Modelling the behaviour of the plastic deformation of metal sheeting

Mondragon University, Fagor Arrasate and Koniker technological centre announced today an agreement for boosting research in machine tool sector.

Koniker Research is an expert on "simulations finite elements: mechanical, thermal, hydraulic, cinematic and dynamic".

Epsilon Euskadi data centre

This video in Basque and Spanish for a local telly in the Basque shows Epsilon Euskadi impressive installations. In the video the director Joan Villadelprat shows Epsilon Euskadi HQ and the datacenter where the supercomputer will be hosted: it costs 10€ million according to his words.

The video lasts only 10 minutes.

Epsilon Euskadi and the Data Center of the Future

More good news from Epsilon Euskadi:
In collaboration with EPSILON and Intel, Cisco made a presentation last Thursday in which they showed the common view of three leading companies in data centers’ development.

Raúl Salazar, EPSILON’s IT Director, comments that “the joint work between EPSILON and Cisco, allowed us to establish the foundations of a powerful installation capable of supporting the consolidation in DPC of our whole infrastructure and future projects related to supercomputing, which we will soon have available as a new business unit at EPSILON.”

this “super-computer” is expected to become the second unit in Spain in terms of calculus capacity.

A dream made real.... what else could I say.

Alcorta Forging Group (Industries to Benefit)

Alcorta Forging Group;

"is a 100-year-old internationally oriented company. We view customer satisfaction as the only means to achieve long-term profitability and sustainable growth. Our activities focus on the development and manufacture of complex steel forgings for the automotive industry."

Their Products benefit from R+d+i:

"as state-of-the-art design and simulation systems, including finite element simulation of physical stresses and in-process material flows. These permit countless improvement cycles prior to defining the final geometry."

More in here.

CD-Adapco: Towards the Virtual Lab: Introduction to CFD

More great news regarding the Basque and HPC.

The University of The Basque Country, Epsilon Euskadi and CD-Adapco celebrated a seminar at the University premises in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Further Information Available here: http://www.cd-adapco.com/events/workshops/2009/11-26-spain/index.html

The basque has a true HPC-heart.

CIE Automotive and Simulation

This automotive company already collaborates with research centres and universities across the Basque Country.

CIE Automotive's software and research departments work with CAD, CAE and simulation tools.

It is funny coz some centres have to kill themselves to find this kinda of clients and we, in the basque, are surrounded by them ;-) perhaps because they are basque companies :-p

Mercedes-Benz CAD

Daimler Group assembles Viano and Vito vans in the Basque Country, in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz. Around this company 5,000 employees are directly and indirectly employed.They are known users of Hyperworks from Altair for this product specifically, and much other CAx tools that I have not had time to find.

With the recession hitting hard we got great tools around to help and start creating local value: in this critical field for HPC. The Basque Automotive Industry Association represents the importance of auto industry in the basque. Recently Automobile Intelligence Centre was created, and this could also help to create a UNIX/CAD pole in the Basque Country. Local SME as providers of this multinationals could also benefit of using the HPC resources provided in a possible centre.

Epsilon Euskadi - The most important Industrial Client

"Epsilon Euskadi is a Motor Racing Innovation & Technology Centre aiming to be an international reference point in its field of activity and beyond."

"Epsilon is supported by four activity columns that link to each other in a cycle and also delivering company business and social benefits independently:

• Education
• Design and R&D
• Production
• Racing Teams"

"The new Centre is equipped with the first rolling road Wind Tunnel of Spain. This extraordinary infrastructure is the support tool for aerodynamic engineering services, not only to motor sport but also for many different industries. A Super Computer – second most powerful in Spain- is also to be installed delivering high calculation capacity needed for optimizing results of simulation software and will be available for calculation time renting."

Without any doubt, Epsilon represents the most important industrial client of HPC known in the Basque Region. Just check the photos of the new facility.

Further Information:

-Epsilon Euskadi's Web Page
-Photos of the Impressive New Building