RESEMINIMPROVING MINING EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE
AND LONGEVITY WITH 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS
DURABILITY PERFORMANCE ENGINEER
Case Study

Resemin added the Durability Performance Engineer role from the SIMULIA brand within the3DEXPERIENCE Works portfolio to conduct nonlinear vibration and fatigue simulations to extend
machine life and improve product performance.

Challenge:
Improve equipment performance and increase
innovation while accelerating development cycles
to meet market demand for faster delivery times.

Solution:
Add the Durability Performance Engineer role fromthe SIMULIA brand of simulation solutions withinthe 3DEXPERIENCE Works portfolio to its existing
SOLIDWORKS installation—comprising SOLIDWORKS
Premium design, SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium
analysis, SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional productdata management, SOLIDWORKS Composer technicalcommunications, SOLIDWORKS Inspection quality“With the capability that we’ve
gained with Durability Performance
Engineer, we are both improving
the performance of our existing
designs as well as increasing innovation inthe design of new products. Working withDassault Systèmes solutions, we’ve expanded
our product line and doubled throughput from60 to 115 machines each year.”		— Fernando Díaz, Engineering Manager

assurance, SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematics design,SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D design, SOLIDWORKS
Visualize rendering, and DraftSight 2D design
software solutions—as well as 3DEXPERIENCE
Works collaboration, communication, and data
management solutions that include Collaborative
Designer for SOLIDWORKS, Collaborative Industry
Innovator, and Collaborative Business Innovator, toleverage the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Results:• Reduced time to market by additional 10 percent• Shortened nonlinear analysis solution time bythree hours by running simulations in cloud• Doubled product development throughput andexpanded product line
• Extended durability of equipment

Resemin is the third-largest global manufacturer ofunderground mining drilling and related equipment, and theundisputed world leader in the niche narrow seam miningmarket. The company’s drilling equipment provides a better,more cost-effective alternative to using traditional drilling rigs
for mining and tunneling applications. Headquartered in Lima,
Peru, Resemin manufactures some of the leading mining
equipment brands in the world, such as its RAPTOR and MUKI
long-hole, and BOLTER 99 rock-drilling machine rigs.
Founded in 1989, Resemin has been able to sustain its
growth through its business strategy, sense of technologicalinnovation, and highly skilled workforce. The company has
grown into an international leader by focusing on quality,
safety, and reliability, and strict adherence to international

standards under its ISO 9001:2000 certification. Because
Resemin products must operate safely and reliably within
extreme underground mining environments, the company iscommitted to leveraging advanced design, engineering, andanalysis technologies to ensure quality and dependability.
The company’s commitment to technology was the reason
Resemin moved from AutoCAD® 2D tools to SOLIDWORKS® 3Ddesign software in 2008, and acquired SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Premium analysis software in 2011. The benefits of thosesolutions prompted the company to acquire a range of additional
SOLIDWORKS solutions in 2015, including SOLIDWORKSPDM Professional product data management, SOLIDWORKS
Composer™ technical communications, SOLIDWORKS Inspection
quality assurance, SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematics design,
SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D design, SOLIDWORKS Visualize
rendering, and DraftSight® 2D design software solutions.
The transition to SOLIDWORKS enabled Resemin to cut its
machine delivery times in half, increase throughput fromtwo to 45 machines annually, shorten analysis run times
from two days to two hours, and reduce prototyping by
70 percent, according to Engineering Manager Fernando
Díaz. “The productivity gains with SOLIDWORKS prompted
us to evaluate the new 3DEXPERIENCE® Works solutions
from Dassault Systèmes when we encountered a need torun nonlinear vibration and fatigue analyses to extend thedurability of our equipment and develop more innovativeproducts,” Díaz explains.
In investigating the best solution for nonlinear vibration andfatigue analyses—simulations that provide insights into ways toextend equipment life and durability—Resemin benchmarked
Ansys® Simulation Premium software against the Durability
Performance Engineer role from the SIMULIA® brand within
the 3DEXPERIENCE Works portfolio. The innovation portfolio
leverages the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform to givecustomers access to the power of industry-leading tools

with SOLIDWORKS, prompted Resemin to acquire a three-year
subscription for Durability Performance Engineer in 2021, as
well as 3DEXPERIENCE Works collaboration, communication,and data management solutions—including Collaborative
Designer for SOLIDWORKS, Collaborative Industry Innovator,
and Collaborative Business Innovator.

