Fibersim™ Continues to Earn its Wings in the JSF Program

The recently announced sale of Fibersim software to Quickstep Technologies for use on the new generation Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the F-35 Lightning II, continues a long history of support from Vistagy on this critical defense program. For more than a decade, many of the leading aerospace companies in the world—including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and BAE Systems—have used Fibersim to design and manufacture a variety of composite parts for the JSF; from wing skins and intake fairings to fuselage skins and spars. In fact, Fibersim was also used by Boeing on the X-32, its JSF demonstrator. Vistagy's involvement with the JSF program began in 1997—the Middle Ages by composite standards—when Lockheed Martin engineers selected Fibersim to help them define ply geometries for two demonstrator aircraft.

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Marine Industry Embracing Leading Edge Composite Software Solutions

Shipbuilders of every description are seeking ways to enhance their competitiveness by bringing their products to market faster and at less cost. Given the marine industry's increasing reliance on composites, it is more important than ever for manufacturers to adopt the most advanced software and methodologies for designing and manufacturing composite parts. By doing so, they are able to shorten cycle times, reduce engineering, production, and labor costs, and diminish maintenance and repair expenses. Ultimately, this enables manufacturers to achieve their goal of reducing lifecycle expenses and total cost of ownership.

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Wind Blade Manufacturers Strive to Master Digital Model

When it comes to designing and manufacturing with composite materials, there is no substitute for having a digital master model within a 3D CAD system. That is certainly the case for wind blade manufacturers. The digital master model provides dramatic reductions over manual methods in labor and manufacturing costs as well as cycle times, enabling blade manufacturers to deliver optimal designs more quickly. This approach makes it possible for wind firms to implement best practices for concurrent design and analysis, designing for the manufacturing process, upfront design change validation, manufacturing automation, and communication with the supply chain.

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Vistagy Deepens Relationship with Best-in-Class Partners

Two recent Vistagy announcements demonstrate the company's continued focus on working with best-in-class partners to deliver cutting edge solutions and maximum value to our customers. Vistagy and ANSYS have announced a bi-directional integration of Fibersim™ 2010 and ANSYS 13.0 Composite PrepPost (ACP) software that enables users to exchange detailed layup information between design and analysis quickly and accurately so they can optimize parts, assemblies, and structures more efficiently. Vistagy was also selected to participate in PTC's much-anticipated launch of Creo™, and has demonstrated Fibersim running in a Creo environment. Read more about Vistagy's collaboration with ANSYS and PTC.