Korall Engineering

Subsea Riser Clam

As our first projectwe chose a commercially usedSubsea Riser Clampin order to show theadvantages of optimisation AI driven design-to-manufacturing methods withGenerativeDesign, and the benefits of standardisation with Topology Optimisation CAD techniques.

Original

Optimized

We chose this particular product in order to demonstrate how anything can be optimised,made better, even an already heavily standardised machine. Our aimalways remainsthereduction of material use, the increment of efficiency and performance, and the reductionof environmental impact.

Methodology

We optimised the original design proceeding by iterations, using topologyoptimisation as a primary tool and then comparing our optimal results to the generativedesigned model.We produced six possible prototypes categorised by geometry, type, degreeof standardisation, performance (FoS) and mass. In order to preserve coherency in thecomparison of our results we have chosen to leave certain parts of the original designunmodified: the cylindrical body and 75% of the plates.

Benefits

The employment of these technologies gives the ability to selectmultiplemanufacturingmethods,from additive manufacturing to three or five axismilling,minimises mass and material usewhile maintaining high-performance standards andengineering constraints,consolidates multiple componentsinto solid parts to maximise thepotential of additive manufacturing, andhelps meetingsustainabilitygoals by lightweighting products, producing less production waste and helping choose more sustainablematerials.

Final results

• The finaltopology optimised designshows a 24.9% reduction in mass and anincrement in efficiency of 44.5% by comparison with the original design: this productis about 100Kg lighter and can withstand 10800Kg more load, bringing to an overallrise in performance of 86.76%.

• Thegenerative designshows a 32.8% reduction in mass and an increment inefficiency of 40.5% by comparison with the original design: this product is about150Kg lighter and can withstand 9800Kg more load, bringing to an overall rise inperformance of 116.62%.

Subsea Riser Clam

Our Projects

Methodology

Benefits

Final results

Do you have any Projects ?

Subsea Riser Clamp

(Case Study – Topology Optimization)

Subsea Riser Clam

Our Projects

Methodology

Benefits

Final results

Do you have any Projects ?