Important steps in development

1983-1986

Fritz Leibundgut, MSc. in Physics at the ETH and mechanical engineer, develops the ALIEN simulation software for the company Oerlikon Bührle AG in Zurich .
(short description of the ALIEN-code)

1994-2003

Development of the simulation software SILUX. SILUX software wins a national technology prize and is honored with the distinction for the best application of the fair at CeBit in Hanover in 1997 .
(short description of the SILUX-code)

2001- ....

Simulation services for industry, research and development . (List of references)

2003- ...

Development of new tools and software products in the area of simulation technology.
(short description of the BRAIN-code)

2009

First presentations of the new 3D-multibody-dynamic simulation software SONAR.
(short description of the SONAR-code)

 

 

1985

The animation shows an old simulation with the ALIEN program. It was presented by Fritz Leibundgut at the 8th Symposium on Detonation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA in 1985. The simulation shows the initiation of the main charge of a 35 mm air-defence shell through a booster charge. At the time, the simulation required 8 days CPU calculation time on a VAX 11-780 computer. Today, this problem can be solved on a standard personal computer in a few hours.

1994

The continual physical simulation of a simple watch mechanism proved that a general, technical simulation program for a multi-body dynamic system was fundamentally possible. This eventually led to the development of SILUX software

1998

A few years later, it was already possible to realistically simulate a mechanism with the complexity of a complete mechanical watch with the SILUX software. In this simulation, even the physical simulation of the individual interacting cogs was calculated in detail. The illustration shows part of a model of a "Reverso" watch made by Jaeger-LeCoultre.

2009

In 2009 the development of our new 3D-simulation software made it feasable to simulate a copper cable with a resolution down to the wire level or a yarn with all its fibres.