Reverse Engineering
Client:
Skytrex
Project:
Reverse Engineering
Industry:
Model Trains
Skytrex are a long and well established model making company specialising in highly detailed and accurate model representations of trains, ships, and military vehicles for enthusiasts. As part of a MAS funded project, we were tasked with helping to update production techniques using rapid prototyping technologies.
Advanced 3D CAD modelling techniques were employed to create replica “0 Gauge” models of locomotives on SolidWorks.
Final assembling, colouring and detail is completed within their own workshop. For those who know their trains we have so far completed Class 45, Deltic and 31 locomotives.
This has enabled Skytrex to produce models at large volumes using rapid prototyping technologies at the touch of a button. This has greatly reduced their labour costs, time to market and ultimately increased their profits.
Client:
D&S Fabrications
Project:
Reverse Engineering
Industry:
Waste Disposal
A manufacturer of waste compactors approached P1 Technology to bring their existing design process up to date in order to streamline and speed up their time to completion. Their existing methods consisted of passing hand drawings to fabricators which changed invariably according to customer specifications.
Their bespoke compactors were most commonly one off but a large number of standard parts were used. P1 Technology intervened by reverse engineering their CP40 compactor to create individual CAD modelled 3D parts and assemblies to produce 2D drawings for their in house fabricators. This has allowed them to easily access drawings, make changes and also outsource laser cut steel parts including sheet metal and standard parts.
This was an extremely rewarding project in that it allowed D&S Fabrications to reduce part costs, speed up manufacturing process and in turn increase efficiency.
Client:
CNC Rotary
Project:
Reverse Engineering
Industry:
Industrial Machines
CNC Rotary specialise in rotary tables for machining. The aim of this project was to reverse engineer a highly detailed and bespoke CNC turning machine prototype to produce drawings for mass manufacture. Over thirty machine parts were measured in high detail and assembled to extremely tight tolerances.
Every component was measured, modelled in 3D, and brought into a complex assembly to check and verify the fit and materials. Drawing numbers, part and assembly 2D drawings were generated with machining production in mind, including surface finishes, machining process, detailed material specification, sections, tolerances, ejector pins, location pins and fixing holes.