W2E uses the simulation software MSC.Software to innovate in highly competitive sector of wind energy.

The German firm Wind to Energy GmbH (W2E), leader in advanced technologies applied to the sector of wind power, will use software Marc, MD Nastran, Adams and SimXpert of MSC.SoftwareIn a process of significant improvement of quality within the company.

Wind to Energy was founded in 2003 by six industry experts from the wind and currently has 21 employees. Rather than create its own production line, the company focused on the development and certification of wind turbines and their preparation stage into production. Its current range consists of three wind turbines: W100, W90 and W80. Designed for different types of wind, all three has a power of 2.5 MW. Turbines developed by W2E are manufactured and distributed by Fuhrländer AG. A 2 MW turbine with a rotor diameter of 93 m is in the final stages of certification.

In turning to the CAE to optimize the use of development resources, W2E hopes to acquire the necessary flexibility to design solutions for challenging the field of wind energy.

W2E deployed solutions MSC.Software in April 2009 and the effects were almost immediate. The company has particularly been able to foster innovation and advance the field of wind energy by launching its patented design of transmission Larus Compact. With this concept, the drive torque necessary for energy production is virtually the only force acting on the gear. Result: the gear components are subjected to loads much lower, which helps to significantly extend the lifetime service.

Transmission Larus Compact reducing efforts on the mechanics

" Before deploying solutions MSC.Software simulation, we outsourcing our calculations to external service providers " says January Weihert responsible for the analysis of structures in W2E. " For a company like W2E, it is important to maintain strategic skills internally. Our decision to use MSC.Software has not only been influenced by the performance of its solutions that reputation, but also by its flexible licensing model, Enterprise Advantage Which allowed us to access the full range of MSC.Software products while retaining control of our costs. Today, we use Marc to calculate each of the structural components that we develop "He concludes.

The modeling and calculation of the main components of the transmission

Enterprise Advantage model flexible licensing MSC.Software provides access to more than 170 solutions portfolio of MSC.Software products, including MD Nastran, Marc, Adams and SimXpert.