Simutence GmbH

𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞! An ambitious but successful year is coming to a close. To celebrate, our team enjoyed a well-deserved Christmas gathering with a fun evening of bowling and delicious tapas at a cozy local Spanish restaurant.   As we reflect on the year, we would like to express our sincere thanks to our customers, partners, and friends for your trust, collaboration, and support.   We’re excited to discover what 2025 holds in digital product development, but we wish you all a joyful holiday season and a Happy New Year!

𝗦𝗣𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 – 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽! Our co-founder and managing director Dr. Martin Hohberg attended this year’s Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) hosted in partnership with the SPE Composites Div. and the SPE Automotive Div.. A special thanks to the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform at Western University for sharing the booth with us. This was a great opportunity to represent our synergies in supporting product and manufacturing development from scratch over virtual design to realization. We also contributed with a presentation on our newly hosted web application SimuTherm. Many thanks to the jury for awarding our paper 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱! Finally, we participated together with Toyota North America, Aerlyte, and Fraunhofer Innovation Platform at Western University in the part competition. Thank you to all participants for voting for our part so that 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 with our next-generation service hole cover for a Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck in thermoplastic sandwich design. #speacce #composites #digitaltransformation #simulation #automotive #automotivemaufacutring #manufacturing #SimuTherm

The Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) hosted in partnership with the SPE Composites division and the SPE Automotive Div. focuses on composites' key role in developing electric vehicles and sustainability initiatives worldwide. Our Co-Founder and Managing Director Dr. Martin Hohberg will participate and present how to use our newly hosted web application #SimuTherm to make composite molding optimization using simulation more efficient and accurate. Besides this, Simutence will also be represented at the booth of the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform at Western University. Moreover, he’ll provide a joint presentation with Louis Kaptur from FIP on the next-generation service hole cover in tape laminate sandwich design. Feel free to reach out to Martin Hohberg if you’d like to schedule an on-site meeting! #speacce #composites #digitaltransformation #simulation #automotive #automotivemaufacutring #manufacturing #SimuTherm

We are more than happy to introduce our new colleague, M.Sc. Maximilian Brodt! Maximilian started his career in 2012 through an apprenticeship as a machinist. After 5 years in this field, he decided to pursue further studies in mechanical engineering. He graduated in 2023 with a master’s degree in computational engineering from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB). During his studies, he was part of the Formula Student team. Moreover, he did an internship in the industry with a focus on HyperWorks automatization and contact modeling in LS-Dyna. Subsequently, he wrote his master’s thesis, also in the industry, with a focus on material modeling. Max extends our team and will support us in our projects on the virtual design of compression molding simulation with SMC and LFT. Welcome to the team Max – we are very happy to have you with us!

From June 19-20, the PIAE - Plastics in Automotive Engineering known as the most important leading congress for plastics in the automotive industry takes place in Mannheim, Germany. Our co-founder Dominik Dörr will provide a presentation on “Virtual Validation and Optimization as Enabler for the 3D Skeleton Winding (3DSW) Technology for Innovative Lightweight Structures”. The presentation will outline a digital design approach for 3DSW structures upon the newly developed 3DSW rear trailing arm for a Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차) Santa Fe. The demonstrator part was developed in a collaboration project between Fraunhofer ICT, Fritz Automation GmbH, and Simutence GmbH. The result of the project is an industrial-scale production cell for the 3DSW technology. Moreover, a holistic virtual design approach is defined and applied to the rear-trailing arm. The result is an integral demonstrator part, which outperforms the differential metallic design with nine parts and reduces the component mass by 38 %. When: June 20 – 10:30 Where: Mozartsaal (Leichtbau Session) We are looking forward to exciting discussions! #digitaltransformation #simulation #automotive #automotivemanufacturing #manufacturing #composites #researchanddevelopment #thermoplastics #thermoplastic #digitaltwin

Dear valued customers, partners, and friends, We’re excited to announce that Simutence is celebrating its fifth anniversary! Your support has been instrumental in our journey to support the industry in digital composites engineering through advanced simulation. Thanks to you, we’ve achieved milestones, navigated through obstacles, and formed important connections. Your trust, support, and collaboration have been invaluable. Thank you for being an integral part of our story. Here’s to celebrating five years of progress, achievement, and partnership, and to many more years of shared success ahead! With gratitude, Your Simutence team.

