Food canners are able to bring new designs to market more quickly by using an improved product development service from Silgan Containers. rnSimulation design software is being used by Silgan to more precisely predict the performance of metal cans, enabling it to speed up new product launches and reduce tooling costs. rnNorth America's leading specialist food can manufacturer is using the latest versions of non-linear finite element analysis to model designs before a prototype or sample is made. rnAlvin Widitora, director of new product development at Silgan Containers, explains: "Although modeling and simulation software techniques are not new, what we are seeing now is an evolution. These software packages can model very thin material with a high-degree of accuracy, which is key to predicting physical can performance."
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