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Granta Material News—September 2010 The quarterly update for anyone who creates, uses, or manages materials information.
GRANTA MI is now firmly established as the standard system for materials information management in engineering enterprises. A growing list of user organizations worldwide includes Granta consortia members such as Boeing, Emerson Electric, Eurocopter, Honeywell, NASA, Rolls-Royce, and TRW Automotive. The new version 4.0 enhances existing data management tools and delivers new software features. These address some of the key practical challenges highlighted by users, helping to manage and use complex, interrelated materials data that changes regularly. Examples include new tools for: notification of changing data, capture and presentation of complex tabular data, and interpolation of functional data. Together with new GRANTA MI-compatible reference data modules, GRANTA MI 4.0 also extends capabilities to some important application areas. See the items below on composites, restricted substances, steels, and medical devices. Read more on GRANTA MI 4.0 at the Granta website »
CES Selector 2010 is here—the latest version of this unique PC tool for supporting critical decisions on materials, processes, and eco design. CES Selector provides powerful capabilities for rational materials selection and for plotting and comparing engineering, economic, and environmental properties. This new version strengthens core capabilities, helping users to optimize product performance and cost, and adds new features. Key focus areas are lightweight design using sandwich panel materials, foams, and composites (see the news item below); and the development and positioning of new materials. Read more on CES Selector 2010 at the Granta website » CES Selector web seminars Two upcoming web seminars offer an opportunity to find out more about CES Selector.
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Join us at one of two upcoming seminars on the management and use of materials information. The events are ideal for materials engineers, materials scientists, senior managers with responsibility for product development and engineering, or managers with an interest in how effective use of materials information could help in the supply chain or in environmental product stewardship. Hear case studies, see demonstrations, get your questions answered, and network with other engineers and managers with similar interests.
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Several new features in GRANTA MI 4.0 enable enterprises to keep up-to-date with changing regulations and standards covering materials and restricted substances, and to assess and manage risk associated with such restrictions. These enhancements mean that you can:
More on GRANTA MI:Restricted Substances >>> Find out more at an upcoming web seminar.
Web seminar details and registration >>>
More on the GRANTA MI:Steels package >>> For more information, sign up for our web seminar.
Details and registration for the steels web seminar >>>
The Cardiovascular and Orthopaedic Data Modules have also recently undergone quarterly updates, covering further devices, materials, and coatings in these two areas. This data, combined with GRANTA MI tools to manage in-house materials data, and documentation and services to assist in the implementation and validation of the system, creates a comprehensive solution for materials information in medical device organizations. More on the GRANTA MI:Medical package >>> Learn about the use of this package for orthopaedic applications at a web seminar.
Details and registration for the orthopaedic materials web seminar >>>
Composite Design is a new Granta data module that combines data from the well-respected AGATE and NCAMP industry projects. The module provides a compilation of data for constituents, intermediates, and processing steps used to generate over 600 laminates, including design data tested in up to four standard conditions. Users can access this resource within GRANTA MI alongside other aerospace and energy reference information, including data from the CMH-17 handbook (formerly Mil-Handbook-17). GRANTA MI 4.0 also offers enhanced capabilities for storing in-house composite data, supporting the creation of a single, reliable composite information resource. More on the GRANTA MI:Composites package >>> Download a white paper on composite data management >>>
More on the Hybrid Synthesizer »> See a demo at the CES Selector web seminars>>>
See Granta at these events in September and October.
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Users of the international professional networking website LinkedIn may be interested in a new group that they can join. The Materials Selection Network is a networking and discussion group for professionals with an interest in all aspects of material, coating and process selection for engineering and design applications—including techniques for cost optimization, equivalence, substitution, and environmental compliance.
Users of steels can now get easy web browser-based access to an outstanding set of relevant reference data, fully integrated with the GRANTA MI tools for in-house data management. This data includes:
The new Human Biological Materials data module provides data on the materials (bones, tissue, etc.) that make up the human body. This first release provides mechanical data on specific bones—of great value in modeling for orthopaedic device applications. 
Hybrid Synthesizer is a new add-on tool in CES Selector 2010, enabling you to predict the performance of hybrid materials and structures (such as sandwich panels, foams, lattices and composites) and compare them with other materials in a selection project.