Materials Decision Support

Granta helps you to:

• Make good materials selection and substitution decisions using a repeatable, auditable method—and present those decisions effectively
• Meet corporate objectives such as avoiding cost, designing to comply with regulations, and enabling global manufacturing
• Make more consistent materials choices and implement materials strategies, particularly in multi-site, multi-business enterprises
• Access and apply the materials data that you need to guide decision-making

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News, events, downloads:

• NEW: GRANTA MI Version 5 adds substitution tool
• CES Selector 2012 released
• LinkedIn Group: Materials Selection Network
• White paper: Materials Strategy

CES Selector for your PC

CES Selector is powerful PC-based software that aids critical decisions on materials, processes, and eco design. Its rational selection tools based on methodology developed by Granta founder Prof Mike Ashby help materials experts and product designers to analyze materials and process choices, optimizing performance, cost, and environmental properties. CES Selector property charts help you to present materials decisions in a compelling visual manner.

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GRANTA MI for enterprise

GRANTA MI provides web browser-based tools that guide designers and engineers in making materials selection and substitution decisions. These tools can draw on corporate materials data and business rules, helping to implement a consistent, informed, strategic approach to materials.

GRANTA MI:Materials Strategy package »

New GRANTA MI materials substitution tool »

Materials data

Granta has assembled an unrivalled catalog of materials property data and related information. Data covers the full range of engineering materials—metals, plastics, composites, ceramics—and specialist applications including medical devices and aerospace. This data underlies Granta's materials decision support tools and can also be used as an interactive reference source.

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Consortium

The Materials Strategy Software Consortium defines and applies software to manage materials data and meet the challenges of material selection, substitution and cost optimization. Members include:

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