Experimental study on reverse engineering in case of composite materials cut by water jet cutting

Abstract

The main objective of the paper consists in remanufacturing of a part, through Abrasive Water Jet Cutting, using a method of reverse engineering based on 3D scanning. The characteristics of this process, the equipment and the main applications are presented. The research starts with manufacturing of a master model made by CFRP. This master model is a complex part cut by abrasive water jet cutting. In scanning process was used the 3D Scanner Artec Space Spider and the point cloud was processed using Artec Studio 11 software. By using this new 3D model was manufactured a new part, with the same setup. The quality characteristics (accuracy and surface quality) of this part was compared with the master model. The paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of this reverse engineering method applied on abrasive water jet cutting process.