A Lorentz force linear motion actuator was built to deliberately exhibit a highly nonlinear current for force relation even when the coil was completely immersed in the magnetic field. Magnets were arranged radially around the coil but only half the permissible number were included in order to generate a more complex actuator configuration to test the ability of the EMS electromagnetic finite element analysis software to handle more challenging magnetic path geometries. A detailed set of experiments were carried out on the actual actuator and a similar set of analyses were undertaken using the EMS magnetostatic electromagnetic finite element analysis software. EMS correctly accounted for the gross nonlinearities in the current to force measurements.

I am the R&D manager at Verdun Anodizing. Verdun has been in business of anodizing of aerospace and military components for over 70 years.

I used EMS to simulate primary and secondary current distributions in our electrochemical cells using the Electric Conduction module.Using this tool, we succeeded in optimizing the setup of the electrochemical cells by studying various material of the electrodes and the bath parameters such as the acid concentration and temperature.A trial-and-error procedure would have taken us years to achieve the optimal design achieved using EMS. It was a well worth it investment.

ABB Automation Products business unit in Västerås, Sweden designs and produces large and powerful DC motors for major industrial applications.  The output power of such motors actually ranges from 30 KW to 1400 KW!

The Research & Development Department of the DC Motors division is currently developing a new generation of larger DMI motors.  They use the CAD software package SolidWorks and its Gold Certified electromagnetic Add-in, EMS, from ElectroMagneticWorks to optimize their design.  With the help of these powerful design tools, they aim to develop powerful DC machines.  Such machines will achieve output power and torque significantly higher and more compact than any DC motors available on the market today.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals (formerly Genetronics), specializes in developing technology and hardware that has the potential to allow physicians to more efficiently and cost-effectively deliver life-saving drugs or beneficial genes to patients with catastrophic illnesses, including cancer. The company is the technology leader in electroporation therapy (EPT), the application of very brief, carefully controlled, pulsed electric fields, to human cells. This process causes pores to open in the cell membrane and allows pharmaceuticals or genes, injected in the area prior to the application of the electric pulse, to gain access to the cell's interior. The cell pores close up a short time later, trapping the chemotherapeutic agents inside the cancer cell, so they can destroy the cell

EMS and SolidWorks play a vital role in evaluating the electrical fields used with Inovio's electroporation devices, helping to determine and optimize the electrical field strength throughout the volume of space around the electrodes

EMS and SolidWorks have significantly sped up Inovio product development. "The time savings are so dramatic they are, in a sense, unquantifiable," says Andre. "Using EMS, we can change an electrode geometry and analyze an electrical field within a half hour. If we had to do these three dimensional calculations for the more complicated electrode geometries by hand, it would take days."

BIO-CHEM FLUIDICS designs and manufactures high quality BIO-CHEM VALVE™ brand solenoid operated Micro-Pumps, Isolation Valves, Pinch Valves and Electric Rotary Valves.  BIO-CHEM used EMS and SolidWorks to design their solenoids.  Steve sent us the following email:

"Just to let you know, we have designed a solenoid using your software and built a prototype and the final results are within plus or minus 5%.  This is truly incredible.  We are going to be using your software to redesign our entire solenoid product line!  Take care and I will let you know if I have any problems."

Dunlee is a division of Philips Healthcare.  Dunlee is the World Leader in the Design, Manufacture and Distribution of CT and Radiographic X-Ray Products.  The company used EMS and SolidWorks in the design of X-Ray sources.  We received the following quote from Mark:

“EMWorks electrostatic analysis interfaces well with Solidworks to quickly design and optimize high voltage x-ray sources.”

