at the beginning, there is always an idea. this is only one percent of the rollercoaster, ninetynine percent is to turn the idea into a powerful, economically approved solution, that solves a problem for a wide addressable, best case, global market. novventos guys are engineers, we make brave decisions in milliseconds, unblended from money-driven micro-managers. work hard, fail fast. have fun.
if the business is to harvest energy from airflows, basically, the best mechanical design bring the trophy. in this feasibility phase we design the core mechanical functionality, no focus on production costs or beautiness. the result is a package that can be used, in further steps, for simulation as well as for being able to simply create a physical functional prototype.
simulation, especially cfd simulation, is crucial to steer developments in the right direction. we run autodesk cfd 2024 models on a watercooled 32core machine, night and day, to find out the best air flow designs for our turbines. that saves time and money, and brings deep insights about what happens inside our turbines. a lot of settings and adjustments can be analyzed to find out which one is worth to be realized.
to be fast in deploying, we set up a powerful infrastructure, including a test lab with professional tools & devices. the warehouse is well equipped with standard parts as well as with components like drives, sensors, electrical stuff and raw materials from aluminum to stainless steel. many parts that are necessary for our prototypes can be 3d printed. so we do - with our bambu. skilled experts do the job at the speed of light. Being on site every day, living & feeling the progress, we discuss the results hands on, to head over directly to the redesign phase.
time to get a machine on the floor. the proven mechanical concept gets redesigned in a way, so that it will be easy to assemble & maintain, and cost efficient to be fit for sale - and strong enough to resist all weather / wind conditions. properly derived bill of materials for the erp system, perfectly documented for the whole life time cycle. based on this, next step is to define all the sensors and drives needed to operate the plant. doublecheck, if the plc is good with that, and that the datamine can process all the generated points in its model. if yes to all, production, buying and assembly starts for a zero batch. our approach for the market-pre launch: (i) local (ii) europe (iii) world - no limits.
we built up our own wind channel test environment, from scratch, meeting our requirements. here we challenge and improve the turbines. in addition, we have a bunch of friendly spots to test new machines in real conditions. a huge amount of data is generated continuously, and can be sent to our digital mine from every place on earth. this data helps us to understand what we have created. that is not ai, no idea from ai. receiving experience, we restart the circle. development never ends. if you think once, everything is perfect, it will last seconds, and your competitors are in front of you.