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Reverse Engineering using

Pro/E Modeling & Scanning Techniques
Case Study Highlights
The Client
Industry : Automotive Parts Manufacturer
Location : USA
The Objective:
To reverse engineer crankshaft and identify accurate
dimensions needed for manufacturing.
The Solution:
The point cloud data captured was converted into
polylines & this data was then imported to Pro/E. With the
data, a Pro/E model was created which was used to carry
out further analysis of the design & create production
ready drawings, once the necessary modifications were
carried out.
The Challenges:
?
The client was facing a challenge of providing a

crankshaft to one of its clients, for which the inventory

had exhausted & no more production was carried out
by the OEM.
?
The original design of the crankshaft was not available.
?
In order to complete the engine assembly it was

required to reproduce the original design of the

crankshaft using reverse engineering techniques.

Reverse engineering benefits in obtaining useful design

information about components becoming obsolete and have
few information available to re-manufacture. It is a vital tool
to study the component design in layers of information and
identify the effort required to recreate the same.
A leading auto parts manufacturer in US was in need of
reverse engineering the crankshaft, which was designed to
be utilized in vintage cars. Due to unavailability of design
information, manufacturing the crankshaft required suitable
production ready drawings.

The Solution:
The problem was dealt with Hi-Techs three step process of
Reverse Engineering: Data digitization-Data Integration3D
CAD Modeling. To accurately reproduce the design of the
crankshaft, all the dimensions were first digitized using
manual laser scanning & CMM measurement techniques.

Benefits:
?
The Reverse Engineering techniques using CAD/CAM

enabled the client to accurately recreate the design of

the required part, for which inventory had exhausted.
?
This technique augmented the production process by

producing production ready drawings.

?
Certain design modifications as per the requirement

could be made to make the design more robust.

About Hi-Tech

Author: Gaurang Trivedi

Hi-Tech Outsourcing Services is a specialist firm providing engineering solutions to organizations across the globe.
We have extensive experience in providing concept to manufacturing and post-manufacturing solutions to clients with
a team of expert design engineers, CAD professionals and simulation analysts. We are based in India and USA,
serving 24x6, with a world-class infrastructure, hardware and software capabilities to address complex engineering
problems with least turn around time.

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Services

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Email: info@hitechcaddservices.com

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Hi-Tech Outsourcing Services

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Santa Clara, CA 95054

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