 

"Part of Southern States group since 2004, we are now the world leader in the field of disconnectors and switchers. The roots of our history are nearly one century old, which guarantees the highest level of experience. From 3 industrial sites, we bring the right solution to hundreds of customers in the world. The Research & Development Department uses the EMS to optimize our products"

AB Elektronik GmbH is one of the best class developer and manufacturer of sensors and mechatronic systems for automotive and industrial applications. Our divisional center of competence is located in Germany and UK. Our focus is to develop new sensor based either on inductive or magnetic technologies as well as pressure or temperature sensors.

“we mainly use the software for the improvement of speed sensor like crankshaft and camshaft sensor, the first stage of simulating the actual design and compare the result with EMS simulation gave us high confidence on the software, the second stage was the improvement of the system itself, and thanks to the software, we have done it much faster and much cheaper than with usual method like prototyping or try and error”

Southern States is the leading innovator for products for high voltage power transmission and distribution. Special purpose switching devices, Economical solutions, Superior technology.

EMS has been a valuable analysis tool for Southern States LLC. The program itself works well in conjunction with Solidworks and what is most valuable is the hands-on responsive support we receive from EM Works when we need help.

We are pleased with the EM Works team and hope to see more of the same customer-focus in 2013.

Thank you.

Posted on: December 28, 2012

For more than 30 years, Pfiffner has been developing rotary transfer systems of the highest precision and flexibility. Thanks to our meticulous spirit of inventiveness, solution-oriented practice and unparalleled knowledge of the market, Pfiffner has today become a world-leading partner of the most innovative industries and has established itself as one of the largest independent machine tool manufacturers in the whole of Switzerland.

For about 2 years we are using EMS, mostly for electrical field calculation in high voltage equipment. Also we are a very young company; we personally have a long time experience using finite element software. To get familiar with EMS, I have had a web seminar. Some hours on some days were enough to start up. The support during the “learning time” by the EMS Team was very good. Now I’m an experienced user, phone calls with the service team become more and more seldom.

What’s the extract?

* EMS is well structured; the use is intuitive and logical.

* It works together with Solid Works without problems.

* The output (reports and pictures) is clear and in very good quality.

* Very good support.

Conclusion: Highly recommended

Posted on: January 9, 2013

We provide equipment and services that support the growth of the solar and LED industries. Our market leadership is based on innovation, deep domain crystallization and material expertise and operational execution. These qualities allow us to enable the evolution and commercialization of new technologies by elevating performance, improving quality and lowering cost. 

"…I found the onsite training very helpful in getting me started and the people at EMWorks were knowledgeable and friendly. Any time I’ve had a question; the support staff has gotten back to me quickly and helped to resolve any problems. The software is easy to navigate as it is well integrated into SolidWorks and has a good help file"

Since the founding of Japan Lifeline in 1981, we have focused on Japanese cardiac treatment developments and have accumulated extensive know-how in this field.

At the same time we have fostered a strong business as a cardiovascular-system-related medical equipment specialist trading company.

Presently, cases of cardiac disease (heart related illnesses) are on the rise, and this disease is rated among the three major causes of death along with cancer and cerebrovascular disease. On the other hand, advances are being made in treatment technique and early discovery technique. Many cardiac diseases that were once thought of as difficult to treat are now considered to be treatable.

"Using the electromagnetic software package EMS, we developed optimal catheters faster and at a lower cost with a minimum number of physical prototypes.  As a result, we brought our products faster to market.  We could not have done it without EMS."

Efacec – the largest Portuguese Group in the field of electricity – is present in more than 65 countries, employs around 4500 people and its turnover has already exceeded 1 billion Euros. The portfolio of Efacec's business activities includes: Energy, Transformers, Switchgear, Servicing of Energy, Engineering, Automation, Renewable Energy & Transportation…

“…The EMS software package has been a great asset to Efacec Power Transformers.  The user interface is easy to understand allowing for fast setup and processing of thermal models.  The accurate results have helped us make better decisions on material use for reducing cost”…

"Thank you for giving me the opportunity to use the ElectroMagneticWorks add-in on SolidWorks. It has been amazing to experiment with.

