Ingeniería inversa como método de inspección: caso de estudio en la industria aeronáutica

Abstract

Manufacturing companies are pushed to optimize their production processes with in a short time frame due to the constantly challenging economic environment. However, some industries, such as aeronautics, do not present the degree of repeatability in their production processes to an extent that allows to control, measure, and improve the internal quality system. The lack of high volume production and iterative data, in addition to the manual nature of the processes, does not enable the use of standard methods. Statistical tools that work well in other industries cannot be applied in low volume businesses such as the aeronautics. This paper contributes to the analysis of different perspectives on how to handle the application of reverse engineering to digitalize, redesign, and optimize a component from a 3D surface. A new methodology is presented to optimize the measurement system so that it contributes to the gathering of accurate dimensions of a physical component. The implementation of an optical scanner is required to capture multiple data, filter the noise, and perform a statistical study to show the efficiency of the implemented technology on this aeronauti cal application.