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Items Tagged with 'reverse engineering'

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CT scanning capabilities

How CT Scanning Is Enhancing the Quality and Manufacturability of Medical Devices

This inspection technique is highly valuable for industrial metrology.
Derek Fenlon Eamonn O'Sullivan
November 8, 2018
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Computed tomography (CT) scanning is one of the most advanced measurement technologies available today for medical device manufacturers and molders. 


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The U.K.’s Thames Water uses Artec 3D scanners to analyze rust corrosion.

Reviving Legacy Parts through Reverse Engineering & 3D Scanning

Reverse engineering and quality control will continue to be growing applications for 3D scanning technology, along with newer opportunities in virtual and augmented reality.
Andrei Vakulenko
November 1, 2018
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What do Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Tyrannosaurus Rex named Trix, British water pipes, and a 1927 Ford Eifel have in common? They have all been digitized using professional handheld 3D scanners.


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7. Hybrid CAD:

Reverse Engineering: Outputs

Learn more about these eight options using 3D scanning.
Greg Groth
March 6, 2018
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The process of reverse engineering using 3D scanning can yield many outputs and there is certainly some confusion between them. I hope this brief explanation of options can help set you down the correct path for your needs.


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One half of the finished layup tooling.

Reverse Engineering: What’s it all about?

There are several scenarios in which reverse engineering is important for modern manufacturers.
Jon Hunwick
March 1, 2017
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The term reverse engineering can be applied to a wide range of technologies, including disassembling computer code, genetic modification, and many more. For engineering applications, it is more usually thought of as the conversion of physical parts into digital models.


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Reverse Engineering

Reverse Engineering Continues to Expand its Role in Industry

Reverse engineering parts and systems enable aircraft to keep flying or machines to keep running.
Steve Kersen
October 1, 2016
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Many new industries are employing 3D scanning not only to create 3D models of parts or products for reverse engineering but also to explore the composition and rapid production of ready-to-use parts via 3D printing.


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GD&T

Who’s the Keeper of GD&T Data?

GD&T is widely considered to be an essential tool for communicating design intent and ensuring parts meet the desired form, fit, function and assembly.
Nick Merrell
August 1, 2016
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In today’s highly specialized world of engineering it takes a village to develop and produce a component part, let alone a complete product. 


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Software_FT

Reverse Engineering: A Practical Perspective

With the right tool set the process of reverse engineering is pretty straightforward.
Jim Coy
February 2, 2015
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When most people hear the term ‘reverse engineering’ they immediately associate it with knocking off someone else’s product design.


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SoftB_FT

Reverse Engineering, Explained

Reverse engineering has changed a lot in the last decade.
Francis Leclerc Charles Morneau Yvan Germain Maxime Avril-Rault Pierre-Luc Delagrave
July 1, 2014
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Reverse engineering (RE) is the process of converting an actual object into a virtual 3-D model.


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Software & Analysis

Choose the Right Tools for Reverse Engineering

The term “reverse engineering” means different things to different people.
Jon Hunwick
May 2, 2014
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Like many other areas of manufacturing, it is easy to be dazzled by the “latest and greatest” technology and so overlook simpler, cheaper options that might be more suitable for a particular need.


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Software & Analysis

Modern Reverse Engineering of 3-D Geometry

The purposes for reverse engineering are many and varied, ranging from the need to reproduce an existing product lacking CAD documentation to acquiring sensitive information to determine possible patent infringement
Steve Kersen
May 1, 2014
One Comment

Many ideas can spring to mind when one hears the term reverse engineering.


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