SAVING TIME CONDUCTING COMPLEX SIMULATIONSIN THE CLOUD

for design, simulation, manufacturing, and marketing from
Dassault Systèmes.

According to Designer Manuel Morales, who heads up
Resemin’s simulation operation, the issue that the company
was looking to solve when the benchmark was conducted
involved vibration of 48 Hz (vibrations per second) in a driller
arm that not only created fatigue that shortened the life of thepart, but also caused some shaking in the operator’s platform.
“When we ran this problem in Ansys, we first had to export aneutral file format like IGES or STEP, set up the simulation case,pay for a sufficient number of HPC cores for solving, and run
the simulation, which took eight hours,” Morales recalls.

The results of that benchmark on the same nonlinear vibrationand fatigue simulation showed that Durability Performance
Engineer and Ansys provided accurate results, but the Durability
Performance Engineer solution was easier to set up and use,
and the simulation took three fewer hours to solve—eight hours
for Ansys and five hours for Durability Performance Engineer.
The results of this benchmark, and the solution’s compatibility“When we ran the simulation in Durability Performance
Engineer, there was no file export or computing cost because
it ran in the cloud,” Morales continues. “We set up thesimulation, and it ran in five hours in Durability Performance
Engineer. The solution was faster and more cost-effective, andwhen we made a change and reran the simulation in Durability
Performance Engineer, it only took an hour to solve.”

Resemin selected the Durability Performance Engineer role from theSIMULIA brand within the 3DEXPERIENCE Works portfolio after abenchmark showed that it was the fastest and most cost-effective
solution for conducting nonlinear vibration and fatigue simulations.

Focus on Resemin S.A.
VAR: CAD Solutions S.A., Lima, PerúWith the benchmark information, Resemin increased the massof the part and changed the material, which dampened thevibration, improved the stability of the operator’s platform, andimproved the durability of the product. “Because of the moresimplified process and speed associated with using Durability
Performance Engineer, we’ve been able to shorten time tomarket by an additional 10 percent,” Díaz notes.

Headquarters:
Calle Luis Galvani No 356
Urb. Lot. Ind. Sta. Rosa
Luis Galvani 356
Ate 15022 LimaPerú
Phone: +51 1 2034400“With the capability that we’ve gained with Durability
Performance Engineer, we are both improving the performanceof our existing designs as well as increasing innovation in thedesign of new products,” Díaz adds. “Working with Dassault
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IMPROVING PRODUCT PERFORMANCE,INCREASING INNOVATION

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SYNCHRONIZED MODELING ANDSIMULATION PROCESSThe use of Durability Performance Engineer simulation tools in
conjunction with SOLIDWORKS design and modeling software
not only provided insights into improving the driller arm inthis one benchmark example, but also supports Resemin’s
overarching product and business objectives that are particular
to its underground heavy equipment mining market. “Topmanufacturers in our market spend 1.5 to 2 percent ofrevenue—close to $2 billion—on product failures and warrantyclaims,” Díaz stresses.
“In addition to the loss of revenue, such claims typically resultin a loss of customer trust and market share, both of which weneed to avoid,” Díaz says. “The combination of SOLIDWORKS
for design and Durability Performance Engineer for runningsimulations in the cloud gives us a seamless solution fora synchronized design modeling and simulation process,which is critically important for improving product reliability,durability, and performance.”

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