Newton Professional – Includes all available features of the software. The professional version can be used to solve a wide range of engineering problems in both the mining industry as well as other fields. Imported surfaces can be given a range of custom movement profiles. Multiple material generation points and multiple materiel sets can be used in the same simulation.

Newton Professional is AC-Tek’s most powerful DEM software package.

Newton Basic – Identical to the professional license except for a few limitations: The Basic version limits the cluster count to 150,000 and only one material generation point is available. However, imported geometries can still be given custom movement profiles to solve a wide range of engineering problems. Impact and abrasion wear is not available in the basic version.

Newton Basic allows users to model a wide range of engineering problems at an affordable cost.

Newton Chute – Developed for users focused on transfer chute design. It is an extremely powerful, yet easy to use version of the software. It goes hand and hand with AC-Tek’s Sidewinder conveyor design software. Newton Chute is identical to the professional version and gives all the same performance and features. This includes impact and abrasive wear data recording: Newton Chute limits the cluster count to 350,000 (and up to one million spheres) with a single material generation point. This is typically more than adequate to simulate even the most difficult transfer chute designs. All surface velocities and movement profiles are specified using the built in conveyor geometries.

Newton chute is an amazingly powerful and easy to use tool for transfer chute deigns. By providing it to the industry at an affordable pricing point AC-Tek is revolutionizing the industries use of DEM software and improving troublesome transfer chutes around the world!

The table below shows the exact difference between various versions of the software.

Newton
Basic

Newton
Chute

Newton
Professional

PARTICLES

Maximum number of spheres

850,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

Maximum number of clusters*

150,000

350,000

1,000,000

Maximum number of material generation locations

Material properties input (friction, cohesion, liquid content, etc.)

1 Set

Unlimited

Create custom cluster shapes

Yes

Import cluster shapes via DXF and CSV files

Yes

Create custom particle sets

Yes

Simulate hanging chains using clusters

Yes

Record cluster impact and abrasive wear

Yes

3D CAD SUPPORT

AutoCAD Inventor / Solid Edge / Solid Works
.stp, .step, .stl, .iges, .igs file formats

Yes

AutoCAD .dxf file importing

Yes

GEOMETRY

Maximum total layer count
(imported layers + geometry generated within Newton)

Automatic belt generation for chute designs

1 Belt

2 Belts

3 Belts

Simulate 3-Roll conveyor belts

Yes

Simulate 5-Roll conveyor belts

Yes

Simulate apron feeders

Yes

Simulate chain feeders

Yes

Simulate en masse feeders

Yes

Simulate bucket elevators

Yes

Specify surface properties per-layer

Yes

Assign layer surface velocities
* limited to conveyor belt surfaces

Yes

Yes*

Yes

Assign layer linear and rotational motion

Yes

Assign layer cyclic linear and cyclic rotational motion

Yes

Create custom layer movement profiles

Yes

Record layer impact and abrasive wear

Yes

Record layer forces

Yes

Insert particle kill-boxes

Up to 10

SOLVER

Multi-core processing

1 – 16
cores

Simulation file queuing

Yes

Solver license count (more can be purchased)

Network license sharing

Yes

POST PROCESSING

Keyframe animation generation (AVI format)

Yes

Single-frame playback file generation

Yes

Export layers and particles to DXF file

Yes

Plot and export tonnage data to CSV file

Yes

Plot and export wear data to CSV file

Yes

Plot and export force data to CSV file

Yes

Network pre/post-processing users

Free ‘Newton Viewer’ software distribution to enable clients to view playback files

Yes

Licensing Options & Pricing

Newton Basic & Chute License
Newton Basic and Newton Chute use a USB dongle which must be installed on the computer running the software. All pre and post processing, as well as the DEM simulation calculations are performed on this computer.

Newton Professional License
Normally installed on a separate standalone computer dedicated to running DEM simulations. The software can be installed on multiple PC’s, and two users can also be performing pre/post processing calculations simultaneously. For example: One user many be preparing a DEM situation, another user may be post processing results, and the server may be running a DEM simulation.

SOFTWARE PRICING

Newton Basic License

Newton Professional – Annual Maintenance
(per license, required)

$8,495

$1,495 per year

Newton Chute License

** $1,500 Discount Limited Time Offer
(Sidewinder Users – July 31, 2023)

Newton Professional – Annual Maintenance
(per license, required)

$6,995

$5,495**

$1,295 per year

Newton Professional License

**25% Discount Limited Time Offer
(valid for all orders placed before July 31, 2023)

Additional Newton Professional Licenses

Newton Professional – Annual Maintenance
(per license, required)

$24,950

$18,725**

$12,750

$5,495 per year

The first year maintenance payment is included in the purchase price of the license. After this, the annual maintenance payment for each license is required for continued use of the software.

30 day technical support is included with any professional licenses. Hourly technical support and Newton training courses are also available. Please contact AC-Tek to obtain a quotation for Newton training.

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