Heavy Equipment

Manufacturers of heavy equipment for the construction, mining, agriculture, and off-highway
industries are faced with a range of challenges requiring their equipment to have great precision
and the ability to withstand massive loads in extreme environments. To meet the demand of the
market and stay competitive they need to continuously improve the performance and reliability
of their machines, deliver products quickly, and develop innovative solutions. With Altair’s
simulation-driven design approach, manufacturers can create reliable products of the highest
quality while reducing costs and product cycle time. Simulation allows rapid investigation and
analysis of product performance, factoring in fatigue and impact loads, and offering
countermeasures for improvement. Whether farmland, highway, or construction site, we’ll help
you carry the load.
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Efficient Development and

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Altair’s simulation-driven design tools enable off-

highway equipment manufacturers to make
informed, reliable product design decisions faster.
Engineering simulation and Internet of Things (IoT)
technology are being used together to provide
operational insights with physics-driven and data-
driven digital twins to optimize equipment
performance, gain operational insights, and reduce
operational costs.

Altair is positioned at the convergence of

simulation, data acquisition, data analytics, and
machine learning to realize greater fleet autonomy.

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Achieving Sustainability
Through Right-weighting and
Electrification

In an industry dominated by large cast components,

lightweighting opportunities for topology optimization
are many. Altair’s structural design optimization
technology is proven to reduce vehicle weight and
improve performance. Altair simulation is also key to
equipment electrification; extending working hours
through greater drivetrain efficiency, simulating
innovative cooling implementations, and mitigating
impact and shock events that could cause a battery
failure and potential fires. Simulation-driven design and
electrification initiatives enable the industry to deliver
performance while reducing CO2 emissions and meeting
environmental efficiency and regulatory standards.
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Maximize Equipment Reliability, Safety, and Comfort

More Realistic Loads Compatibility and Operator Environment

Altair® MotionSolve® multi-body
simulation models the dynamic
response of mechanisms.
Together with Altair® EDEM™,
customers can optimize
designs before building a
Durability
Altair® Twin Activate™ rapidly
models multi-disciplinary
systems as 1D models. By
simulating product
performance, customers can
Altair® OptiStruct®'s advanced
noise, vibration, and harshness
(NVH) analysis ensures
operators can perform at their
best. Quality is further
addressed by Altair® Squeak
prototype to quickly and
accurately simulate the
behavior of bulk materials such
as coal, mined ores, soils,
fibers, and grains. Coupled
together, realistic material
loads can be extracted for
structural and system dynamics
analysis.
Sustainable, Connected, and Smarter Production
Electric Drivetrains
The move towards hybrid and
full electric powertrain systems
provides manufacturers with
business challenges and
opportunities. Aligning electric
equipment development cycles
understand overall behavior
earlier and recognize key
component interactions. To
meet customer service life
requirements measured in
decades, Altair® HyperLife®
provides a comprehensive and
easy to use durability analysis
workflow.
Agribots and
Warehouse Innovation
Equipment connectivity and
electromagnetic compatibility
(EMC) are essential to today’s
fleets and can be optimized
with Altair solutions. Altair®
and Rattle Director™. Altair®
Radioss® models roll-over
protection structure (ROPS)
and falling object protective
structure (FOPS) events to
assure vehicle integrity and
protect operators across all
operating conditions.
Smart Mining,
Construction, and
Farming
Digital twins help organizations
optimize product performance,
gain visibility into the in-service
life of a product, know when
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timelines requires changes to
engineering team structures
and toolsets. Powertrains must
be highly efficient and
lightweight while meeting new
regulations and growing
customer expectations. Learn
more about our offerings for
electric powertrain
development and integration,
simulation for battery design,
and safety.
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Feko® is widely used for the
design and placement of
antennas and modeling wave
propagation for network
simulation. Feko simulates the
radiation and irradiation of
cables, antennas, and devices
to inform the design of
effective shielding. Altair® Flux®
evaluates the magnetic field
radiated by power cables and
busbars and the effect of
external fields on the operation
of sensors or actuators.
and where to perform
predictive maintenance, and
how to extend a product’s
remaining useful life (RUL).
Altair® IoT Studio™ is a
powerful collection of web
services and analytics tools to
scale IoT systems. Modern
greenhouses are becoming
increasingly tech-heavy, using
LED lights and automated
control systems to perfectly
tailor the growing environment.
Altair’s Toggled subsidiary
creates smart lighting products
and grow lights.
The Challenges of Implementing a
Simulation Journey in the Off-Highway…
The Off-Highway Industry presents many exciting
opportunities and challenges for simulation in the
Engineering design and development process.
This presentation will outline some of the
products and the technical challenges in this…
Future.Industry 2022
Hydraulic Systems Optimization for Heavy
Machinery
Applying Machine Learning Augmented
Simulation to Heavy Equipment
Simulation-driven design changed heavy
equipment product development forever,
enabling engineers to reduce design iterations
and prototype testing. Increasing scientific
computing power expanded the opportunity to…
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Hitachi Lightweight Mining Haulers
Optimized
Create detailed hydraulic circuits & actuation
systems as part of your multi-disciplinary system
simulations, especially for heavy machinery &
agricultural equipment, in combination with
multi-body systems (Altair MotionSolve®) and…
Truck dynamics, control system, thermal, and
fatigue analyses all need to be completed when
designing a new truck design. Using Altair
HyperWorks, Hitachi achieves a 10% weight
reduction in the main frame and rigid body, whil…

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