The product acquisition builds Ansys' presence in
South America; further accelerates
Ansys' discrete particle mechanics offerings across multiple
industrial sectors; and drives deeper integration into the Ansys
ecosystem
Key Highlights
- Ansys will add Rocky DEM to its portfolio — helping engineers
solve challenging design problems involving discrete solids with
complex multiphysics interactions
- Rocky DEM software can model a wide variety of cross-industry
applications related to bulk materials and solid handling processes
enabling users to assess the dynamic behavior of the particles and
the related equipment early in the design phase
- Deeper integration with Ansys ecosystem further extends
particle mechanics to applications that involve Ansys' structural
and fluid analysis tools
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ansys (NASDAQ:
ANSS), the global leader and innovator of engineering simulation
software, announced today the acquisition of Engineering Simulation
and Scientific Software Rocky DEM, S.L. ("Rocky"). With this
acquisition, Ansys adds Rocky, the leading discrete element method
(DEM) tool, and a skilled team of developers, application support
technicians and customer-facing staff in Brazil, Spain, and the
United States. The transaction is not expected to have a
material impact on Ansys' consolidated financial statements in
2023.
Rocky was a subsidiary of Engineering Simulation and
Scientific Software (ESSS), a long-term Ansys Channel Partner, and
developer of engineering software dedicated to modeling discrete
mechanics problems. Ansys' acquisition of Rocky builds on the
companies' long-term partnership and joint particle modeling
workflow announced in 2021. Rocky's software, with specific
strengths in GPU computing and applying particle methods to
multiphysics simulations, is used in wide variety of cross-industry
applications that involve discrete solids of any size and
shape.
Particle modeling spans many industries and applications;
particles can consist of medical tablets, food snacks, agriculture
seeds, powders, and even fibers used in filtration devices.
Industry leaders are challenged to improve their product quality
and find solutions to help accelerate their decision-making related
to the design, manufacturing, and operation of their particulate
systems.
Rocky is a leading DEM software package that quickly and
accurately simulates the dynamic flow behavior of discrete solids
and particle-laden free-surface flows in multiple industries. Rocky
simulations provide powerful insight to help reduce waste, improve
product quality, increase product uniformity, predict performance
and
durability of equipment during operation, meet resource
management, and address sustainability concerns.
"Rocky's unique approach to discrete particle modeling empowers
our customers to solve a wide variety of problems across virtually
all industries," said Shane
Emswiler, senior vice president of products at Ansys. "Fully
integrating Rocky into Ansys' portfolio and welcoming its
distinguished experts to our team builds upon our demonstrated
success and enables Ansys to provide an even more efficient and
powerful solution for our customers. We are delighted to welcome
Rocky into the Ansys family."
This acquisition will ensure that Ansys customers have
long-term, uninterrupted access to powerful high-fidelity particle
modelling that is deeply integrated with other Ansys solutions to
solve an expanding set of problems involving discrete particles.
Incorporating Rocky technology into the Ansys portfolio will also
facilitate long-term synergies in the Ansys portfolio that would
not otherwise be possible, such as inclusion of Rocky into the
PyAnsys framework.
"Our longstanding relationship with Ansys has not only expanded
Rocky's reach to new sectors and industries, but also given
engineers access to a technology to rapidly run large,
highly-realistic simulations that include accurate particle
details," said Dr. Alexander
Potapov, chief technology officer at Rocky.
"The Rocky team is elated to join Ansys and further combine
Rocky's state-of-the-art particle simulation capabilities with
Ansys' flagship simulations — allowing engineers to design more
reliable products, slash development time, and win the race to
market," said Marcos Damiani,
numerical development principal at Rocky.
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