PLM agreement formed with vibration company

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Apr 6, 2007

Bruel and Kjaer has joined the UGS Program as a software partner to develop, market and sell integrated NVH, sound and vibration test and measurement equipment.

Bruel and Kjaer has formed a partnership with a provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services.

Bruel and Kjaer joins the UGS Program as a software partner to develop, market and sell integrated NVH, sound and vibration test and measurement equipment that are seamlessly interoperable with UGS NX digital product development software.

Wim Buyens, Director of Aerospace, Bruel and Kjaer says, "Our first priority has to be the customers we have in common with UGS".

"This partnership is about long-term commitment by both companies and a vision that focuses on continuity, added value, and improved testing and simulation quality".

"It's the better of two worlds, complementing each other and leading to improved engineering".

"We can offer value to our aerospace customers and this will - hopefully - lead to improved processes and efficiency while taking into account the investment climate of the industry".

Alun Crewe, Product Marketing Manager for the Pulse data acquisition and analysis platform, adds: "The benefits of uniting two leading platforms in testing and simulation is more than the sum of the parts".

"The efficient validation of product design requires close co-operation and communication between physical and virtual engineering - and this alliance gives us a platform to build the solutions that engineers require to increase productivity".

"As a leading global provider of sound and vibration measuring systems, Bruel and Kjaer is a welcome addition to the UGS Partner Program", says Chris Kelley, Vice President, Partner and Platform Marketing, UGS.

"The ability to use Bruel and Kjaer sound and vibration technology in combination with our NX and Teamcentre Lifecycle Simulation solutions will enable many UGS customers to work more efficiently".

"This partnership further illustrates UGS' commitment to providing a truly open design and simulation framework for our CAE partners, as well as providing best-in-class digital simulation solutions for our customers as an integral part of a process-managed PLM environment".

Bruel and Kjaer, together with Maya HTT of Montreal, Canada, acquired from MTS Systems the former I-deas Pro product suite (also known as I-deas Test) that it supports and sells globally, therefore guaranteeing continued compatibility between the UGS I-deas Simulation suite and the Test applications suite for I-deas.

The next step will be to secure a smooth transition for NX users working with testing applications, where software functionality will be added to increase the value of the current test applications suite for both NX and I-deas users.

Both companies are working together with UGS to develop a long-term product plan, which will develop the way the Pulse testing and NX digital simulation worlds will work together, improving the overall product development process.

The UGS Lifecycle Simulation applications suite provides robust tools for multi-CAD geometry-based abstraction, FE modelling, automated meshing and CAE results visualisation within an open simulation framework.

UGS NX and I-deas Advanced Simulation applications also provide direct access to a common multi-physics environment for performing structural, durability, thermal, flow and combined flow/thermal simulations leveraging NX Nastran as well as access to a number of leading third-party solvers, such as Abaqus, Ansys, LS-Dyna and MSC.Nastran.