Cranes signs agreement with US-based ETA

New Delhi, Feb 19 (UNI) Bangalore-based Cranes Software International Ltd today signed an agreement with US-based Engineering Technology Associates (ETA) to distribute and support LSTC's LS-DYNA and ETA's eta, VPG and eta Dynaform products across the country.

The company would hold a series of workshops and product demonstrations to both increase the awareness as well as educating the user base of LS-DYNA, eta Dynaform and eta VPG.

''Our association with ETA will enhance our product portfolio especially for the transportation industry. ETA, VPG in combination with LS-DYNA will help our customers handle explicit dynamic analysis problems like crash, impact, safety and drop tests which are of critical importance in today's transportation and consumer electronics industry, and will complement Cranes general-purpose FEA package NISA,'' company's Executive Vice President Pradeep Kumar said.

With eta, Dynaform Cranes will enter the manufacturing sector with a world-class metal forming solution especially addressing die and stamping analyses needs, he added.

''The strategic alliance, with synergies in products, services, and customer profiles, will better serve our clients with greater product breadth and depth, Mr Pradeep further added.

LS-DYNA is one of the world's leading general purpose transient dynamic finite element programme capable of simulating complex real world problems.

The eta, Dynoform is a set of tools which enable die design engineers to evaluate the performance of stamping dies prior to physical prototype stamping dies.

The eta/VPG is a suite of tools used in the development of finite element models, which includes tools that enable engineers to quickly and reliably develop complex models for durability and vehicle crashworthiness.

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