Case Study: Regal Beloit Corporation achieves rapid simulation-based noise prediction and quieter cooling fan design with ANSYS Mentor Expert Service

Regal Beloit Corporation - Customer Case Study

Regal Beloit Corporation needed to replace time‑consuming physical testing with a simulation‑based method to estimate noise from a new cooling fan for its IE2/TerraMAX motor platforms. Because aeroacoustics prediction had not been attempted before with their ANSYS Fluent setup, Regal Beloit engaged ANSYS via the ANSYS Mentor Expert Service to accelerate development of a reliable noise‑prediction workflow.

ANSYS provided expert mentoring and CFD/aeroacoustics guidance using ANSYS Fluent, helping Regal Beloit develop an aeroacoustics simulation methodology and build in‑house expertise in one month. The ANSYS intervention enabled confident preliminary‑stage noise predictions, led to a quieter fan design for the new IE2 motor, and shortened the learning curve for future noise‑prediction projects.

Regal Beloit Corporation

Shivanand Khot

Director of Technology