SIMTEQ Newsletter 2025-Q2

Introduction

Events

Product of the month

News

New releases

Training

As we move through the second half of the year, we’re looking forward to a busy and exciting few weeks ahead. With only two weeks left to register for our Annual Users' Conference, you’ll need to act fast if you haven’t secured your spot yet!

This year’s conference promises to be especially memorable as we reveal SIMTEQ’s very first hardware product—a significant milestone in our 30th year since being established as MSC-Africa in 1995. We’ll also be welcoming international visitors from Taiwan, Italy, and Germany, bringing global perspectives to our local community and offering you the chance to connect directly with technically specialised professionals from our software partners.

We’re also preparing to host the upcoming Moldex3D Tech Days in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Durban, and Pretoria, where the latest in injection moulding simulation technology will take centre stage.

These events offer valuable opportunities to stay connected, gain insights, and continue pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with simulation.

As the world moves at an increasingly rapid pace, stay sharp and informed by attending our biweekly Sharpen the Saw and Lunch & Learn sessions, designed to keep your skills fresh and your knowledge current.

We also truly value your direct feedback on what we’re doing well—and where we can improve—so please take a moment to complete our short survey.

Thank you for your continued support and collaboration. Let’s make the most of the opportunities this quarter brings.

Best Regards

Managing Director

User's Conference

Join us for the 2025 SIMTEQ Engineering Users' Conference, taking place on 30 July 2025 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria.

This annual event brings together engineers, innovators, and industry leaders for a day of knowledge sharing, networking, and exploration of the latest advancements in engineering simulation.

The agenda is now available and features a range of insightful sessions designed to inspire and inform. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the community, gain practical insights, and stay ahead in your field.

Registration is R1980.00 per person (excluding VAT).
Secure your spot today and be part of the conversations shaping the future of simulation and product development.

Injection Molding Tech Days 2025

Simulation-Driven Success: From Mold to Market

SIMTEQ Engineering, in partnership with Moldex3D, TWIMS, NMU–eNtsa, and Nelson Mandela University, invites you to a focused technical session on how simulation can support better decision-making and more efficient outcomes in injection molding.

These sessions will demonstrate how Moldex3D helps manufacturers and suppliers reduce defects, optimize cycle times and improve profitability through simulation-driven design.

Upcoming Sessions:

Durban - Thursday, 24 July | 08:30–13:00 | TWIMS Campus - Register Here

Port Elizabeth – Friday, 25 July | 13:00–15:30 | NMU – eNtsa - Register Here

Pretoria – Tuesday, 29 July | 08:00–12:30 | SIMTEQ, FinTech Campus - Register Here

Attendance is free (registration required)

CAEfatigue

CAEfatigue is a powerful FE-based tool used to conduct durability analyses and it is an industry leader in the frequency domain.
Although CAEfatigue has a comprehensive set of tools to conduct durability analyses in the frequency domain, it also has all the tools to do the same in the time domain but much faster than its competitors.
CAEfatigue can do all the normal S-N, ε-N, spot weld and seam weld durability analyses, the different types of analyses can even be combined into a single analysis if the user requires it.

This however is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the capabilities that CAEfatigue has to offer and some of the more advanced capabilities are:

Time to PSD
Random response and collision detection
Loads cascading
Test design and simplification
Surrogate loading
Loads tunning
Service loads derivation

One of the more recent additions to CAEfatigue that is not mentioned above is Robust Design.

Robust Design:

This new technology allows the user to re-run multiple MSC Nastran jobs consecutively while changing the input parameters for each run, the outputs from these runs are used to create a correlation map of input parameters vs. outputs. This shows what effect each of the inputs has on the outputs.

This allows the user to make better design decisions based on a holistic view of how the model reacts under all inputs.

Other interesting additions that are also noteworthy:

Automatic Generation of Load Scenario using Time Histories:

Various loading scenarios can be created automatically for a time-domain analysis, instead of having to create the loading scenarios manually. This automation will prevent errors from occurring and will speed up the analysis setup.

Multiaxial Stress Assement for Time Histories:

If the user is unsure which analysis method to use in CAEfatigue because the loading is proportional or disproportional, the new multiaxial assessment capability will allow the user to check the level of multiaxiality in the stress output. Based on the level of multiaxiality the user can decide if standard analysis methods or a more accurate critical plane approach should be used.

Composite Material Outputs from Nastran are Supported:

CAEfatigue can now import the stresses from a Nastran composite material analysis (using PCOMP or PCOMPG entries). This expands the interoperability of CAEfatigue with MSC Nastran output results.

Kanto Seiki Co., Ltd.

Engineers at Kanto Seiki, used CradleCFD to improve the performance of high precision thermal regulators.

Kanto Seiki is regarded as a highly-trusted company that provides solutions for ultimate temperature control, required by high-precision machining centers and semiconductor exposure equipment.