Industrial Area
Product Innovation & Multiphysics Simulation
Helping companies to design and develop the technology for their new products
At Product Innovation & Multiphysics Simulation of eurecat we offer outstanding value propositions with a multidisciplinary vision that incorporates all of Eurecat’s technology. We have experience in different areas of the sector:
Smart objects
- Development of complex products that involve electronics.
- Digital interconnection between objects and the internet.
Aeronautics
Simulation using Eurecat methodology with the sector’s leading companies.
Design of plastic parts
- From concept to pre-series.
- Solution of mechanical problems.
Design for additive manufacturing
- Topology optimisation.
- Generative design
Services
Product design and development
- Identification of innovation opportunities and conceptualisation of new products.
- Smart products, Internet of Things.
- Computer-assisted design (CAD).
- Aesthetic design.
Simulation
- CAE simulation, fluid simulation.
- Rheological simulation.
Prototyping
- Prototype development.
Dieless
- Manufacturing of short series with ISF (incremental sheet forming).
Representative sectors
Highlighted projects
Product for the construction of light architectural structures that need to reproduce complex geometries modifiable according to different needs.
New coating system for facades and roofs that is more affordable and environmentally friendly.
Customized glasses adapted to the user’s morphology through the use of 3D printing techniques and local manufacturing.
Biomedical implants that activate a therapeutic cellular response from the body itself for people suffering from intracranial aneurysms and pelvic floor dysfunctions.
Contact
Irene Ràfols
Director of the Product Innovation and Multiphysics Simulation Unit
Irene Rafols is a qualified architect, having graduated from ETSAB – Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain) and holds a master’s degree in computer-integrated engineering from CIM – Polytechnic University of Catalonia. For over 10 years, she has led and participated in various funded R&D projects (both national and European) and developed products for private companies in a range of sectors, including medicine, sports, construction and consumer goods. She also holds three patents.
She currently directs the Product Development Unit at Eurecat, specialising in the development of new products from concept to first series with a great degree of technological innovation, a benefit offered by all technological departments at Eurecat.
- Tel. +34 689 03 48 58
- irene.rafols@eurecat.org
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