Abstract:
The concept of rapid product development (RPD) has become an important aspect of integrated approach to reengineering and redesigning of industrial components. A methodology for the development of a reverse engineering (RE) technique is presented for use in the rapid product development in a CIM environment. The system developed provides integration, data capture and manipulation, data transfer between a CAD, CAM, computer-aided inspection (CAI) and a 3-D profile scanning system. An efficient multi-scanning strategy is developed for scanning and surfaces data acquisition. A mathematical surface model is used to develop a 3-D model of the product and final inspection is carried out using a CNC-CMM. The developed reverse engineering application in an integrated manufacturing system can increase the consistency, reduce production lead-time and skills required to redesign, reengineer and to reproduce components.
Key words:
Reverse engineering Integrated computeraided manufacturing (ICAM) Coordinate measuring machine (CMM) Computer-aided design (CAD)
* Selected from Proceedings
of International Symposium of Advanced Manufacturing
Technology (ISAMT'2001); revised manuscript July 20, 2002
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