Case Study: Mirage Machines achieves advanced simulation capability and reduced design risk with ANSYS

Mirage Machines extends simulation capability with ANSYS

Mirage Machines, a manufacturer of portable machining solutions, faced a design risk when a specification change added paint to steel rails on a gantry, creating an air gap that cut magnet pull force by about 40%. Previously limited to part-level FEA in SolidWorks, Mirage turned to ANSYS (using ANSYS Professional NLS with the ANSYS geometry interface for SolidWorks and ANSYS DesignModeler) to assess the impact of paint thickness on magnet performance and overall gantry integrity.

Using ANSYS, Mirage imported the gantry assembly from SolidWorks into DesignModeler, prepared the mixed-material geometry and ran assembly-level structural simulations (including structural dynamics) to model magnets, materials and meshes together. ANSYS overcame the prior software limits, delivering greater accuracy and performance, enabling Mirage to understand the reduced pull force, reduce design risk, increase project throughput, shorten turnaround, and expect long-term cost savings by avoiding costly post-manufacture corrections.

Mirage Machines

Richard Barlow

Operations Manager