Shape tomorrow’s innovation with end-to-end capabilities for aerospace
Advanced engineering and manufacturing solutions from Hexagon
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It’s an anti-gravity matter – the lighter, the cleaner, the better. Discover Hexagon’s capabilities for next-generation aerospace manufacturing across the product lifecycle. Our solutions cover lightweighting, virtual manufacturing, designing for alternate fuels, electrification, as well as manufacturing and inspection of composites and advanced materials. |
Engineering and manufacturing lightweight aircraft
Lightweighting is the future of flight-capable design – unlocking improved flight performances, reduced fuel/CO2 consumption and increased safety in the race to align with new regulations and attain net zero in aerospace. The solution-delivering technologies of Hexagon, embedding innovation and sustainability from product design to activation, supercharge the next generation of aircraft creation, certification and cost-effective manufacturing.
Hexagon solutions activate addictive manufacturing when designing a new aircraft – creating next-generational designs and components. Starting with the structure, additive technology enables a direct view of nature – drawing upon the very evolution of flight-capable creatures, adapting shapes and aerodynamics into aerospace-friendly design. By recreating the pathway nature has taken through multi-physic simulations and virtual testing, engineers can develop stronger, lighter and more agile machines whilst reducing scrap and post-manufacturing defects.
Simulating multi-physical manufacturing is integral to the final performance of any part. By leveraging and implementing Hexagon solutions, aircraft developers can simulate true-to-life accuracy when testing the behaviour of flight-capable structures by generating the designed structural performance of any parts. By layering simulations, engineers can map the entire design mesh, test compatibility and predicting the knockdown factor of material and structure resilience, down to the micro level, bridging the gap between manufacturing and performance.
Hexagon’s turnkey automated solutions deliver an automated, fast and accurate process, eliminating the historic challenges of time consumption through manual quality inspections. With technologies that craft a future-proof path for automated 3D inspection, engineers can test and perfect structures through seamless digital mapping, simultaneously creating and optimising products while removing time-influenced challenges leading to installation.
Innovate a new generation of propulsion and urban air mobility
Hexagon’s technology enables aerospace engineers to optimise the efficiency of aerospace powertrains and increase battery range by simulating the operation of an entire system, including engine, gears, bearings and housings. Alongside this, Hexagon’s design solutions provide a complete workflow for designing, simulating and delivering the next generation of energy-efficient drive and power-generation systems, enabling aerospace engineers to optimise electrical and mechanical design simultaneously.
The rapid scaling up of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as key to exceeding industry's 2050 climate goals. Moreover, hydrogen, while currently studied as an alternative to jet fuel, may contribute to aviation sustainability in the next decade. Hexagon’s solutions aid engineers in rising to the challenges of designing and building green fuel systems to power the aircraft of the future. Alongside innovating future designs, Hexagon technology allows engineers to revisit older technologies, such as open rotor designs, in the push toward sustainability.
Hexagon’s portfolio raises the game of eVTOL modelling, streamlining the creation of High-Definition Finite Element Models (HDFEM) while enhancing the speed and precision of complex workflows. Our technology overcomes the limitations of Global Finite Element Model (GFEM), enabling engineers to capture highly-specific phenomena – understanding and implementing design optimisations before any physical manufacturing delivers on right-first-time goals, reducing wasted resources and increasing time to action.
Learn more about how Hexagon can help you shape tomorrow’s innovation in aerospace.Contact one of our experts today. |