Tech Brief 01-01-012

Problem:

Flight simulators and maintenance trainers require components to have the same look and feel as those in the original aircraft.

Traditional Method:

Purchase components, which can be very expensive, or attempt to reverse engineer using calipers and hand tools. This is extremely time consuming and produces questionable results.

NeoMetrix Solution:

• Original part (Figure 1) is Laser scanned in house using the Konica Minolta Range 7 scanner. (accuracy of .0015”)
• Scan Data is registered, merged, and aligned in Rapidform XOR to produce a polygon mesh (Figure 2).
• Mesh is used as a reference to develop solid model.

NeoMetrix Advantage:

• Feasible to obtain quality data previously unavailable by other means.
• Accurate model in Parasolid or IGES formats.
• 3D model available to Manufacture, Rapid Prototype, or run analysis (FEA, CFD).

Figure 1 – Original Flight Grip

Figure 2 – Laser Scanned Data

Figure 3 – Final Solid Model