Case Study: Accuride Corporation achieves faster wheel design optimization with nCode

Accuride Corporation - Customer Case Study

Accuride Corporation, a leading supplier of wheels for the global commercial vehicle industry, faced the challenge of reducing the lengthy and costly physical prototype testing required for its highly engineered wheels. The company needed to minimize design iterations to manage development costs and meet time-to-market goals, relying on advanced fatigue analysis to optimize designs. To address this, Accuride turned to nCode software, specifically nCode GlyphWorks, for its data processing and durability analysis capabilities.

nCode collaborated with Accuride to develop a customized analytical method that drastically reduced the number of required FEA solutions for predicting fatigue life, saving roughly 10x in FEA solution times. This solution allowed Accuride to pinpoint stress points and predict performance under complex, biaxial testing, which is becoming a global standard. The partnership with nCode saved the company countless hours of product development time, significantly reducing time to market and development costs.

Accuride Corporation

Mike McLeod

Accuride Corporation