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Lenovo ThinkPads Get Tougher and More Sensitive with Abaqus FEA

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公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
  • Asia
国家
  • China
产品
  • Lenovo ThinkPad X300
  • Lenovo ThinkPad T400
  • Abaqus FEA software
技术栈
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
实施规模
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Innovation Output
技术
  • 分析与建模 - 数字孪生/模拟
适用行业
  • 电子产品
适用功能
  • 产品研发
用例
  • 数字孪生
  • 虚拟原型与产品测试
服务
  • 软件设计与工程服务
关于客户
Lenovo is a multinational technology company that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells personal computers, tablet computers, smartphones, workstations, servers, electronic storage devices, IT management software, and smart televisions. The company is known for its ThinkPad line of laptops, which are widely recognized for their performance, durability, and aesthetics. Lenovo's Innovation Design Center (IDC) in Beijing is responsible for analyzing all of Lenovo’s products, ranging from PCs and notebooks to cell phones and servers. The IDC has received numerous awards for its design excellence.
挑战
Lenovo's ThinkPad line of laptops is known for its aesthetics and durability. However, the challenge lies in ensuring that the laptops are not only portable but also durable. The laptops face demanding loads and forces even when they’re just being carried from place to place. It’s important for the covers to be stiff enough, with minimal deformation, so that the rear cover will protect the display, while the base cover protects the motherboard. Another challenge was to reduce the thickness of the keyboard assembly without losing the traditional keystroke feel.
解决方案
Lenovo uses SIMULIA’s Abaqus FEA software to design out flex, engineer in stiffness, and improve keystroke feel. The software is used early in the design process to verify product strength, choose between different versions, and identify and improve problem areas. The process involves pre-processing from CAD to meshed model; establishing loads, boundaries, and part interactions; running the analysis; and creating the reports. For the keyboard design, engineers simulated the effects of keystroke pressure on the original dome-shaped rubber spring to confirm that the feel remained the same from the old keyboard to the new. The nonlinear simulation enabled the engineers to establish values for how far the rubber dome traveled downward as keystroke force increased.
运营影响
  • The use of Abaqus FEA software allowed Lenovo to be more innovative, more quickly, and produce higher-quality products.
  • The software helped in eliminating flex, an objective vital to making the ThinkPad more reliable.
  • The software was instrumental in reducing weight without loss in strength or rigidity.
  • The software helped in maintaining the traditional keystroke feel even when the thickness of the keyboard assembly was reduced.
数量效益
  • The use of the software helped in reducing product development time and cost.
  • The software helped in reducing the overall deformation of the laptop frame.

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