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Laboratory cone crusher in operation simulated with Rocky DEM Tavares breakage model

04 Feb 2020 Blog Mills and Crushers Mining

ME Elecmetal harnesses power of Rocky DEM to improve crusher liner performance

Rocky accurately shows how particle breakage affects crusher liners, with predictive simulations that match real-world experience, reducing downtime.

14 Jan 2020 Blog Food Processing

Overcome industrial food processing challenges with particle simulation

Learn how the food processing industry can benefit from the power of simulation software to develop robust, energy-efficient, and cost-effective designs.

Hay tedder machine (agricultural equipment) simulation

02 Dec 2019 Agriculture Blog

Efficient and accelerated process development in the agricultural industry using Rocky DEM

Discover why Rocky DEM is a powerful predictive tool to reduce physical testing and prototyping needed in developing agricultural equipment.

29 Nov 2019 Blog Pharmaceutical and Biotech

Prediction of drug particle transport in a dry powder inhaler using Rocky DEM

See how one-way coupled CFD-DEM simulation predicts drug particle dynamics in a DPI by describing physical and chemical mechanisms of the drug transport and interactions, noninvasively.

25 Nov 2019 Blog Mining Simulation Technology

DEM simulation of charge distribution in a blast furnace hopper

See how the simulation of charge distribution in a blast furnace hopper using an integrated DEM study found the ideal geometry for industrial use.

07 Oct 2019 Blog Pharmaceutical and Biotech

Multiphysics modeling adds to understanding fine-particle transport in human airways

Rocky DEM multiphysics DEM-CFD calculations provided accurate and fast answers to the drug particle transport, with fluid flow and particle motion modeled through integration between Rocky and ANSYS Fluent.

30 Sep 2019 Blog Simulation Technology

Adhesion model to predict the behavior of wet material

Having trouble with wet material in your production process? With Rocky DEM, you can predict the behavior of such materials with ease using an adhesion model. Learn how.

17 Sep 2019 Blog Simulation Technology

Clustered x polyhedral shape: why is it’s important to consider particle shape

Learn how Rocky DEM overcomes standard DEM code by getting accurate shape of particles, solving issues such as artificial friction and breakage.

26 Aug 2019 Blog Simulation Technology

Rocky-Fluent Coupling For Flow Assurance Applications: Simulating The Liquid-Solid Flow For Scaling In Downhole Environments

Do you know how to guarantee maximum output production for oil and gas wells in the petroleum industry? Rocky DEM-ANSYS Fluent coupling can help to solve this issue with simulation.

16 Aug 2019 Blog Simulation Technology

Calibrating material density to match your representative and not your actual PSD

Properly calibrating your particle set within Rocky DEM particle simulation software is critical to obtaining accurate and usable results. But what if it is not feasible to have your simulated PSD exactly match your actual PSD?

02 Jul 2019 Blog Simulation Technology

A Digital Twin for the Bulk Materials Industry

A recent investigation proves that R&D teams can successfully apply the digital twin concept to mining and bulk material flow applications. This solution uses reduced-order models (ROMs) that minimize compute cost yet accurately predict real-world operation.

05 Jun 2019 Blog Simulation Technology

Why use DEM + FEA?

Imagine you’re tasked with designing a bucket conveyor or a loader at a given throughput. How would you approach such a project? Learn about DEM and FEA.

Pharmaceuticalprocessing equipment

ME Elecmetal harnesses power of Rocky DEM to improve crusher liner performance

Overcome industrial food processing challenges with particle simulation

Efficient and accelerated process development in the agricultural industry using Rocky DEM

Prediction of drug particle transport in a dry powder inhaler using Rocky DEM

DEM simulation of charge distribution in a blast furnace hopper

Multiphysics modeling adds to understanding fine-particle transport in human airways

Adhesion model to predict the behavior of wet material

Clustered x polyhedral shape: why is it’s important to consider particle shape

Rocky-Fluent Coupling For Flow Assurance Applications: Simulating The Liquid-Solid Flow For Scaling In Downhole Environments

Calibrating material density to match your representative and not your actual PSD

A Digital Twin for the Bulk Materials Industry

Why use DEM + FEA?

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