What are the essential points to check when reverse engineering!? <Part 3 - Components>
Introduction
Even though we use the single term "reverse engineering," the work we're dealing with is incredibly diverse, involving a wide variety of machines and parts.
Performing reverse engineering analyses on such a wide variety of subjects is no easy task.
In fact, there are several points that you must pay attention to when performing reverse engineering. We will explain these points in several columns!
What are parts?
This column will focus on the repair of damaged machine parts.
While parts can refer to anything assembled into a machine, this time we'll focus on the parts that surround a damaged component.
Why the surrounding parts instead of the target part?
1. It contains various kinds of information.
In most cases, not only the damaged part, but also the surrounding parts are affected by the damage.
For example, if the damage is around the shaft, the bearings holding the shaft in place may also be affected and become distorted, or something may get caught in them while it rotates, resulting in deformation such as dents.
The deformation of the surrounding parts allows us to more accurately infer what kind of force caused the deformation, so the presence of surrounding parts also helps us understand more.
2. Reverse engineering proceeds smoothly.
Reverse engineering involves redesigning an existing component from scratch.
If we don't know not only the target part but also the parts it's assembled with, it becomes impossible to determine tolerances and surface properties when issuing machining instructions based on part drawings. This necessitates investigation, and that time is returned as design costs.
When reverse engineering parts for repair, it's best to have photos of the parts assembled together, as well as all the surrounding parts that were removed.
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