Choose Simcenter EDEM to gain crucial insight into how granular materials interact with handling equipment during a range of operation and process conditions. Leverage this high-performance Discrete Element Method (DEM) software for your bulk material and particle simulation.
Get started with simulations quickly and easily with Simcenter EDEM's extensive range of pre-calibrated material models representing rocks, ores, soils and powders.
Simulate complex, industry-scale particle systems involving many millions of particles with fast and scalable compute performance across CPU, GPU and multi-GPU solvers.
Extend your application scope by coupling Simcenter EDEM with FEA and MBD tools. Combine it with CFD tools for accurate simulation of particle-fluid systems and optimize automation with industry-leading AI.
Model a wide variety of real-world materials such as large rocks, fine powders, grains, fibers and tablets using the validated and computationally efficient multi-sphere method or our industry-grade polyhedral particle solver.
Access a comprehensive range of validated physics models for representing any common material behavior such as dry, sticky, or compressible. Use custom physics with Simcenter EDEM’s API for complex simulations and advanced material behavior such as wet coating, agglomeration, breakage, magnetic particles and more.
Set up quick simulations with an intuitive user interface. Material models libraries are available for direct access to suitable material inputs. Count on a powerful solver for fast simulation times.
Use an extensive set of built-in tools for visualization and analysis. A data export option and Python library are available for further post-processing.
Couple Simcenter EDEM with FEA and MBD tools to include realistic material loads in structural and system dynamics analysis. Combine these with CFD tools for accurate simulation of particle-fluid systems.
Skid steer loaders, excavators, backhoe loaders and truck bodies all handle bulk materials from large quarry rocks to cohesive soils, abrasive ores or free flowing granules. Simcenter EDEM enables you to predict material behavior and identify risk of blockage, spillage and areas prone to wear. It provides accurate material loads that can be used in FEA and MBD simulations for optimal designs.
Tractors, combines and forage harvesters are designed to work with granular materials such as crops, seeds and soils, which may vary in properties depending on location and seasonal conditions. Simcenter EDEM can predict the material flow and identify risks of blockages, wear and crop damage. It can be combined with multi-body dynamics tools to predict equipment response for various materials.
Simcenter EDEM can realistically model a variety of terrains from soft soil, dry sand, to rugged gravel surfaces. Combined with multi-body dynamics, it provides great realism in vehicle mobility simulations and enables engineers to predict the performance of tracked and wheeled vehicles in a variety of environments and study complex maneuvers that cannot be easily replicated in the physical world.
The performance and reliability of conveyor transfer points and feed chutes, reclaimers, crushers and grinding mills is a critical factor determining the productivity of mines and plants. Simcenter EDEM enables engineers to understand the flow of rocks, ores and coal and address key design challenges such as spillage, blockage and wear, grinding efficiency, mill yield and power demand.
Iron ore, coal, pellets and sinter are at the core of the steelmaking process. Simcenter EDEM enables engineers to virtually examine blast furnaces' charging devices to minimize segregation, optimize material distribution and dispersal, and predict equipment wear. Gain key insight impossible to obtain using experiments to improve steel quality, energy efficiency and blast furnace performance.
Simcenter EDEM simulates the behavior of powders, tablets, capsules, granules and aggregates for a range of processes including mixing, coating, die filling, granulation and milling. It provides insights to optimize processes, improve product quality and reduce physical prototyping and costs. Coupled to Simcenter STAR-CCM+, it enables simulation of complex particle-fluid systems.
