Case Study: Scania achieves 30% mass reduction and 3x faster development with Altair's solidThinking Inspire

Scania - Customer Case Study

Scania, a global commercial vehicle and engine manufacturer, faced pressure to produce lighter, more efficient and safe components while shortening time-to-market. After finding that virtual testing still required too many iteration loops between design and engineering, Scania adopted a simulation-driven design approach using Altair’s solidThinking Inspire to frontload optimization and give designers early structural insight.

Altair integrated Inspire into Scania’s workflow so designers could define design space, apply loads, and generate optimized shapes before CAD refinement and CAE verification. The new process yielded measurable gains: a 30% mass reduction on a redesigned steering arm, development time cut by roughly threefold, improved design quality, fewer iteration cycles, and successful physical test validation.

Scania

Mikael Thellner

Technical Manager for Topological Optimization