DATASHEET Adams/Machinery System-level Dynamics Simulation for Machinery Applications MSC Sotware: Product Datasheet - Adams/Machine ry TM Overview Adams/Machiner y is a new Adams sotware solution that allows machiner y manuacturers to efciently build unctional virtual prototypes o their machinery components and systems early in the design cycle, prior to committing to building physical prototypes. With this new solution, machinery manuacturers will reduce their volume o prototypes, decrease their design cycle times, and meet their unctional specifcation s more reliably. All o these benefts drive costs down signifcantly. Adams/Machiner y is ully incorporated insid e the Adams/View environ ment. With productivit y tools or modeling and pre-processing chain, gear, and belt components, Adams/Machinery provides an extremely approachable, easy-to-use interace with in-line help and useul inormation about the components, their connections, and the applicability o various modeling fdelity options. Wizards help guide users through the model setup process and provide the ability to manipulate model parameters and modeling options with ease. Value Proposition •Improve Engineering Productivity: Enable direct, high-fdelity simulation o common mechanical parts, such as gears, belts, and chains, reduce dependency on macro-creation skills, and improve analyst efciency • Accele rate Ti me-To-Market: Gain aster, better insight into overall system design perormance. •Reduce Manufacturing Costs: Accurately predict and adjust de sign behavior much earl ier in the design cycle; achieve an optimal design by analyzing multiple design variants aster • Achieve Lo wer Warra nty Cos ts: Predict system-level unctional perormance and accurately assess liecycle service (saety, atigue, durability); reduce risk by having better inormation at every stage o development Product Attributes & Capabilities Adams/Machiner y comprises a suite o modules as describe d below: Gear This module is or engine ers who need to predict the impact on system behavior o gear attributes, such as ratio, backlash, helix angle, etc. A variety o gear types are supported in the Adams/Machiner y environment, and these include spur, helical, straight bevel, and spiral bevel confgurations. •Choose gear type with the selection o Spur Gear (Internal/External), Helical Gear (Internal/ External), Bevel Gear Straight and Bevel Gear Spiral • Apply Detailed mode ling method when ricti on is considered and study the backlas h based on actual working center distance and tooth thickness • Apply Contact modelin g method to use geometry-based contact and to suppor t shell-to-shell 3D geometry contact •Use Geometry settings to defne the location and geometric parameters o gears •Choose the materials o gears by defning mass or density •Create a planetary gear set by using the planetary gear wizard •Generate gear-specifc output in the postprocessor •Use automated model parameterization as reerence to perorm design exploration TM