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Stahlinstitut, Metatech GmbH, and Granta Design create new online information resource
Feb 2012—"StahlDat SX provides complete register of European steels "
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The new StahlDat SX website provides engineers and materials scientists with simple access to the complete Stahl-Eisen-Liste (Register of European Steels), associated specifications, and properties. The website makes this data quick and easy to browse and search, combining the wealth of steel information compiled by the Stahlinstitut with Granta’s industry-leading technology for managing, sharing, and using materials information. |
NIMS
- January 2012—"Granta to provide NIMS creep and fatigue data for energy and processing plant applications"
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PDF - Granta bietet NIMS Kriech- und Ermüdungsdaten für Anwendungen aus dem Bereich Energie- und Produktionsanlagen—Das Japanische „National Institute for Materials Science“ erweitert den Zugriff auf ein halbes Jahrhundert Metallforschung Mehr »
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CES EduPack 2012
Jan 25, 2012—"CES EduPack 2012 enhances support for materials education across engineering, science, and design"
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Thales join Environmental Materials Technology Consortium
- Nov 2011—"Granta Design to host next meeting of eco design collaborative project"
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GRANTA MI Version 5
- Oct 2011—"GRANTA MI Version 5 gives manufacturers control over vital materials information and decisions"
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Browsing alloy property data in the updated GRANTA MI user interface. |
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GRANTA MI:Restricted Substance solution—browse information on materials, substances, and over 60 regulations. Quickly generate reports on regulatory impact on your products and materials and process specifications. |
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GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway for Abaqus/CAE. Through the MI:Materials Gateway window you can search and browse for materials datasheets, inspect materials properties, choose an applicable materials model, and then apply the data directly to your CAE model. |
Autodesk Inventor—Eco Materials Advsier
- Sep 2011—"Eco Materials Adviser Full Version available for Autodesk Inventor"
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PDF - June 2011—"Granta Design to extend Autodesk Inventor sustainable design tool"
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PDF - March 2011—"Granta Featured in Autodesk Inventor Software's New Sustainable Design Solution"
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Eco Materials Adviser in Autodesk Inventor. Choose materials from Granta's authoritative database, apply these materials to parts in your model, and instantly generate an eco impact dashboard. |
CES Selector 2012
July 2011—"CES Selector 2012 aids response to cost, supply, and environmental issues in manufacturing enterprises"
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Section from a CES Selector comparison table showing three grades of plastic. The left-hand column has been specified as a reference material. The user can quickly review similarities and differences (differences greater than 10% are highlighted) for hundreds of properties. |
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A materials property chart showing the trade-off between cost and mass for a wide range of materials. A reference material is highlighted in red. A new "tooltip" feature interactively displays property data relative to the reference material when the user hovers over another material on the chart. |
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Comparing properties for steels from the Register of European Steels in CES Selector 2012 |
Firehole Composites
July 2011—"Granta and Firehole to Empower Composite Design Decisions"
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Plotting two properties—tensile strength and modulus—for the continuous fiber reinforced polymer composite grades described in the data module. Using the Firehole Composites data module with Granta software makes it quick and easy to create such plots and make comparisons for a wide range of materials properties |
Materials Education Symposia
December 2011—"Program announced for 2012 North American and International Materials Education Symposia"
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June 2011—"2012 Materials Education Symposia announced at ASEE meeting"
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May 2011—"Enthusiastic support for 2011 Materials Education Symposia"
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Further details and images are available in the individual reports on the Symposium Website: www.materialseducation.com
Materials Education: bringing together Engineering Design, Design for the Environment, Mechanical Engineering, Bio Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Sports science, Architecture, Built environment, Product Design, Industrial Design, Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Science, and more... |
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The 2012 Materials Education Symposia are being held at Cal Poly: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (March 29-30) and the University of Cambridge, UK, (April 12-13) |
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Educators from 26 countries enjoyed two days of presentations and discussions on materials education at the 3rd International Materials Education Symposium in Cambridge.
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Symposium attendees from across North America enjoyed two days of presentations and discussions on materials education at the 2nd North American Materials Education Symposium in Worcester, MA. |
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Human Biological Materials
May 24, 2011—"New Bone Database Gives Orthopaedic Device Designers a Break"
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Data from the Human Biological Materials database shows how a mechanical property of femur compact bone varies with age. Such data is valuable in modeling work to support orthopaedic device design. |
New composites software
March 30, 2011—"New Granta Software Aids Composite Testing and Product Design, Supports Development of Composite Materials"
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Coatings and restricted substances
Mar 2, 2011—"New software helps coatings and restricted substance decisions"
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Viewing coatings data in the GRANTA MI software. The left-hand window lists the contents of the new Coatings Data Module. The right-hand window shows property data for a specific coating. |
New US and German offices
Feb 18, 2011—"Granta expands in US and Germany"
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Dr Patrick Coulter—Chief Operating Officer |
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Thomas Weninger—leading the Granta Munich, Germany office |



























