MORGAN POLYMER SEALSAUTOMOTIVE GASKET LEADERACCELERATES SEAL DEVELOPMENT TO
MEET ELECTRIC VEHICLE BOOM WITH
3DEXPERIENCE WORKS SIMULATION
Case Study

With the increased volume of simulation studies required in response to the emerging electric vehicle (EV)boom, Morgan Polymer Seals chose to bring simulation work on its gasket products in-house by acquiring
3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA Structural Mechanics Engineer (SME) capabilities and running the greater numberof simulations required in the cloud.

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Challenge:
Meet automotive original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) and tier 1 supplierrequirements to run simulations on every seal
more efficiently and cost-effectively, whileadvancing materials R&D and new productdevelopment related to the electric vehicle (EV)boom and new markets.

Solution:
Add 3DEXPERIENCE Works solutions to theexisting SOLIDWORKS implementation. Use
Structural Mechanics Engineer for simulation
along with Collaborative Industry Innovatorand Collaborative Business Innovator for PLM(product lifecycle management) cloud-based
3DEXPERIENCE/SIMULIA Structural
Mechanics Engineer (SME) and
3DEXPERIENCE/ENOVIA Industry Innovator
to existing SOLIDWORKS implementation.

Results:• Acquired new business from new customers• Cut simulation turnaround time fromtwo weeks to one day• Advanced materials R&D• Realized capacity for increased simulation
volume due to EV boom

Morgan Polymer Seals (MPS) is a privately owned automotive
supplier that designs and manufactures custom gaskets andseals for power train, fuel, and electrical applications. Foundedby CEO Kevin Morgan in 1997, the company today delivers
100 million parts each year to automotive original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) and tier 1 supplier customers in North
America, Europe, and China. MPS has established a reputation
as the most trusted name in automotive gaskets by consistently
selecting the best materials to fit each specific seal application
environment and fluid exposure.
The company’s growth and success stem largely from its
commitment to leveraging engineering, manufacturing, andautomation technologies to improve productivity and productperformance. MPS has continually invested in rubber andsilicone injection-molding and compression-forming machines,
and has utilized the SOLIDWORKS® 3D design system formany years to develop seal concepts, designs, and tooling;and exchange design data with customers and partners. Until
recently, the seal manufacturer outsourced finite element
analysis (FEA) studies, which are often a requirement for doing
business with automotive OEM and tier 1 supplier customers.

However, increasing development demand related to theemergence and growth of the electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid
vehicle markets prompted the seal manufacturer to bring
FEA studies in-house to improve efficiency and reduce costs,according to Design Engineer Thomas Morgan. “The EV surge
creates new opportunities and challenges for us,” Morgan
explains. “With a combustion engine, seals primarily maintainpressurized systems, stop leaks, and prevent intrusion fromthe outside environment, such as an oil pan gasket or a dust
seal on an intake manifold. On an EV, every wiring connection
requires a seal to provide strain relief—holding the wire inplace—as well as to keep water and moisture out to prevent
electrical short circuits.
“With the increased volume of simulation work required by
the automotive transition to EVs, we decided to acquire ourown simulation capabilities to keep up with the growing
demand and work more efficiently and cost-effectively,”Morgan adds. “After conducting research into FEA solutions,
we chose the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE® Works portfolio.
We use Structural Mechanics Engineer from SIMULIA® forsimulation along with Collaborative Industry Innovator fromENOVIA® and Collaborative Business Innovator for PLM(product lifecycle management).

“We chose a 3DEXPERIENCE
Works Simulation solution
because it’s cloud-based, which
supports our remotely locatedengineering organization, works seamlesslywith SOLIDWORKS design data, andincorporates the Abaqus Explicit solver, which
is best suited for the types of simulation
studies that we need to conduct on our parts,
which can involve hyperelasticity, creep,fatigue, and contact.”— Thomas Morgan, Design Engineer“We chose a 3DEXPERIENCE Works Simulation solution
because it’s cloud-based, which supports our remotely locatedengineering organization, works seamlessly with SOLIDWORKS
design data, and incorporates the Abaqus® Explicit solver, which
is best suited for the types of simulation studies that we need toconduct on our parts, which can involve hyperelasticity, creep,fatigue, and contact,” Morgan adds. “We also value the factthat administration of updates and new releases is automatedin the cloud and doesn’t require any administration on our side,and that we only need to pay for the solution when we use it
through a licensing agreement.”

MAKING SIMULATION MORE EFFICIENT,
COST-EFFECTIVE

Focus on Morgan Polymer Seals
VAR: GoEngineer, San Diego, CA, USA

Since adopting Structural Mechanics Engineer, MPS has realized
faster simulation turnaround times and reduced simulation
costs, despite conducting a substantially larger volume ofFEA studies. Simulation studies that used to take two weeks
to complete are now done in a day, which not only benefits
everyday production work, but is also driving research into newmaterials calibration and analysis.

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SHARING ENGINEERING RESOURCES AND
EXPERIENCE WITH CUSTOMERSMPS has realized the additional benefit of working more closelywith its customers since adopting Structural Mechanics Engineer
by sharing its engineering resources and experience in helping
customers develop and improve designs requiring seals. “Whenit comes to rubber and silicone, we have the manufacturingknow-how about the best way to make a seal and understandimportant aspects of molding, such as the curing process,”Morgan stresses.

to do so by acquiring expensive hardware to increase computing
power. The company’s decision to utilize Structural Mechanics
Engineer aligns with the seal manufacturer’s strategy of embracing
cloud computing to more cost-effectively maintain growth.
“We acquired Structural Mechanics Engineer because weneeded advanced FEA capabilities, but also because we see
cloud computing as an important growth strategy,” Morganexplains. “Our production is in Mexico, but all of our engineeringresources are scattered across the United States. We’re juststarting to leverage the 3DEXPERIENCE Works PLM capabilities
and plan to eventually consolidate all our design and engineering
tools onto the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform.”“When you combine our experience with the information
provided by Structural Mechanics Engineer simulations, we canhelp our customers even more by engaging with them duringinitial design,” Morgan continues. “For example, a customer cancome up with a design, and we can run a simulation on it toevaluate insertion forces as an additional service. With Structural
Mechanics Engineer, we can produce the high-quality seals forwhich we’re known while also helping our customers improvetheir designs.”

EMBRACING CLOUD COMPUTING TOSUPPORT GROWTH
Even though MPS could have acquired comparable simulation
desktop capabilities, it would have had to incur additional costs

Using 3DEXPERIENCE SIMULIA SME solutions, Morgan PolymerSeals has realized faster simulation turnaround times and reducedsimulation costs, despite conducting a substantially larger volumeof complex simulation studies, such as contact and hyperelasticity.

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trademarks is subject to their express written approval. MKGPNCSENG0821“We are using Structural Mechanics Engineer in two ways,”
Thomas Morgan explains. “We are using it to verify that a seal
will work in a specific application as a quick turnaround service
to our customers, and we are also using it to iterate on new
product development because it’s easy to hammer out and speed
up iterations on new design concepts without overburdening
computing resources because we can run simulations in the cloud.”For more informationwww.morganpolymerseals.com