--- title: "Built for impact: Optimize heavy equipment design with DEM simulation" --- [![Altair Engineering Inc. logo](https://altair.com/images/default-source/default-album/footerlogo.svg) ](https://www.altair.com) [Terms of Use](https://www.siemens.com/global/en/general/terms-of-use.html) |  [Privacy Notice](https://www.sw.siemens.com/en-US/privacy-policy/) |  [Data Privacy Framework](https://altair.com/privacy-framework) |  [Cookie Notice](https://altair.com/cookie-notice) |  [DMCA](https://sw.siemens.com/en-US/dmca) |  [Whistleblowing](https://www.siemens.com/global/en/company/about/compliance/reporting-channels.html) |  Cookie Consent © Altair Engineering Inc. All Rights Reserved. ![SIM_Webinar_EDEM_Hubspot_1920x450](https://web.altair.com/hubfs/GBL-HETR-2025-06-WB-SIM-EDEM-MiningConstruction/SIM_Webinar_EDEM_Hubspot_1920x450.jpg) [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://web.altair.com//built-for-impact-optimize-heavy-equipment-design-with-dem-simulation%20&body=Check%20out%20https://web.altair.com//built-for-impact-optimize-heavy-equipment-design-with-dem-simulation](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://web.altair.com//built-for-impact-optimize-heavy-equipment-design-with-dem-simulation%20&body=Check%20out%20https://web.altair.com//built-for-impact-optimize-heavy-equipment-design-with-dem-simulation) # BUILT FOR IMPACT: HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPTIMIZATION WITH DEM SIMULATION ## Improve material flow, material-machine interaction and durability On Demand Webinar Series ![Excavator-EDEM-MS](https://web.altair.com/hubfs/GBL-HETR-2025-06-WB-SIM-EDEM-MiningConstruction/Excavator-EDEM-MS.jpg) Designing equipment to endure the abrasive, high-impact conditions of mining, construction, and road-making demands more than traditional engineering approaches. This two-part webinar series delves into **how Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulation is revolutionizing the design, testing, and optimization of heavy equipment**—before it ever touches the ground. **Learn how ****DEM Simulation can help you to: ** - Accelerate innovation while lowering testing costs. - Improve Equipment Design and Performance. - Reduce fuel usage, wear, and optimize for efficiency. - Accelerate equipment design reducing assumptions taken. - Integrate digital twins, AI, and multiphysics for smarter systems.   In the sessions, we explore how bulk materials—such as rocks, soil, ores, and aggregates—interact with machinery, and why **understanding their behavior under varying conditions **is critical to performance. Altair EDEM enables engineers to simulate and analyse these interactions virtually, providing valuable insights that enhance reliability, capacity, and efficiency. Explore how DEM Simulation in the design process leads to **smarter decisions, reduced prototyping costs, and faster development cycles.** Each session will last 1 hour and include a live Q&A with our technical experts. ## Webinars - Sign up for your Industry Session ![Belt-Feeder](https://web.altair.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GBL-HETR-2025-06-WB-SIM-EDEM-MiningConstruction/Belt-Feeder.jpg?width=869&name=Belt-Feeder.jpg) # Optimizing Mining Equipment **Get clarity where physical testing is costly or limited **and evaluate designs and optimize the equipment and processes like the material flow through crushers and size distribution obtained, or wear prediction in dump trucks. This session provides you - **A brief technology introduction** - **Real-world mining applications: **Crushing & screening, wheel loader and dump truck performance, feeder, chute, and mill optimization, boring and other material handling analysis - **Advanced applications: **Multiphysics with Structure and Fluid interaction Speedup Simulations using reduced-order models Optimizing equipment efficiently with AI trained with DEM data   [Watch on demand Webinar! ](https://altair.com/resource/mining-equipment-optimization-with-dem-simulation?lang=en) ![Dump_Truck](https://web.altair.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GBL-HETR-2025-06-WB-SIM-EDEM-MiningConstruction/Dump_Truck.jpg?width=1022&name=Dump_Truck.jpg) # Optimizing Construction & Road Making Equipment   **Get unmatched insights** into how grab buckets, wheel loaders, excavators and others perform under realistic material loading and movement conditions. This session combines **foundational knowledge **with r**eal-world applications**, including: - A brief technology introduction - Construction and Road-Making **Advanced applications:** - Coupling DEM with multiphysics Simulation - Using reduced-order models for faster design iterations - Applying machine learning/AI to DEM-generated data for predictive modeling and decision support [Watch on demand Webinar! ](https://altair.com/resource/built-for-impact-construction-equipment-optimization-with-dem-simulation?lang=en) ## Speaker ![Ignacio_sq](https://web.altair.com/hubfs/Ignacio_sq.jpg) #### Ignacio Diez Alonso Senior Solutions Engineer **Altair** Since joining Altair EDEM in 2019, Ignacio Diez Alonso has helped engineering teams apply Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulation to model bulk material behavior in industries like mining, construction, and heavy machinery. As a Senior Solutions Engineer, he focuses on integrating DEM into multi-physics workflows. In this webinar, he’ll showcase advanced use cases, model setup strategies, and best practices for aligning DEM simulations with real-world performance. [Contact the speaker ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ignacio-diezalonso/)