Dear
All--
Although
the FEMM program is (and shall remain) freely available, skill and
experience
are required to use this tool to design real machines. Finite
element analyses are only one stage in
the design of an electric machine, which usually also involves creation
of
simpler analytical models of machine behavior amenable to controller
and
system-level designs; creation of control schemes and methods that
satisfy
performance specifications; interpretation of experimental results in
the
context the design model; and design refinement based on prototype
results. In order to assist commercial users
of the code with their specific problems in a detailed, timely, and
confidential fashion, consulting services are now available on a
retainer or
per-project basis by the author of the FEMM code, Dr. David Meeker, and
his
colleagues at Foster-Miller (http://www.foster-miller.com).
In
addition to general technical support for FEMM, these consulting
services might involve:
- Creation
of system-level design tools and analyses that allow the results of
FEMM
simulations to be meaningfully used and integrated into an overall
device
design;
- Analysis
of of electromagnetic devices or designs using the FEMM software;
- Creation
of Lua scripts that can add new functionality to the software and/or
automate
the analysis problems that can be represented parametrically;
- Development of features in
the FEMM to facilitate the analysis of unique problems;
- Creation of interfaces with
other design tools (e.g. connections to the client?s Matlab scripts, C
or
Fortran codes, etc.);
- Creation of other custom
design and analysis tools for electric machines (i.e. developing
or using
tools that are unrelated to FEMM, creation of Mathcad or Excel design
worksheets, etc.);
- Creation of dynamic
simulations of electromechanical devices and systems using
Matlab/Simulink,
custom C/C++ code, VB scripts, etc.
In addition, a much
broader
range of services is available, if needed. In-house personnel have the
talent
and resources to handle electromechanical research and development
projects
from the brainstorming stage, through conceptual development and
design,
culminating in the construction of prototype hardware and software. A
large
number of successfully completed projects and satisfied customers are
the
strongest indication of the group's abilities.
For terms and pricing information, please
contact me at:
Dr. David Meeker
Senior Engineer
Electrical and Electronic Systems Group
Foster-Miller, Inc.
350 Second Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451-1196
781-684-4070
781-890-3489 (fax)
dmeeker@foster-miller.com