Use of Reverse Engineering in Aerospace Industry
By: Martin Brett
Date: 21/05/2011
One of the major hurdles in aerospace industry is designing of associated hard tooling at lowest
possible cost.
Many aircrafts made 40 years ago are still in operation and...
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Use of Reverse Engineering in Aerospace Industry
By: Martin Brett
Date: 21/05/2011
One of the major hurdles in aerospace industry is designing of associated hard tooling at lowest
possible cost.
Many aircrafts made 40 years ago are still in operation and hard tooling for
various airplane parts is vital for repair and retrofit.
Tooling is the standard for building parts
because drawings and CAD models are not available or have become obsolete.
For any
aerospace or aircraft making company it is of utmost importance to keep aging airplane flying
to save cost rather than invest in building new airplane.
Cutting down hard tooling costs is vital
to improve profit margins.
Reverse engineering of aerospace components is not new in the industry.
It is combined process
of scanning old parts/tools/molds and convert those scans into 3D models for further
enhancement.
Several types of Reverse engineering software (RapidForm, IGES, and Inventor)
are used to generate core 3D CAD model and the
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