Case Study: Tree Composites accelerates offshore joint innovation with Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE

Tree Composites

Tree Composites, a company developing innovative wrapped composite joints for offshore wind turbine structures, faced the challenge of refining and proving its groundbreaking technology to gain industry acceptance. As a startup, they needed a powerful yet affordable design and simulation platform to accurately model and test their joints virtually before committing to costly physical prototypes. They turned to Dassault Systèmes for a solution.

Dassault Systèmes provided Tree Composites with access to its 3DEXPERIENCE platform via a startup program, enabling the use of CATIA and SIMULIA for a model-based simulation (MODSIM) approach. This allowed for comprehensive virtual testing and finite element analysis. As a result, Tree Composites successfully engineered and produced its first full-scale joint, significantly shortening development time, reducing physical prototyping costs, and lowering material waste. Dassault Systèmes' solution was crucial for proving the joint's viability and accelerating its path to market.

Tree Composites