Case Study: Techtree Engineering boosts tool load ratings by up to 20% with SimScale

Techtree Engineering Ltd. Improved Their Competitive Edge Through Online Simulation From SimScale

Techtree Engineering Ltd. used SimScale’s cloud-based CFD/FEA simulation platform to improve the analysis of downhole tools for oil drilling and well servicing. The company’s challenge was that extreme operating conditions and compact design requirements had previously forced them to rely on linear analysis and conservative assumptions, limiting rated working pressure and load.

With SimScale, Techtree Engineering performed nonlinear analysis including plastic material behavior, geometric nonlinearity, and contact nonlinearity on parts that exceeded material yield. SimScale helped them confirm that stresses were self-limiting, increase the rated load of several tools by up to 20%, run simulations on 64-core machines they couldn’t use locally, and reduce prototype iterations by more accurately predicting part behavior.

Techtree Engineering

Tyler Lindstrand

Engineer