Is C-SMC ready for the commercial aviation industry? We support their assertion through more robust simulation!   A C-SMC wing riblet is the demonstrator part of a collaboration project between @Engenuity Ltd, @WMG, @University of Warwick, @Creative Composites, @Spirit AeroSystems, and @Simutence. The goal is to combine Simutence’s approaches for SMC molding simulation with FiRMA flow, Engenuity’s approach for probabilistic structural simulation with SMC. This enables a more robust prediction of the real part's performance especially when it comes to failures.   Stop by the HRC’s booth F55 in hall 6 to see the C-SMC wing riblet and at our booth M82.3 in hall 6 to learn more about the virtual design process. #digitaltransformation #simulation #manufacturing #composites #researchanddevelopment #smc #thermoset #aerospace #aerospaceengineering #aerospaceindustry #digitaltwin

Interested in 3D skeleton winding for innovative and efficient lightweighting? Then check out the newly developed 3DSW rear trailing arm for a Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차) Santa Fe.   The rear trailing arm demonstrator was developed in a collaboration project between Fraunhofer ICT, Fritz Automation GmbH, and Simutence GmbH. As a result of the project, industrial-scale production for the 3DSW technology was developed. Moreover, a holistic virtual design approach is defined, which was applied to the rear-trailing arm of Hyundai Santa Fe. The result is an integral demonstrator part, which outperforms the differential metallic design with nine parts and reduces the component mass by 38 %.   Stop by the Fraunhofer booth R72 in hall 6 to see the 3DSW rear trailing arm and at our booth M82.3 in hall 6 to learn more about the design process. #digitaltransformation #simulation #automotive #automotivemanufacturing #manufacturing #composites #researchanddevelopment #thermoplastics #thermoplastic #digitaltwin

Interested in innovative thermoplastic sandwich designs? Then check out the newly developed service hole cover (SHC) for a Toyota Motor Corporation Tacoma pickup truck at this year’s JEC World.   The thermoplastic service hole cover was developed in a collaboration project between Toyota Motor Corporation, Aerlyte, the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform at Western University, and Simutence GmbH. The goal was to develop a next-generation service hole cover to replace the existing SMC component. Emphasis was laid on virtual validation of manufacturing and load requirements before manufacturing the first demonstrator.   Stop by the Mobility Planet (G113) in hall 6 to see the SHC and at our booth M82.3 in hall 6 to learn more about the virtual design process. #digitaltransformation #simulation #automotive #automotivemanufacturing #manufacturing #composites #researchanddevelopment #thermoplastics #thermoplastic #digitaltwin

Visiting this year’s JEC World? Drop by our booth M82.3 in hall 6 and let’s discuss our recent developments and opportunities to support you with advanced composites simulation. Here are only a few topics we recently added to our portfolio for the virtual design of products and manufacturing processes: 🔵 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦: Web-based real-time analysis of temperature and kinetics for thermosets and thermoplastics 🔵 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧: Web-based access to the digital twin of manufacturing processes 🔵 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐩: Abaqus add-on for warpage simulation for LFT, SMC, GMT, and LFT tape sandwiches 🔵 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 for LFT tape sandwiches Moreover, we’ll be happy to showcase our recent part developments. First, a rear trailing arm for a Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차) Santa Fe using the 3D skeleton winding technology. Second, a service hole cover in a tape laminate sandwich design for a Toyota Motor Corporation Tacoma pick-up truck. We are looking forward to meeting you!