Case Studies
Simulation software offers a number of benefits, all of which help limit the need for the construction of actual
prototypes. This is achieved by enabling companies to design via computer simulations thereby reducing costs
and risks associated with physical prototyping.
Our success stories examine how INTEGRATED’s software dramatically decreases costs and eliminates some of
the real-world challenges which companies face when designing devices, components and systems.
Steve Ainsworth, Director of Engineering for Dart Research, reveals the truth behind the "black art" of high voltage design.
Dart Research, based in Dartmouth UK, is a start-up that is currently developing high energy electron beam systems for
use in x-ray inspection. It has a particular interest in difficult cross-disciplinary design problems.
Steve Ainsworth, founder and director of engineering, believes that modeling software is the essential component
of any design engineer’s toolkit. Ainsworth says that, "Wherever there is a significant risk in the design, it is
always better to model first and build later as iterating the design on-screen is significantly more cost-effective.
In the field of high voltage systems, ..." Read More
Paul Stoving, Senior Design Engineer at Cooper Power Systems, explains how and why INTEGRATED’s oldest
customer is still using ELECTRO, 22 years after they first purchased it.
Paul Stoving is the Senior Design Engineer in the Vacuum and High Voltage Engineering Department at Cooper
Power Systems, headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The company manufactures a variety of high voltage and high
current products such as switches, insulators and other electrical components.
Cooper Power Systems initially purchased ELECTRO and MAGNETO back in 1987 to design field shaping of switches.
Interestingly, the software they purchased 22 years ago is being used for the same thing today as it was
back then. Read More
Jacomo Ramos, Director of Technology at EFACEC, discusses the benefits of simulation software for the design
and test of transformers
The EFACEC Group is a leader in the supply of integrated solutions and equipment to the market of power generation,
transmission and distribution. The Group forms a complete value chain, from project management to equipment
manufacture, where integrated solutions are developed and designed in accordance with clients’ needs. The Group
offers a comprehensive range of activities such as: Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Automation
and Telecontrol Systems, Power Supply Systems as well as Maintenance and Technical Assistance Services.
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IREQ takes full advantage of the Boundary Element Method field solver for the analysis of its open region problems
By Sylvain Gravel
Senior research scientist
Hydro-Québec Research Institute (IREQ)
Hydro-Québec is a power utility owned by the province of Quebec. Hydro-Québec’s Research Institute (IREQ) is
the research arm of Hydro-Québec and one of North America's leading research and testing centers for the study of
electrical power generation, transmission and distribution.
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