Overall product costs and part weight were reduced by conversion of this housing used in a microwave telecom application. Elimination of machined chips of an expensive nickel alloy was one part of the cost reduction. Another was a design that incorporated threaded posts that had been separate "stand-offs" with longer bolts. All eight threaded holes were molded into the part. Like other microelectronic devices used in telecommunications, this part needed to be sealed in a hermetic package. The molder, FloMet of DeLand, FL, went to sister company Teka Seal for a glass-to-metal sealing process that completes the part. Final nickel/gold plating was done through an outside contractor. Cost savings over the original wrought design were 60 percent. For more information on FloMet, go to http://rbi.ims.ca/4933-516.
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Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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