CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
13 September 2004
Implementation Investments
John Zink Company Selects ACUITIV to Provide CFD Visualization
ACUITIVT Software ( http://www.acuitiv.com/ ), a provider of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) visualization software, announced that John Zink Company LLC, a Koch Chemical Technology Group LLC company, has selected ACUITIV's computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology to enhance its visualization capabilities. John Zink Company's selection of ACUITIV's CFD visualization software was based on its superior post-processing capabilities and ease of use. It extends the use of ACUITIV's visualization product into state-of-the-art environmental technologies such as low-NOx burners, flares and thermal oxidizers offered by John Zink to the refining, petrochemical and power industries.
"As a company with a strong commitment to CFD, we have been seeking new technologies to improve our efficiency in interpreting and analyzing results and to enhance our ability to market John Zink's CFD capabilities," said Dr. Roberto Ruiz, vice president, technology and commercial development at John Zink. "ACUITIV makes it easier to generate a more robust and comprehensive assessment of results from our CFD models. It ultimately allows our organization to gain greater design insight and significantly speed up delivery. We chose ACUITIV because of its superior post-processing capabilities and the ability to work on both the desktop and immersive environments with flexibility and powerful animation features. ACUITIV allows our customers and engineers to better 'visualize' how equipment responds to changing process parameters such as temperature, heat input, fuel pressure, and other parameters of interest."
ACUITIV provides today's CFD market with a user-friendly tool for analyzing and improving designs. ACUITIV will be used by John Zink to maintain its position as the leader in providing technology solutions in the markets it serves and to enhance its CFD capabilities for improved engineering design, research and development and process diagnosis.
John Zink Company, LLC, is a provider of advanced combustion systems and breakthrough technologies worldwide, servicing a wide range of global markets. Zink brands include John Zink® process burners, duct burners, flares, thermal oxidizers and vapor control systems; TODD® boiler burners; and Gordon-PiattT boiler burners. John Zink Company is a Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC company. To learn more about John Zink Company, visit http://www.johnzink.com
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