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<p>Reverse engineering (RE) aims at the reproduction of products following a detailed examination of their construction or composition. Nowadays, industrial applications of RE were boosted by combining it with additive manufacturing. Printing of reverse-engineered elements has become an option particularly when spare parts are needed. In this paper, a case study was presented that explains how such an approach can be implemented in the case of products with asymmetric mechanical properties and using replacement materials. In this case study, a reverse engineering application was conducted on a textile machine spare part. To this end, the nearest material was selected to the actual material selection and some mechanical tests were made to validate it. Next, a replacement part was designed by following the asymmetric push-in pull-out characteristic. Finally, the finite element analysis with Additive Manufacturing was combined and validated experimentally.</p>
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Reverse engineering (RE) aims at the reproduction of products following a detailed examination of their construction or composition. Nowadays, industrial applications of RE were boosted by combining it with additive manufacturing. Printing of reverse-engineered elements has become an option particularly when spare parts are needed. In this paper, a case study was presented that explains how such an approach can be implemented in the case of products with asymmetric mechanical properties and using replacement materials. In this case study, a reverse engineering application was conducted on a textile machine spare part. To this end, the nearest material was selected to the actual material selection and some mechanical tests were made to validate it. Next, a replacement part was designed by following the asymmetric push-in pull-out characteristic. Finally, the finite element analysis with Additive Manufacturing was combined and validated experimentally.

Reverse Engineering of Parts with Asymmetrical Properties Using Replacement Materials

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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Reverse engineering (RE) aims at the reproduction of products following a detailed examination of their construction or composition. Nowadays, industrial...

Reverse Engineering of Parts with Asymmetrical Properties Using Replacement Materials

Published Online: Jul 13, 2022

Page range: 250 - 258

Received: Mar 17, 2022

Accepted: Jun 13, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2022-0030

Keywords
material characterisation, reverse engineering, additive manufacturing, finite element analysis, rapid prototyping

© 2022 Mehmet Aladag et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Reverse Engineering of Parts with Asymmetrical Properties Using Replacement Materials

Published Online: Jul 13, 2022

Page range: 250 - 258

Received: Mar 17, 2022

Accepted: Jun 13, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2022-0030

Keywordsmaterial characterisation, reverse engineering, additive manufacturing, finite element analysis, rapid prototyping

© 2022 Mehmet Aladag et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
material characterisation, reverse engineering, additive manufacturing, finite element analysis, rapid prototyping