Happy Holidays from the Team at Matrix!
 | A warm thank you to all our existing customers for your support and business during 2009.
We look forward to continuing the successful relationship we have with you.
Have a great holiday and festive season! |
VT Fitzroy's accolades for Matrix
Britomart project benefits from CFD
Xerox raves over PLM flexibility and value
Integrate documents and workflows with your favourite CAD software
Matrix hosts PDMA networking event
Flexible training from Matrix
Matrix holidays office closure"I would like to convey my thanks for the excellent service we received during the recent structural analysis project that you undertook for VT Fitzroy and the Royal NZ Navy. The helpful and practical approach that was shown to us through all stages of the project was highly appreciated and the professional assistance received in carrying out the modifications required towards the end of the project, under great pressure of time, was excellent and exceeded our expectations. I look forward to working together on projects we have coming up in the future."
Ian MacLeod, Engineering Consultancy Services Manager, VT Fitzroy Limited
The companyCooper & Company undertook the development of the Britomart Precinct - which will see 17 heritage buildings renovated and 6 new buildings emerge to create a new precinct incorporating a variety of retail, lifestyle, commercial and residential uses.
Coffey Projects is a world leader in project management, boasting one of the largest and most knowledgeable pools of project management specialists.
The challenge
Cooper & Company was developing the site above the eastern end of the Britomart train station. Part of this project involved enclosing the existing exhaust towers in new buildings resulting in significant changes to the design of the exhaust stacks. These alterations included reductions in cross-sectional area, an extension in length, the inclusion of an offset in the duct plus the inclusion of a structural beam across the duct.
The solution
Matrix was commissioned to investigate the effect these design changes would have on losses in the duct to ensure that the existing fans would meet extraction requirements. Additionally, the client required shape sensitivity studies on the aerodynamic fairing encasing the structural beam.
Due to the number of complicated interacting flow features it was not possible to perform a reliable loss estimate with standard calculations and data tables. Therefore the system was modelled using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) using Star CCM+; a momentum and energy coupled finite volume code. CFD is a well known numerical technique used extensively in power, process, aerospace and automotive industries.
The result
In this study, CFD analysis provided the following benefits to the project:
• Quantitative assessment of pressure losses in the existing and proposed ducts
• Reduced risk that the proposed new design would not perform to requirements
• Confidence in the beam fairing design
• Improved understanding of the existing and proposed exhaust ducts
To learn more about Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) click here.
Aras Innovator is the most advanced enterprise
PLM solution on the Microsoft platform. It is a complete enterprise open-source Microsoft- native PLM solution with extensive pre-packaged functionality for product engineering, program management, and quality planning. Not to mention, it is available in a proven enterprise open-source format that removes up-front license fees. Here’s what Andy, Engineering Manager from Xerox, had to say...
"We love Aras Innovator. The functionality is amazing as is the flexibility and the value proposition. It works better than any other PLM tool that we've used and the license cost is zero. We believe Innovator is a transformational software package, that is, it has the capability of transforming your business much like Google, Wikipedia, and other applications have transformed information sharing. The fact that you own the data structure is big as is the model based approach to building new applications. The inherent connectivity of the Innovator platform allows us to connect to legacy systems rather than replace them which saves time and money. So far we have not run into any limitations in either the Innovator technical capabilities or in its business model..."
For more information about
Aras Innovator, contact Phil Schunk
phil.schunk@matrix.co.nz at Matrix on 09-623-1223.
Do you have problems with Document Storage and Retrieval, Application Integration, Workplace, Revision or Reference Management?
Meridian Enterprise provides industry-specific engineering document management solutions for companies looking to optimize the management of their overall documents - including engineering and all other file types. It makes working with leading 3D CAD packages easy. It offers the following benefits to many organizations globally:
Connect to other business applications through an open API;
Share information with contractors and people in the field by providing lightweight, view-only internet access;
Publish key engineering information to other enterprise-wide knowledge management systems;
Allow automatic feedback and approval loops using document work-flows.
Meridian Enterprise creates the ultimate collaboration platform that connects people and links engineering to the enterprise by leveraging design-related information - from different sources, from start to finish, from the past into the future.
For more information, contact Phil Schunk phil.schunk@matrix.co.nz at Matrix on 09-623-1223.
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Matrix hosts PDMA networking event
In August, Matrix hosted the quarterly Auckland Product Development & Management Association (PDMA-NZ) networking event, which included around 25 attendees from various backgrounds, software and manufacturing industries. Matrix is an active member of PDMA and we encourage you to consider joining yourself - see www.pdma-nz.org
The guest speaker was Graeme Preston, Quality Manager at Navman Wireless, who described the interesting journey of implementing a PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) system in a high tech environment, and some of the lessons learned from their experience. His advice and suggestions on how to go about it were well received by the audience, followed by a number of questions and discussions on the topic. |  | |
Flexible training from Matrix
Matrix offers flexible training to best match the needs of our Customers, at our premises using our PCs and facilities, or at your office. Standard training courses are sometimes developed by our software vendor partners and delivered by Matrix or our partners. Customised training can also be developed and delivered to custom fit your needs.
Call the Team at Matrix on 09 623 1223 or training@matrix.co.nz for more information.
Matrix holidays office closure
The Matrix office will be closed from Thursday 24th December, and re-opens for business on Monday 11th January 2010. If you need help during these two weeks, please let us know in advance and we can make arrangements with any team members not on the beach!
Matrix wishes you a safe and happy festive season!