The simplicity and intuitiveness of the software made it a very rewarding experience when simulating my model for the purpose of writing my dissertation to which I have given full credit to EMS. Although it might seem intimidating to use at first, the tutorials proved to be the ultimate savior.

I have truly learned a lot from this software. Knowledge that are taught in the book were only found to be true to a certain extent and it has gave me a new insight in dealing with electromagnetic designs which I have included in my dissertation.

Keep up the good work."

 

In our bachelor thesis, a patented “bifilar” coil (BC) type permanent magnet generator (PMG) is constructed for scientific research. The features, working principle and elements of the BCPMG are analyzed.

The BCPMG is developed from the iron-cored “bifilar” coil topology based on Aleksas Pašilis's and Eleonora Guseinovien's patent (Lithuania) in an attempt to overcome the problems with current rotary type Generators, which have so far been dominant on the market.

One of the problems is Armature Reactance, which is usually bigger than Resistance.

The circumstance creates difficulties for designers and operators of the Generator.

"...That is why patented technology is offered to partially remove or absolutely neglect the reactance of the machine. We used The Simulation Software EMS:

To get to the flow direction of the Magnetic Flux Densities through the system, which the same is as expected to be.

To test to a real machine. We found the opportunity of the motion simulation, but there wasn't much time for that investigation.

We have made only a 1/5 sector of the generator to keep the resources at minimum.

We used also a Finite Element Magnetic Model (FEMM) to visualize the effects of the system.

To visualize the effects of the 3 phase current to the flow of flux and densities on the system."



 

Non-destructive testing (NDT) team at the Solid State Physics Department of the Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics cooperates on the broad scale with industry representatives in developing methodology and apparatus for magnetic NDT.

Currently we are optimizing Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) with Magnetic Flux Leakage (MFL) system to evaluate technical condition of pipelines. Such system consists of magnetizing yoke and magnetic field sensors. Working PIG can reach velocity of even 10 m/s due to liquid media pressure. Our job is to model effect of velocity on eddy currents generation and hence distortion of MFL signal.

We have heard about the EMWorks software as a result of searching for Finite Element Modelling (FEM) software which would be adequate for our purposes. After the review of various offers we stated that EMS has all features we need. The great advantage of this package is that it is based on SolidWorks. Thanks to this design of even very complex models becomes child's play. My first magnetostatic model in EMS was created in just a few minuts! I highly recommend EMWorks software for all those who need friendly interface as well as professional FEM software.

The University of California, Santa Barbara (commonly referred to as UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a 1,022-acre (414 ha) site near Goleta, California, United States, 8 miles (13 km) from Santa Barbara and 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Los Angeles. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an independent teachers' college, UCSB joined the University of California system in 1944 and is the third-oldest general-education campus in the system.



"I used the AC Magnetics module within the EMS software to model electromagnetic coupling to a lab-scale molten metal charge.  This modeling was meant to investigate the efficiency and efficacy of inductive coupling as a means to heat and stir a metal solvent for a high temperature crystal growth process.  I found the software to be well integrated with Solidworks, with intuitive menus and feature commands.  The array of parameters available for adjustment was quite broad; I was able to easily set up a good proxy for my actual experimental setup.  The ability to copy/paste an entire study in one step made it especially quick to vary parameters and compare results.

 

EMS software represents a powerful and robust tool for anyone conducting research, design or development of systems involving electromagnetics."  

The Silesian University of Technology (SUT) is one of the biggest universities of technology in Poland, with more than 60-years successful tradition in education, research and development as well as cooperation with industry. 



The Faculties cover the whole range of engineering disciplines, as well as elements of management, sociology and administration. The number of students in all types of courses in the academic year 2013/2014 is about 27 000. Educational and research activities benefit from large number of modern lecture halls and advanced laboratories and are carried out by remarkable university staff consisting of over 1700 academic teachers including 300 professors and DSc degree holders.



