Free Webinars

Magnetic actuators use electromagnetic fields to generate motion or force, playing a crucial role in various engineering applications. This webinar explores the design and simulation of magnetic actuators, focusing on fundamental principles, material selection, and performance optimization. It covers modeling techniques and computational analysis to evaluate actuator behavior, efficiency, and force generation, providing insights into developing high-performance solutions.

Exposing plastics and polymers to elevated temperatures can expose products to increased risk of failure. Knowing how to identify the correct material and deploy it in your products requires understanding the structure and analysis of polymers. In this webinar, you will learn how to anticipate, recognize, and mitigate the effects of elevated temperatures on polymers and plastic materials.

This webinar will introduce you to computational modeling of soft actuators, helping you understand how input loading impacts the response of the structure. Soft actuators frequently use nonlinear material properties and geometrical effects to work, and the inherent compliance of soft actuators make them ideal candidates for haptic applications, novel medical/surgical devices, wearables, and more.

An inductive eddy current sensor is a non-contact device that generates electromagnetic fields to detect changes in the properties of conductive materials, such as defects, thickness, or conductivity. This webinar will introduce the fundamentals of inductive sensors, present a detailed workflow for designing them for nondestructive testing, and much more.

In this free, one-hour webinar, we will discuss the importance of rate dependence of polymers, methods to measure material response at quasi-static and impact strain rates, and how to use this data to inform and optimize your component design. 

This informative webinar is designed specifically for mechanical engineers who may not have extensive experience with polymer materials.  We'll delve into polymer structure and essential techniques such as DSC, FTIR, DMA, and TGA, equipping you with the knowledge to analyze key properties beyond basic specifications.  By mastering these methods, you'll gain a deeper understanding of polymer behavior, allowing you to make informed design decisions.