PITTSBURGH (Feb. 27, 2017)—Metso will develop the next generation of its flow control equipment faster and more economically under a new agreement with ANSYS that expands its access to engineering simulation software and services.
The announcement came in a statement from ANSYS, which noted that simulation is becoming more pervasive and is being adopted across the entire product life cycle. ANSYS simulation enables Metso to move beyond creating complete digital prototypes and expand the boundaries of simulation upfront in the development process into digital exploration, according to the statement.
This agreement gives Metso access to ANSYS’ multiphysics simulation platform to design and develop a range of products serving the oil and gas, pulp and paper and process industries. Metso will also have flexible license access and expert services to enable unrestricted collaboration to digitally model, simulate and test its products.
“For more than 90 years, we have been providing superior valves to our customers in oil and gas, pulp and paper, refining and chemical industries. Our customers benefit from simulation through increased performance, safety and reliability of our products,” said Jukka Borgman, director of technology development for Metso.
“By using simulation early in the design process, we can design and test iterations in hours, instead of days or weeks. This is a huge benefit to our product development, enabling us to cut down the number of laboratory tests, while increasing performance, safety and reliability without compromising on product quality or impacting our bottom line,” Borgman said.