A network of experts

The Grenoble Electrical Engineering Laboratory, previously known as LEG,  covers a wide spectrum of expertise in the field of Electrical engineering, espcially in electrical energy, materials, innovative processes and systems, modeling and design methods and software. Both Flux and InCa3D programs, integrated by CEDRAT in the framework of a continuous collaboration with the lab, have their origins in the historical research work performed by the G2ELab on numerical methods.  

The SPEED Laboratory is part of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Glasgow. It is the world's leading supplier of electrical machine design software, using both analytical and finite-element methods. 

SPEED software has been used to design or improve hundreds if not thousands of electric machine products over a period of 25 years.  Consultancy is included as part of the support system for SPEED Consortium members, while technical support and training are provided to all SPEED users via Distributors, all of whom (except in Japan) are associated with FLUX.

Dave Staton's PhD research studies at the University of Sheffield centred on the development of CAD software for electric machines. In 1998 he founded Motor Design Ltd, with the specific aim of developing the world's first and only motor design software to simplify the complexities of thermal analysis - Motor-CAD. It is now the world's leading software package dedicated to the optimisation of motor cooling, providing a crucial link between conventional electromagnetic design and thermal analysis.

Motor Design Ltd. is CEDRAT's distributor of FLUX and Portunus for the UK and Ireland and also distributes the SPEED software alongside their own Motor-CAD.  Motor Design Ltd. offer motor design consultancy and provide training for all the above software tools and specialised customer focused training courses. 

Adapted Solutions, a German company established in  2003, develops innovative simulation and calculation software. Core products of the company are the system simulation software Portunus and the network calculation software CERBERUS. In addition to its software development activities, Adapted Solutions offers application-specific programming, modeling and engineering services.

CEDRAT and Adapted Solutions work closely together in order to provide integrated solutions for the simulation of electromagnetic systems. The software products developed and distributed by CEDRAT offer several links (co-simulation, data export) to Portunus.

Doctor in informatics and electronics, and assistant professor at the University of Strasbourg,  Yannick Hervé is a recognized expert in the applications and industrial stakes of  VHDL-AMS language.

He has been collaborating with CEDRAT since 2008 in the framework of the MOCOSYMEC project  for the modeling and conception of mechatronic systems.

The Manitoba HVDC Research Centre performs innovative research and development in power systems, including HVDC, AC, power electronic, instrumentation, and simulation. The Centre has a highly skilled team of software development and power system application engineers pushing the field of transient simulation. The PSCAD® software, distributed by CEDRAT in Europe, has set new industry standards in power system transient simulation.

The Centre is in the unique position to be not only a software development company but also a consulting company using its tools to solve real world problems.  Currently, we have 1,218 clients in 76 countries using PSCAD and working with us to further the application of PSCAD for the future. Other innovative product provided by the Centre include the HVDC Line Fault Locator (LFL). The Manitoba HVDC Research Centre is a division of Manitoba Hydro International (MHI) and a subsidiary of Manitoba Hydro, Canada’s 4th largest utility.