…”The installation of EMS for Inventor is very easy, it also has a lot of analysis options. The interface is intuitive and clear. EMS for Inventor allows for fast and accurate linkage analysis in the field of electro-thermal and magnetic as for the design of highly complex projects is very useful. EMS saves time and avoids the problems associated with the transformation of files between different programs - in this way we gain time, which in the case of very complex analysis is priceless. The Support Team of EMWorks is very professional and very helpful - if an error is detected; the reaction and giving solution is very fast…”

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Our design will revolve around the analysis of a new electron catcher (Faraday cup) and design an Electron Catcher for target station EMS from EMWorks has been a valuable tool for integrating electromagnetic component design into our SolidWorks environment.

EMS has allowed us to simplify the development stages for RF and high power AC componentry by reducing the number of experiments required during prototyping. The intuitive user interface combined with the simple transition between the design environment and finite element suite ensure that any required changes to a design can be completed, implemented, and brought back into the EMS environment for further simulation in a very short timeline.

Thank you for your valuable tool and help

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I used EMWorks for an undergraduate biomedical engineering project. I am thankful that EMWorks is very well integrated with SolidWorks, which makes constructing 3D geometries straight-forward. The step-by-step tutorial of EMWorks also helped me in learning the software. Many other multiphysics software applications don't have easy-to-use tutorials. Overall, EMWorks has been helpful software for my project.

I got used to EMS very fast. I just needed two days to get a first result. Especially the simplicity to apply boundary conditions or to refine the mesh at certain surfaces or solids is great! And also the options to plot the results are very nice and intuitive. In the end the results of the simulation matched very well with the experimental values.

Our magnetic bearing design requires dynamic and electromagnetic FEA verification. EMS solver is fully compatible with Solidworks and it allowed us a very short learning curve. With basic knowledge of Solidworks we have mastered EMS in less than two working days.

I used EMS to teach the third year undergraduate course "Finite Element Methods for Mechatronic Systems Engineering". Students were already familiar with and SOLIDWORKS Simulation and Electromagnetics; they had no troubles learning EMS and working on meaningful assignment problems all within one lab. The use of EMS definitely added value to the course and enhanced students' learning experience.

EMS is quite useful program for finding electric and magnetic fields in unorthodoxly shaped assemblies. It has been especially helpful for me when I was trying to design circuits with high voltage and current applications, which are potentially lethal for students. EMS comes with a set of tutorials that guide users through the model setup and demonstrate a large variety of applications. Overall, a very professional electromagnetic simulation software.

The EMS magnetostatics module has been amazing for designing permanent magnet configurations to optimize magnetic field shape. The interface with SolidWorks is really intuitive and I was able to start using it quickly. Even better, the customer service and tech support have been wonderful! I highly recommend this software.

I started using EMS because I was looking for a software that could compute accurate 3D magnetic field results, and at the same time provide all the associated variables, such as inductance, force, losses etc. Not only EMS perfectly fulfilled my simulation demands, but I also benefited from the great tech. support, which made my experience with EMS even more enjoyable.

I used EMS software for the induction heating analysis of a gear. The transient magnetic analysis helped me obtain good simulation results which corroborate what is mentioned in the literature.

The software has a user-friendly interface. Moreover, The EMS license comes with a set of pre-defined tutorials and Demo Viewer examples to guide the users and help them get familiar with the software. I had a good experience with EMS. The induction heating examples that are available in EMS Demo Viewer helped me learn more about EMS.

It is a powerful simulation tool that I would recommend to anyone who is doing projects on induction heating.





