Tech Brief 01-05-009 Reverse Engineering Can Opener Click here to view it as PDF Problem: Lifetime Hoan was interested in updating the design of one of their manual can openers (Figure 1), however there were no drawings of the existing parts. Traditional Method:...
Tech Brief 01-01-012 Reverse Engineering Flight Grip 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...
Tech Brief 01-05-018 Reverse Engineering Phoenix Award Click here to view it as PDF Problem: When the DOD wanted to make scaled duplicates of the Phoenix Award for Maintenance Excellence, they called NeoMetrix. Traditional Method: Contracting an artist to recreate a...
Tech Brief 01-05-015 Reverse Engineering a Custom Guitar Click here to view it as PDF Problem: Custom made guitars are works of art created by hours of shaping and sanding by hand by a skilled luthier. However, creation of a 3D CAD model is required for mass...
NASA – Scanning Orion Heat Shield Ablator Heat Shield for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle Click here to view it as PDF America will send a new generation of explorers to the moon aboard NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle, or CEV. Making its first flights early...