Leverage high-end, nonlinear structural simulation technology to reduce reliance on costly, time-consuming physical testing and develop innovative downhole drilling products more quickly and cost-effectively.
Add SIMULIAworks to its SOLIDWORKS® implementation to conduct nonlinear structural and complex contact analyses in the cloud to advance and accelerate new product development.
- Saved tens of thousands of dollars in testing costs
- Cut months of time and extra labor from
- development process
- Realized close correlation between simulation and
- testing results
- Freed up computing resources for other functions
- Saved money spent on unnecessary mold iterations
InFocus Energy Services, Inc. is in the business of facing problems as hard as rock. Primarily an R&D-based company for downhole products for the oil and gas industry, the company licenses its technology and products to strategic partners.
Testing is everything, especially in the unpredictable environments of downhole drilling. Not surprisingly, one of InFocus’ primary business challenges is reducing its reliance on slow and expensive physical testing.
Technology Matters
“SOLIDWORKS® is the core of our engineering group,” says Founder/Director Allan Pearson. “It’s the basis for everything we do: modeling, simulation, flow analysis, and renderings. We rarely have to rely on other products.”
When InFocus discovered that it needed more simulation power, it turned to SIMULIAworks, which leverages the robust SIMULIA® Abaqus solver on the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform. What’s more, the product works smoothly with SOLIDWORKS.
InFocus utilized SIMULIAworks on the bearing section of the company’s RE|FLEX Premium HP/HT drilling motor. The motor’s bearing section is a proprietary design that was developed to convert extreme loading parameters, including torque of over 30,000 foot-pounds, into efficient drilling action.
With SIMULIAworks, we are only limited by our imagination.