Solenoid and Actuator Design
Ansoft's electromechanical design software is perfectly suited for the design of solenoids and actuators. Maxwell, Ansoft's electromagnetic field simulator, precisely calculates flux linkages, forces and torque, reactance, and inductance. Teaming Optimetrics with Maxwell, designers have unprecedented power and control in automating the simulation process. Optimetrics augments the process by enabling designers to include proprietary cost functions and optimization routines. Engineers can completely explore the design space and perform sensitivity analysis, ensuring an optimal solution with the least amount of sensitivity to the manufacturing tolerances. Maxwell also allows designers to monitor position and velocity and to track voltage and current waveforms in the coils and drive circuitry. Maxwell takes into account the back emf (electromotive force) generated as the result of moving flux-carrying components. For more complex applications, and to see the effects of sophisticated driver circuits, Maxwell's equivalent circuit generator creates behavioral models for use in Simplorer, Ansoft's sophisticated multi-domain system simulation software. As a versatile circuit, controls, and system simulator, Simplorer can easily analyze systems comprised of complex drive circuits, mechanics, and controls. Featured Products Maxwell ®
Maxwell® 3D is the leading electromagnetic design software for the simulation and analysis of high-performance electromagnetic and electromechanical components common to automotive, military/aerospace, and industrial applications. Maxwell 3D provides users a virtual laboratory on their desktop to study static, frequency-domain, and time-varying electromagnetic fields in complex 3D structures. Simplorer ®
Simplorer® is multi-domain, system simulation software for the design of high-performance electromechanical systems commonly found in the automotive, aerospace/defense, and industrial automation industries. Optimetrics ™
Optimetrics™ is a versatile, optional software program that adds parametric, optimization, sensitivity, and statistical analysis capabilities to HFSS, Q3D Extractor and Maxwell 3D. Optimetrics automates the design-optimization process for high-performance electronic devices by quickly identifying optimal values for design parameters that satisfy user-specified constraints. Contact us today to discuss your design needs. |
