Reverse Engineering Can Opener

Reverse Engineering Can Opener

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:...
Reverse Engineering Flight Grip

Reverse Engineering Flight Grip

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...
Reverse Engineering Phoenix Award

Reverse Engineering Phoenix Award

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...
Reverse Engineering a Custom Guitar

Reverse Engineering a Custom Guitar

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

NASA – Scanning Orion Heat Shield

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...