / $1295
Overview: Offers an introduction to modern theories of metal fatigue and their practical application through worked examples and interaction/discussion. There is a strong emphasis on what is possible and the pitfalls to avoid. A professional volume of course notes forms a self-contained reference book.
Content:
Who should attend: Design and Test Engineers responsible for product durability in the ground vehicle, aerospace and manufacturing industries should attend. No previous knowledge of fatigue is necessary.
Presented by Sandy Eyl / Pawel Sobczak
11-12 April, Livonia, MI, USA » register now »
12-13 June, Sheffield, UK » register now »
26-27 September, Location to be confirmed, USA
7-8 November, Sheffield, UK
Fee: £695 + VAT / $995
Overview: The course will include hands-on tutorials and practical examples. You will learn how to set up and import models into fe-safe™, set up your loadings and run various analyses in fe-safe™.
Content:
Who should attend: The course is aimed at current and potential fe-safe™ users.
John Draper
John Draper of Safe Technology has over 25 years experience in fatigue design and fatigue life assessment in the aerospace and ground-vehicle industries. He is a recognized authority in the industry, and a regular presenter at conferences and seminars worldwide - Including conferences for ABAQUS and ANSYS users around the world, the ASTM Symposium on Residual Stress Effects on Fatigue and Fracture Testing, and more. John Draper is a former Chairman of the Engineering Integrity Society in the UK, and a member of the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers).
Dr Radwan Hazime
Dr Radwan Hazime is the Technical Director for Safe Technology US. He completed his PhD at Northeastern University in high temperature deformation and fracture, and was previously employed with Ford Powertrain for eight years.
As an Analytical Powertrain Technical Expert at Ford, Dr Hazime has extensive experience in thermo-mechanical fatigue, CAE durability method development and FE modeling. He won several awards during his time at Ford and has published a number of papers as well as being a regular presenter at SAE and other international conferences. He is also a certified 6-sigma black belt specializing in DFSS and Analytical Reliability and Robustness. His role as DFSS black belt included the development, deployment, and teaching of state-of-the-art tools used for robust design and multi-objective optimization.
He has been recognized by the International Quality and Productivity Center for his work in this area. Dr Hazime has also taught college level engineering courses and conducted research in the Engineering Departments at Northeastern University and The University of Arizona.
Dr. Pawel Sobczak
Dr. Pawel Sobczak is Manager, Technical Applications, for Safe Technology, responsible for product support, customer services and training for customers worldwide. He completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Nottingham Trent University, UK in 2003.
Dr Sobczak’s previous roles include post-graduate investigative research into biomechanics of spinal implants and in the development and support of commercial software. He has extensive knowledge of fe-safe and its practical application. He is experienced in using ANSYS® and Abaqus® for static non-linear stress and strain simulations, using both interactive GUI and scripting.
Sandy Eyl
Sandy Eyl joined Safe Technology in early 2009 as an Applications Engineer. She is a Mechanical Engineer with a Master’s in Engineering from Purdue University. Sandy previously spent 7 years at Ford Motor Company focusing on product design, CAE and test development and validation. Her last 4 years were spent in Suspension CAE Analysis Group, applying the concepts of strain-based fatigue. She also has experience with full vehicle NVH as well as Crash safety CAE. She has extensive knowledge of NASTRAN, ABAQUS, RADIOSS Linear and RADIOSS Impact, MATLAB, ANSA, HyperMesh and HyperView software.
Dr Anders Winkler
Dr Winkler joined Safe Technology in 2011 as Senior Applications Engineer (R&D). He completed his PhD at Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany in Gear Design and Structural Properties of Polymers including a Fatigue Life Prediction Method for Polymer Gear Wheels. Previous positions included Design and later Simulations Engineer at Siemens and Senior R&D Engineer at IMS Gear.
Dr Winkler has extensive experience in the design and structural analysis of polymer components, injection moulding simulation and materials modelling. He has presented several international papers on the modelling of gears for FEA, including residual stress effects as a result of injection moulding manufacturing and has been recognised by SIMULIA for his efforts on modelling the tensile-compressive stress-strain behaviour of polymers. As a member of the SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers), he has a dedicated interest in fatigue and process-dependent material properties of polymers. He is also part of CIMAC Workgroup 4, which focuses on crank shaft life prediction procedures for marine engines.
Chris Castle
Chris Castle joined Safe Technology in early 2012 as an Applications Engineer. He is currently finishing a Master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin. Chris previously spent 5 years as a consulting engineer at Altair Engineering, doing a wide range of finite element based projects for customers in numerous industries. Formerly Chris served as a structural analysis engineer for Lockheed Martin, and Navistar prior to that. Chris has extensive knowledge of Abaqus, Radioss, LS-DYNA, Hypermesh, and Hyperview.
Dr. Will Mars, Endurica
Dr. William Mars is the founder of Endurica LLC, which has developed the world's first fatigue life simulation for rubber. Prior to founding Endurica, Dr. Mars was employed for 18 years as a researcher in the rubber industry, where he was responsible for developing numerical and experimental approaches to rubber product evaluation. During this time, Dr. Mars’ research won several awards, including the Sparks-Thomas award of the ACS Rubber Division, and the Henry Fuchs award of the SAE Fatigue, Design, and Evaluation committee. Dr. Mars is the current editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Rubber Chemistry and Technology, and a past editor of Tire Science and Technology.
Dr Tim Hunter, Wolf Star Technologies
Dr Tim Hunter is the founder and CEO of Wolf Star Technologies, a consulting firm delivering mechanical engineering consulting for structural analysis. Wolf Star Technologies offers FEA consulting services to assist with delivering decision ready solutions for clients' projects and unique software solutions. Wolf Star Technologies' products focus on understanding the response of structures undergoing complex loading events and can be used in the development of products in industries as diverse as industrial equipment, automotive and aerospace. Tim has a Ph.D in Engineering Mechanics and is considered a world authority on Structural Analysis. Formerly, he spent 22 years at Harley-Davidson, latterly Chief Engineer, Structural Design and Analysis, with executive responsibility for leading the product development organization in selecting, applying and developing tools primarily for predictive structural analysis