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Reverse Engineering of Objects & Systems

Reverse Engineering requires extracting design or as-built information from a part or assembly of parts in order to duplicate or enhance them. While reverse engineering is known for its use in product design, it can also be used to address many other engineering functions such as custom manufacturing, facilities/plant engineering, architectural, and civil engineering. Duplicating an item based on an examination of its components and construction allows our metrologists to discover how an object or system works, particularly when that object’s instructions or manuals are no longer available or were never originally created. This discovery is used in turn to replicate the object down to its internal functioning.

Reverse Engineering of Objects & Systems

Reverse Engineering requires extracting design or as-built information from a part or assembly of parts in order to duplicate or enhance them. While reverse engineering is known for its use in product design, it can also be used to address many other engineering functions such as custom manufacturing, facilities/plant engineering, architectural, and civil engineering. Duplicating an item based on an examination of its components and construction allows our metrologists to discover how an object or system works, particularly when that object’s instructions or manuals are no longer available or were never originally created. This discovery is used in turn to replicate the object down to its internal functioning.

Benefits of Reverse Engineering Services

  • Archival Documentation: Reverse engineering can help with archival documentation and product benchmarking, which is the comparison of a product’s performance and functionality against other similar products

  • Facility Maintenance: Reverse engineering can assist with equipment placement and installation, as well as archival documentation of systems and products used when prior documentation does not exist or is limited
  • Custom Manufacturing: Reverse engineering is a key component in understanding and replicating custom-fit products and medical devices. It allows our team to capture the mechanical functions of an object that may otherwise deteriorate before fully understood

Benefits of Reverse Engineering Services

  • Archival Documentation: Reverse engineering can help with archival documentation and product benchmarking, which is the comparison of a product’s performance and functionality against other similar products

  • Facility Maintenance: Reverse engineering can assist with equipment placement and installation, as well as archival documentation of systems and products used when prior documentation does not exist or is limited
  • Custom Manufacturing: Reverse engineering is a key component in understanding and replicating custom-fit products and medical devices. It allows our team to capture the mechanical functions of an object that may otherwise deteriorate before fully understood

Color Map Inspection of a Car Engine

Additional Reverse Engineering Applications

Additional Reverse Engineering Applications

Product Design & Custom Manufacturing

  • Legacy Part Repair and Re-Manufacturing

  • Product Benchmarking

  • Documentation and Archival

  • Product Redesign

  • Custom-Fit Products

  • Medical Devices

Facilities Maintenance & Plant Engineering

  • Site Documentation and Measurement

  • As-Is Analysis

  • Equipment Placement and Installation

  • Documentation and Archival

Architectural & Civil
Engineering

  • Defect/Deterioration Documentation

  • Remodeling and Repair

  • Site Planning

Architectural & Civil Engineering

  • Defect/Deterioration Documentation

  • Remodeling and Repair

  • Site Planning

Reverse Engineering of a 1975 Jeep Brake Drum

Versatile Data Collection

To begin the reverse engineering process, our metrologists capture all interior/exterior measurements of an object and/or part. The hardware used for this includes: laser line scanners, white/blue light scanners, and CT scanners. Line scanners are generally used for a quick but accurate collection of data from an object, while white and blue light scanners are employed for more detailed work. The CT scanners are brought in for a non-destructive approach to interior data collection.

Reverse Engineering of a 1975 Jeep Brake Drum

Versatile Data Collection

To begin the reverse engineering process, our metrologists capture all interior/exterior measurements of an object and/or part. The hardware used for this includes: laser line scanners, white/blue light scanners, and CT scanners. Line scanners are generally used for a quick but accurate collection of data from an object, while white and blue light scanners are employed for more detailed work. The CT scanners are brought in for a non-destructive approach to interior data collection.

Versatile Data Collection

To begin the reverse engineering process, our metrologists capture all interior/exterior measurements of an object and/or part. The hardware used for this includes: laser line scanners, white/blue light scanners, and CT scanners. Line scanners are generally used for a quick but accurate collection of data from an object, while white and blue light scanners are employed for more detailed work. The CT scanners are brought in for a non-destructive approach to interior data collection.

Reverse Engineering of a 1975 Jeep Brake Drum

Versatile Data Collection

To begin the reverse engineering process, our metrologists capture all interior/exterior measurements of an object and/or part. The hardware used for this includes: laser line scanners, white/blue light scanners, and CT scanners. Line scanners are generally used for a quick but accurate collection of data from an object, while white and blue light scanners are employed for more detailed work. The CT scanners are brought in for a non-destructive approach to interior data collection.

Example Reverse Engineering Outputs

Example Reverse Engineering Outputs

Reverse Engineering - CAD Model

The process of taking a manufactured part with inherent process errors and making a 3D model that is true (square, round, parallel, perpendicular, etc.).

Hybrid CAD Model

Defining an object’s 3D geometry with solid modeling. To achieve this, CAD is used to recreate prismatic features.

Reverse Engineering - NURBS Surface Model

Used to define a 3D point cloud of mesh and defines all open surfaces, showing visibility to imperfections captured.

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