Centrifugal Compressor Impeller. (Image source: CFturbo, Inc.)

With this latest software release, the company has added new modules to their proprietary software that grants users the freedom to create and push the limits of conceptual design of pumps, blowers, fans, compressors, and turbines. Unlike any other turbomachinery design software on the market, CFturbo can be uniquely combined with different CAE-codes of third party vendors like ANSYS, NUMECA, SIEMENS PLM, and SIMERICS, or open-source simulation and optimization software.

The new release features new modules as well as enhancements to existing components. With this release, there comes an all-new new CFturbo module which is made for creating Axial Hydro Turbines or propeller turbines.  As usual it includes complete 3D modeling and multiple interfaces to CAD, CFD and FEA. However, the most desired, the most advanced feature in CFturbo 2022.R1 is an entirely new, user-friendly, fast method for Reverse Engineering (RE) of arbitrary bladed Turbomachinery components like axial and centrifugal rotors, or vaned stators. In addition, with CFturbo 2022.R1, Radial inflow and Radial Outflow Volutes can be managed in one design project. This feature has been requested by the aerospace industry to streamline rocket engine design. Our structural and modal analysis code CFturbo FEA has been enhanced to do structural analysis of rotor-stator assemblies. CFturbo FEA is a complementary add-on that enables CFturbo users to compute the structural integrity and to do modal analyses of bladed components designed in CFturbo.

Semodia, Pipe Predict and Lumatix Biotech – these are the winners of the ACHEMA Start-up Award. They convinced with their solutions for “Plug and Produce” in modular plants, Predictive Maintenance in pipelines and for the insulation of antibodies. The winners will each receive 10,000 euros.

Armstrong Fluid Technology announced that it has moved its Engineering and Capability Centre to new, expanded office space in Bangalore, India to help support increased demand in the Indian marketplace. The new Centre will also support Armstrong’s two Indian manufacturing facilities.

The board of directors of Franklin Electric Co., Inc. has elected Chris Villavarayan to be a director of the Company effective May 6, 2022.

EKKI announced the appointment of Dr. Sujit Banerji, Emeritus Professor, WMG, University of Warwick, UK as chief advisor.

TurboTides, Inc. announces a reseller agreement with Seoul-based Tae Sung S & E (TSNE), known for computer-aided engineering (CAE) to deliver engineering programs and services. This new strategic partnership took effect March 23 and will serve TSNE’s customers in the Republic of Korea and throughout Asia-Pacific by providing access to TurboTides’ turbomachinery software and engineering services.

SEEPEX GmbH is modernizing production planning together with the supply chain experts from valantic. By optimizing supply chain processes and implementing the advanced planning & scheduling (APS) software wayRTS (real time simulation) at the company headquarters in Bottrop, the company has already reduced throughput and delivery times and increased planning quality significantly.

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