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Customer need
Analysis method to assure structural integrity of quick-opening closures for their engineered-to-order autoclave product.
The challenge
- Develop an analytical method to evaluate the pressure-retaining components, which could be performed by non-engineering personnel in a few minutes to allow for an engineered design at time of quotation
- Required ASME Code certification, but Code rules were not applicable to the geometry
- No way to handle the new fatigue requirements of the ASME Code
The solution
Eclipse analysts configured the EKLIPS automated finite element system, developed in-house by Eclipse Engineering, such that Fabrication Associates designers can determine all design details of the door region without the aid of an onsite engineer/analyst.
Customer benefits
- Quick-opening enclosures are completely engineered to the ASME Code at time of quotation
- The finite element technique provides an unparalleled degree of accuracy
- Design cost for each unique design are drastically reduced
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