Research on Model Reconstruction and NC Machining for Blade Based on Reverse Engineering
CAD/CAM techniques together with NC machining allow to reduce products manufacturing time and costs. The aim of this paper is to present a brief overview of reverse engineering as a necessary phase which provides benefits to the design and production processes in advance. Taking blades as object of study, one method is proposed to improve the design efficiency for blades model reconstruction and NC machining. The process consists of three main components: 3D optical digitizing, model reconstruction and NC machining. First of all, point cloud data acquisition is made through camera type 3D scanner, and the data pre-processing is made by Geomagic software, then it is imported in CATIA software for model reconstruction and generating NC code. Results show that this method can improve the efficiency of blades model reconstruction.