FeSafe is a tool that uses computer simulation to predict life of various components and systems used in cars and buses, aircrafts and almost every equipment being used or developed in engineering sector. Speaking to Business Standard , ProSim Director S Shamasundar said, "Durability and impact of fatigue on vehicles or any other equipments is predicted using physical prototypes in India. Research laboratories are using simulators to predict the impact. But all this takes long time and a number of prototypes are wasted in this process. FeSafe is a tool that predicts the durability within two to three hours and also provides a solution."
According to Shamasundar, the physical testing of a single prototype of a car costs anything between Rs 50,000 to Rs 1,00,000, which he says, can be avoided using the digital prototype testing. "FeSafe, for more than a decade now, has built a strong presence in Europe and US-based companies. As a large number of automobile companies from Europe and US are setting up base in India, they would need FeSafe support here as well. ProSim and Safe Technology would jointly work with interested companies and provide them FeSafe and also conducts tests if required," he added.
Companies like John deere, Cummins India, Satyam and istitutions like Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi and Central Institute for Road Transport (CIRT) have already opted for this tool in India. Safe Technology claims that the results given by FeSafe are 90 per cent close to tests conducted on a physical prototype.
Safe Technology CEO John Draper said, "We have conducted pilot tests for a steel tube manufacturer in India. While the physical prototype testing predicted durability of 72,000 cycles, it was 76,000 cycles in case of virtual prototype testing using FeSafe." The company has also done pilot testing with Saras aircrafts where in, FeSafe predicted a durability of 10,340 flights as against 11,000 flights obtained through physical prototype testing. "We are also working on fatigue prediction for medicine equipments. The next major is area is of software fatigue testing," he added.
