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ALGOR FEA Helps Engineers Energize Solar Cells
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, photovoltaic power will be competitive in price with traditional sources of electricity within 10 years.
Contributing to this trend, Solar Power Industries, Inc. (SPI) of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, uses finite element analysis (FEA) software
from Pittsburgh-based ALGOR, Inc. as a tool for developing faster, more efficient and less expensive ways to manufacture solar cells.
For example, SPI used ALGOR FEA to analyze the process of casting silicon ingots inside a directional solidification furnace.
"These ingots are used to manufacture photovoltaic solar cells," said Chenlei Wang, Ph.D., Senior Engineer with SPI.
"ALGOR multiphysics software helped us in optimizing the furnace's hot-zone design, which was the key factor for the project."
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ALGOR V19: Pushing the Boundaries of FEA
By Bob Turney, P.E.
Project Engineer
TIW Corporation
Houston, TX
As a Project Engineer for TIW Corporation, an oilfield services company that designs and manufactures down-hole equipment for oil companies worldwide,
I am involved with all of our projects that require the use of finite element analysis (FEA) software.
I regularly use FEA to assist our department in the design of liner hangers, packers, tie-back receptacles, whipstocks and a variety of special-purpose equipment
for our customers’ particular needs.
These projects often require the modeling and testing of new or altered designs in order to satisfy our reliability, safety and efficiency requirements.
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"I've used ALGOR software since 1988 and I'm pleased with the company's continuous commitment to listen to customer suggestions and improve the software. Some of the more recent capabilities such as improved midplane meshing and NASTRAN support have been particularly helpful in my work."
Kim Weisbrod,
Lockheed Martin Corporation
"We must either innovate or quickly use what’s been successful in the past. ALGOR helps us in both areas—to deliver the right product at the right time and for the right price."
Ed Billings,
GM Powertrain, a division of General Motors Corporation
"We came to ALGOR with an engineering problem and they helped us solve it. The entire process went smoothly - our questions were answered promptly and work was delivered on time. We are so happy with the software that we are now using it instead of our laboratory process machine to help us manage the technical service that we deliver to our customers."
James Barron,
The Dow Chemical Company
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