The CAE software Ansys has proven itself among engineers through high functionality and reliable simulations. Yet even the most established systems hold potential for optimisation, as ITB GmbH demonstrates. The engineering firm based in Dortmund uses Ansys Workbench technology as the foundation for its proprietary ITB Screw Evaluation Tool.
As a company committed to robust and reliable results, ITB Ingenieurgesellschaft für technische Berechnungen mbH consistently pursues further development. Effective and efficient project workflows are central to all calculations, simulations and analyses. Drawing on many years of experience in the Ansys Workbench environment, ITB’s engineers in Dortmund have achieved a significant increase in efficiency while simultaneously eliminating sources of error.
Solution-Oriented Development with Lasting Benefits
The ITB Screw Evaluation Tool emerged from a concrete need – developed by engineers, for engineers. ITB has long relied on the reliability and practical relevance of Ansys software; however, in particularly complex and extensive cases, the limits of standardised tools become time-intensive and the need for a tailored solution grows. In the case of ITB’s newly developed tool, this solution takes the form of a routine for screw evaluation.
The specific trigger for developing the ITB Screw Evaluation Tool was a set of project requirements that recur regularly in identical or similar form: namely, when a large number of calculation models is combined with a high volume of bolt bodies to be evaluated. In such project workflows, the manual creation of result quantities (section forces) quickly becomes extremely time-consuming and error-prone.
ITB Screw Evaluation Tool: Complex Routine Significantly Simplified
With in-depth expertise in creating APDL routines using Ansys, it was a natural step for ITB to base its proprietary tool on Ansys Workbench automation and scripting. Built on this reliable software foundation and enriched by the input of experienced engineers, the ITB Screw Evaluation Tool is a highly practice-oriented solution that compresses complex, time-intensive and error-prone work steps into straightforward routines.
The self-developed tool is already in consistent use in ITB’s internal project work, and – particularly in terms of increased efficiency – has become indispensable. It consolidates typical task sequences familiar to specialists in project processing, and its benefits extend well beyond ITB-specific projects.
Time-Intensive Manual Processes Reduced to a Minimum
Tedious steps such as creating and aligning a coordinate system, post-processing, and setting up moment reactions at the coordinate system origin are just a few aspects of an otherwise time-consuming procedure.
Using the tool, engineers can enter all basic data as well as detailed information via an input mask (or programme interface). Intuitive operation and illustrated guidance further accelerate the process. Manual workflows that would otherwise take several hours can be completed in just a few minutes – and repeated as often as required.
