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This document examines the use of advanced manufacturing techniques for reverse engineering a product to achieve high geometrical accuracy. It discusses three key processes: 1) producing parts using injection moulding, 2) measuring dimensions of the parts with a coordinate measuring machine, and 3) using computer-aided design software to model the parts and aid in the reverse engineering process. The goal is to extract design information from a physical product and recreate it with high dimensional precision.

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This document examines the use of advanced manufacturing techniques for reverse engineering a product to achieve high geometrical accuracy. It discusses three key processes: 1) producing parts using injection moulding, 2) measuring dimensions of the parts with a coordinate measuring machine, and 3) using computer-aided design software to model the parts and aid in the reverse engineering process. The goal is to extract design information from a physical product and recreate it with high dimensional precision.

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0 TITTLE
Advance Manufacturing (Product Quality)
2.0 OBJECTIVE
To examine quality high accuracy of geometrical product dimension of a reversed
engineering product design
3.0 INTRODUCTION
Advance manufacturing is the use of innovative technology to improve products or processes.
One of the most widely used definitions of advanced manufacturing involves the use of
technology to improve products and/or processes, with the relevant technology being
described as advance, innovative or cutting edge. For example, one organization defines
advanced manufacturing as industries that increasingly integrate new innovative technologies
in both products and processes. The rate of technology adoption and the ability to use that
technology to remain competitive and add value define the advanced manufacturing sector.
A concise definition of advanced manufacturing offered by some is manufacturing that
entails rapid transfer of science and technology (S&T) into manufacturing products and
processes. (PCAST, April 2010).
Products
Any organization practicing advanced manufacturing shall produce products characterised as:

Products with high levels of design


Technologically complex products
Innovative products
Reliable, affordable, and available products
Newer, better, more exciting products

Process Technologies
The manufacturing process technologies described in definitions of advanced manufacturing
include:

Computer technologies (CAD, CAE)


High performance computing for modelling, simulation and analysis

Reverse Engineering

The method used for this manufacturing is reverse engineering, also called back engineering
is the processes of extracting knowledge or design information from anything man-made and
re-producing it or reproducing anything based on the extracted information. The process often
involves disassembling something (a mechanical device, computer program, electric
component) and analysing its components and working in detail. However, the reverse
engineering process in itself is not concerned with creating a copy or changing the artefact in
some way, it is only an analysis in order to deduce design features from products with little or
no additional knowledge about the procedures involved in their original production. It
involves three processes which are produce parts, measure dimensions and sketch in CAD.

Produce
parts

Measure
dimensions

CAD

Produce Parts

To produce variety shapes of parts or products, injection moulding is used in this process,
where it is a process for producing parts by injecting material into a mould. Injection
moulding can be performed with a host of materials, including metals, glasses, elastomers,
confections, and most commonly thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers. Material for the

part is fed into a heated barrel, mixed, and forced into a mould cavity where it cools and
hardens to the configuration of the cavity. After a product is designed, usually by an engineer,
moulds are made by a mould maker or tool maker from metal, usually either steel or
aluminium, and precision-machined to form the features of the desired part. Injection
moulding is widely used for manufacturing a variety of parts, from the smallest components
to entire body panels of cars. Advances in 3D printing technology, using photopolymers
which do not melt during the injection moulding of some lower temperature thermoplastics,
can be used for some simple injection moulds. Parts to be injection moulded must be very
carefully designed to facilitate the moulding process; the material used for the part, the
desired shape and features of the part, the material of the mould, and the properties of the
moulding machine must all be taken into account. The versatility of injection moulding is
facilitated by this breadth of design consideration and possibilities. There are some
applications in injection moulding such as bookmark, kris, bottle caps, automotive parts and
etc.
Measure Dimensions

A coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is used to measure the dimension of the parts or
products. CMM is a device for measuring the physical geometrical characteristics of an
object. This machine may be manually controlled by an operator or it may be computer
controlled. Measurements are defines by a probe attached to the third moving axis of this
machine. Probes may be mechanical, optical, laser or white light, amongst others. A machine
which takes readings in sex degrees of freedom and displays these readings in mathematical

form is known as CMM. The typical 3D bridge CMM is composed of three axes, X, Y and
Z. These axes are orthogonal to each other in a typical 3D coordinate system. Each axis has a
scale system that indicates the location of that axis. The machine reads the input from the
touch probe, as directed by the operator or programmer, the machine then uses the XYZ
coordinates of each of these points to determine the size and position with micrometre
precision typically.
CAD
The last process involve in this manufacturing is computer aided design (CAD) to aid the
creation, modification, analysis or optimization of a design. The software used is Computer
Aided 3D Interactive Application or known as Catia, It is a multi-platform CAD/CAE/CAM
commercial software suite developed by the French Company, Dassault Systemes.
Commonly referred to as a 3D Product Lifecycle Management software suite, Catia supports
multiple stages of product development (CAX), including conceptualization design (CAD),
engineering (CAE), and manufacturing (CAM). Catia facilitates collaborative engineering
across disciplines around its 3D experience platform, including surfacing and shape design,
electrical fluid and electronic systems design, mechanical engineering and systems
engineering. Catia enables the creation of 3D parts, from 3D sketches, sheet metal,
composites, moulded, forged, or tooling parts up to the definition of mechanical assemblies.
The software provides advanced technologies for mechanical surfacing and BIW. It provides
tools to complete product definition, including functional tolerances as well as kinematics
definition. Catia provide a wide range of applications for tooling design, for both generic
tooling and mould and die.

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