Case Study: Accuride Corporation cuts wheel meshing from 7 hours to 7 minutes and democratizes CAE with Altair HyperWorks

Altair Solutions Democratize Accuride's CAE Wheel Assembly Process

Accuride Corporation, a global manufacturer of steel and aluminum vehicle wheels and wheel-end components, struggled with a time-consuming, expert-only step in its virtual product development: creating solid hexahedral meshes for truck and passenger wheels. To democratize CAE and broaden who could run simulations, Accuride worked with Altair and its HyperWorks platform to address the bottleneck in mesh preparation and modeling.

Altair developed a customized, AI-driven HyperWorks solution with a user-friendly GUI that automates Hexa‑Mesh creation from CAD to analysis, letting engineers manage configurations and mesh variants without FE specialist expertise. The automated workflow cut a manual seven-hour meshing task to seven minutes—an estimated savings of up to 765 hours per year—democratizing simulation at Accuride and enabling company‑wide and supply‑chain rollout thanks to the repeatable, reliable process Altair delivered.

Accuride Corporation

Guillaume Javanaud

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