The IMAGINE, company is located in France (Roanne) and was founded in 1986 by Michael LEBRUN, in the basis of research work into power hydraulic, specializing in modeling-simulation of complex engineering systems.

IMAGINE has become an international company, with a U.S. branch and distributors in Korea, Japan, Germany and U.K.

The IMAGINE's system, AMESim, is the fluid power software for virtual prototypes.

IMAGINE also offers consulting expertise and regular courses in the field of use of numerical simulation software such as AMESim , ACSL , MATLAB, SIMULINK , theory and practice of fluid power, modeling and simulation ( bond-graph, numerical aspects of simulation...), control of electro-hydraulic systems.

Histórico:

LASHIP has been working on Hydraulic and Pneumatics for about 20 years with undergraduate teaching and 15 years with graduate teaching/research.

	Objectives Fundamental priority: Excellence in undergraduate and graduate courses. Complementary Goal: Excellence in hydraulic and pneumatic research in both national and international scenarios.
Member of NFPA and Fluid Power Net

General Actuation

Study of hydraulic and pneumatic components and circuits. Application and Continuous Adjustment of Correlated Disciplines and Technologies, such as:

• Fluid Mechanics;
• Control Theory;
• Automation;
• Mechatronics;
• Computer Science.

Searching for modern solutions for the challenges in the industrial and academic fields.

Besides these partners, our system also had the support of a US expert in fluid power, see this opinion.

I also see this software as a training tool for new engineers and
maintenance persons and a way for experienced persons
to lessen their work load when it applies to hydraulic circuit design."

Bud Trinkel, Fluid Power Consultant in the United States