No drawings or specs for a part? The experienced team at Alloy Fabricators can help you solve this common problem. We offer the capabilities to “reverse engineer” a part, by helping draw up, design and fabricate a part based on measurements and visual inspection.
Do parts continually fail and require extensive maintenance? Is there something just not working right that requires so much adjustment that a new part makes better sense to optimize your processes? Or worst of all, is a broken part causing a complete line shutdown? If you need to duplicate a part or create a new part from scratch, our precision metal fabricators can work with you to find a solution.
Site Visits
Sometimes a site visit is the first step. For example, a company might need a replacement part with modifications to fit onto a large piece of capital equipment that obviously cannot be moved. On occasion, our engineers have even gone onto a roof to measure and record specifications for a new piece of ductwork, custom-fabricated from stainless steel. Whatever the reason, Alloy Fabricators is willing to travel locally on site to perform necessary visual inspections and measurements.
Know-How
It takes a trained eye and the proper expertise to match a visual inspection with the correct measurements for precision, depth and detail. It takes an experienced machinist familiar with metals and materials and their varying performance characteristics to then select the proper material and determine the steps, processes and treatment it will require to create a finished part. In short, it requires know-how, or a blend of expertise with engineering and material science combined with the knowledge of available machinery and capabilities.
Basic Steps
With all of that in the background, the basic steps towards reverse engineering might follow this process:
- Part inspection and rough measurements
- Cost estimate
- Precise measurements
- Material recommendations
- CAD drawing
- Collaboration to final specifications
- Outline processing methods and steps
- Manufacturing of the part
Alloy Fabricators offers its customers and established manufacturing firms the ability to purchase single or small part lots. In the case of custom, reverse engineering, the result is often a single part, ranging from simple construction with slight geometry to the highly complex. Companies that need a reverse engineered solution will find a willing partner at Alloy Fabricators. Give us a call, 330-948-3535, or check out our capabilities.