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Rochester, New York Section |
Inspection and Reverse Engineering
Wednesday, November
10th5:30 - 8:00
RIT’s Xerox Auditorium
Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Building 9
For directions,
see http://facilities.rit.edu/maps/
Come join us for an ASME Engineering workshop and technology
demonstration. Dave Benton of ProCorr will speak about reverse
engineering. He'll demonstrate some portable equipment. Learn about the
difference between camera and laser-based measurement systems. Both 2D
and 3D systems will be discussed.
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Real-time laser scanning inspection systems allow inspection of parts with or without CAD models using a laser scanning probe to collect data. Learn about the strengths and weakness of each technology. One size does not fit all.
Data collection and software packages will be discussed. Following the presentation we will break up into small groups with the opportunity for hands-on demonstrations.
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The latest scanning technologies provide the ability to collect tremendous amounts of point cloud data quickly and easily, and with increasing accuracy. As data collection devices have advanced, the software packages required to manage and manipulate the resulting data files have had to become much more robust. The evening’s presentations and demonstrations will highlight the current state of scanning for both inspection and modeling applications.
On the inspection side, manufacturers are increasingly focused on integrating quality control ever more directly into the manufacturing process. Advances in contact and non-contact probing technologies for data collection, as well as advancing software capabilities for data manipulation and analysis, are providing increased throughput of quality parts. Metrology equipment suppliers have developed hardware suited to either shop floor or lab environments, and simplified operator interfaces, enabling the transfer of data collection responsibilities, and in some cases data analysis responsibilities, to production personnel on the floor, thus streamlining processes and helping to optimize the utilization of production machinery.
In a parallel development, model creation has taken advantage of these same advances in collecting and working with point cloud data, thus speeding, simplifying and enhancing reverse engineering, and providing tools for better management of processes. Whether incorporated in the product design and development process, or the recreation of legacy components, reverse engineering or digitizing of physical parts has taken great strides in recent years.
Each of the many data collection and manipulation options has its specific strengths and weaknesses, and so there is no single tool that is best suited to all applications. We will spend some time discussing some of the factors to consider in selecting technologies based upon the relative merits of several competing technologies.
Following the presentation and discussions, we will provide demonstrations of a couple of specific non-contact scanning systems and software options.
