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News Release from: Granta Design | Subject: Granta MI 1.3
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 25 May 2007
Software eases information management
New data management capabilities in Granta MI further smooth the flow of information from materials testing labs into design and analysis.
Granta Design has announced a new release of Granta MI, the leading system for managing, analysing, and applying materials information in engineering enterprises Granta MI 1.3 has been optimised through collaboration with top engineering organisations, ensuring that its new features address business-critical issues in key industry sectors
New data management capabilities further smooth the flow of information from materials testing labs into design and analysis.
These features are prioritised and tested by Material Data Management Consortium members including NASA, Rolls-Royce, GE - Aviation, Honeywell, and Northrop Grumman.
One such improvement is the automated capture and updating of relationships between material test data records.
This is vital in sectors such as aerospace and medical devices where organisations must maintain and trace an accurate pedigree for data.
Manufacturing businesses must also apply materials information to make and implement business decisions.
They use Granta MI's Enterprise Materials Optimiser (MI:EMO) to develop and apply materials strategies that avoid cost, comply with environmental regulations, and improve product performance.
MI:EMO, first released in 2006, is developed with guidance from the Materials Strategy Forum, a new collaboration including manufacturers such as Emerson Electric.
The technology has been refined to create a robust tool validated through use in initial customer environments.
MI:EMO is suitable for any organisation that needs to consider materials selection or substitution.
Making the right design and business decisions also requires the right information.
Granta MI 1.3 accesses new or enhanced reference data for: aerospace alloys, nuclear and chemical engineering materials, thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), medical plastics, and eco-design.
Price data for over 3000 materials has been updated using an improved price model.
"Granta MI is unique in its ability to provide a comprehensive range of materials information solutions to engineering businesses" according to Dr David Cebon, Managing Director of Granta Design.
"By working closely with our customers, we've delivered advances in many areas in Granta MI 1.3".
"Whether you simply want to access materials reference information, have more complex data management needs, or want to optimise your materials strategy, Granta MI now provides even more help".
MI:EMO identifies materials that meet specific functions, objectives, and constraints in product design.
It ranks performance for your specific application relative to a reference material - a very useful tool when considering materials substitutions.
Smart links help to manage the relationships between data.
As lab test data is captured, Granta MI can recognise a reference to the batch of material being tested and link the test results to that material batch in the Granta MI database.
Such links are updated automatically if data changes.
New data handling and display features make it easier to interact with the complex graphical and functional data typical of material properties.
Updated reference information includes a new data module offering the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code, updated MMPDS-02 aerospace alloys data, new data for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), material prices, medical plastics and eco-properties.
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