Case Study
Reverse Engineering of Heavy Machine shop for Planning and maintenance
Sector
- Engineering
Service
- 3D Laser Scanning & Parametric Modelling
Location
- Gujarat, Hazira
Client Profile
Tools & Technologies Used
- FARO Focus Laser Scanner
- FARO SCENE
- Parametric Modelling Software
Project Impact
High-fidelity 3D digital representation
Full facility captured for planning & maintenance
Reduced rework, no manual measurements
Business Requirement
The client, a heavy engineering company operating out of Hazira, needed reverse engineering of every machine in their machine shop along with complete as-built drawings. This included reverse engineering 14 machines in Parametric and parametric modelling of the entire HMC shop to support documentation and future design work.
Proposed Solution
We carried out 3D laser scanning across the shop floor, with all machines cleaned beforehand to ensure clean, usable data capture. Machines were kept switched off during scanning to avoid vibration and movement interfering with the scan data. For close-range detail on individual machine components, we used a Hexagon Absolute Arm scanner alongside FARO Focus for the broader shop scans. The point cloud data was processed in FARO SCENE and carried into parametric modelling software, where the 14 machines were rebuilt as Parametric models alongside the as-built drawings for the HMC shop.
Challenges Faced
Several machines in the shop were tall, requiring our team to climb on top of them to capture scan data from elevated positions. The floor around the machines was coated in oil from regular operation, which caused the tripod legs to slip repeatedly during setup, making it difficult to keep the scanner stable while working at height.