 

Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to use EMWorks to aid in my study of magnetic coils on our apparatus. With this tool, we can model many types of coil designs, such as using thin magnet wire, and water cooling it, or instead going with hollow-core type of wiring (with finite diameters and realistic spiraling modeled in SW) and running cool water through that. We can then see our magnetic field profiles all around the coils, and of course in the center of our Helmholtz configuration, where we would like to ensure very flat magnetic fields. In a complex environment such as a cold-atom experiment, I want to ensure that the vacuum chamber geometry itself would not impede our ability to ramp up and down the current on the magnetic coils, due to eddy currents. By tuning the materials, and in real-time designing components the way they would be engineered, we will be able to fine-tune our apparatus to our needs and constraints. In the future, we will continue to evaluate the eddy currents present in our system as we try different parameters for our magnetic field control (see image).

One great aspect to continue expanding on would be the video tutorials highlighting the many ways to get students started on using EMWorks for their applications. As a beginner, setting up the basic parameters like the “air geometry” was made simpler by watching someone show those steps specifically through SolidWorks.





(The image shows a cut-away view from our new vacuum chamber. We want to verify the compatibility of a new magnetic coil system with the chamber. )

EMS by EMWorks was instrumental in my high school science project. My project required me to find the force produced when a rotating Halbach array is placed above a conductive surface. By carrying out multiple simulations using EMS I determined how changes in the dimensions of the wheels affected their produced thrust and how to create an optimized wheel.  Even though I am a high school student with limited simulation experience it was easy for me to learn how to use EMS in a few days. The integration with Solidworks allowed me to rapidly change designs and test multiple configurations. The judges at the Riverside County science fair had a sufficient degree of trust in the EMS simulation results that I was awarded second prize and a certificate of achievement purely based on the simulation data. 

I used Electromagnetic Simulation (EMS) to investigate the electromagnetic behaviour of Axial Flux-Segmented Rotor-Switched Reluctance Motors (AFSSRMs). A three-dimensional finite element model is developed in SolidWorks. As the EMS is a Gold Certified add-in to SolidWorks, there is no technical boundary in between, enabling me to conduct Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on the model and complete the project on time.

In terms of the setup of the simulation in EMS, the installation instructions are easy to follow, the project tree follows a logical order, and the model parameters can be alternated easily. After each simulation, the result can be saved automatically, and different section views allow the user can analyse simulation results more comprehensively. Results from different studies can be compared, and a range of variables can be plotted. Those plots can be exported to Word documents or saved locally with high resolution.

Engineer experts from EMWorks are friendly and helpful, and they fix many simulation issues. There are plenty of learning resources available on YouTube/Webinars. The tutorial about switched reluctance machines is extremely helpful in building the simulation. The individual project is completed on time with high quality. I appreciate all the help and support from EMWorks, and I will recommend EMS to colleagues who investigate motor behaviours. 

I wanted to express my appreciation for EMS and the benefits it has provided me. Using the software has saved me a significant amount of time and money by eliminating the need for many prototypes. Without EMS, I estimate that it would have taken me at least a week and over 100€ to analyze one variable or problem. Instead, I was able to complete a Simulation overnight and review the results the next day. Additionally, EMS made it easier for me to identify problems without access to expensive measurement equipment.

I also believe that EMS has even more potential than I have been able to utilize in my simpler simulations, and I can see how it could be a valuable tool for both larger and smaller companies during product development. Furthermore, I found it easy to get started with EMS because it is similar to SolidWorks Simulation. I was able to learn the basics within a week through trial and error and a few tutorials.

I also want to highlight the exceptional support provided by you and your company. I have not received such helpful and responsive support in a long time, and I appreciate that you offer direct support for students, something that is not always offered by other companies.

I am a member of a student team that is working on understanding of axial flux electric motors and generators. Using EMWorks we were able to do electromagnetic, structural and thermal analysis of different kinds of motors and generators. Software is very intuitive and easy to use, learning time is a lot shorter than in other similar software packages. There are a lot of tutorial videos on youtube which is also really beneficial for understanding many of the funcionalities of the software. The integration inside Solidworks is flawless and output pictures of the simulation results are very informative. EMWorks support team was really helpful when we encountered some problems in defining simulation parameters. We highly recommend using EMWorks!