Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Digital Twin / Simulation
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Virtual Private Cloud
Applicable Industries
- Equipment & Machinery
- Packaging
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Onsite Human Safety Management
- Virtual Prototyping & Product Testing
Services
- Hardware Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Dorel Juvenile is a market leader in child safety in cars. The company was faced with the task of developing a new child seat, the Maxi-Cosi 2wayPearl, that could meet increased load requirements, fit into a reduced packaging space, and comply with new European I-size safety regulations. Dorel Juvenile is committed to ensuring the safety of children during car travel and is constantly innovating to meet changing safety standards and customer needs. For this project, they partnered with Code Product Solutions, an engineering service provider that supports customers in the development and optimization of products using computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools.
The Challenge
Dorel Juvenile, a market leader in child safety in cars, was tasked with the development of a new child seat, the Maxi-Cosi 2wayPearl. The challenge was to redesign a two-way facing safety child seat that could withstand increased loads, fit into a reduced packaging space, and meet the new European I-size safety requirements. The project's initial goal was to modify the existing Maxi-Cosi FamilyFix seat base to add rearward-facing functionality. The increased loads due to the two-way functionality and the reduced and modified packaging space for the seat base presented significant engineering challenges. The more forward position of the support leg required major structural changes. The introduction of a new European wide standard for child safety seats – the I-size regulation – during the course of the project added another layer of complexity, necessitating an almost complete redesign of the seat base.
The Solution
To tackle these challenges, Dorel Juvenile partnered with Code Product Solutions, an engineering service provider specializing in the development and optimization of products using computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools. The engineers at Code Product Solutions employed a CAE-driven design process using Altair's HyperWorks CAE suite. This suite included RADIOSS® for crash simulation, OptiStruct® for the layout of highly loaded plastic parts that comprise the reclining system, HyperMesh® for pre-processing tasks, and HyperCrash® and HyperView® during post-processing. The team also used Altair's PBS Professional™, a workload management tool, to efficiently schedule and manage jobs across its high-performance computing (HPC) cluster. The use of these tools and the CAE-driven design process allowed the team to get the design right with the first detailed design proposal, eliminating the need for physical prototypes or interim testing.
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