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Application of reverse engineering process in mold manufacturing industry

This paper presents reverse engineering approach in molds making. Conventional forward engineering for mass produced parts that employ molds, is often too expensive and does not complete the time requirements. Therefore this approach has a negative effect on the economy of production. In order to solve this problem, manufacturing industry is forced to implement a reverse engineering approach due to its significant advances and practical application in this field. Reverse engineering process in molds making industry, presented in this paper, involves the use of 3D scanner as a device to capture and digitize the data from the existing object. Measurement data are acquired by 3D stereo- photogrammetric scanning. Processing the measurement data by CATIA V5 software a CAD model was created. The analysis and modifications of design are preformed on that CAD model. Due to the improvement of design, additional machining used in making the initial object, was avoided. Molds corresponding the modified CAD model were made using 3D printing technology.

reverse engineering; CAD; surface creation; mold; three-dimensional printing

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