Just because your distributor has told you that the broken part you need isn't in stock, or worse yet, that it is no longer produced, we can get you a replacement. We have developed a cradle-to-grave approach to re-engineering your part.

 Beginning with a Romer PCMM to accurately digitize the part,we seemlessly model it using High Res and Solidworks CAD. Once the features of the model are completed, we have several options. First, we can print the part using our Stratasys Dimension 3D printer in ABS plastic to check our data gathering and model accuracy. We can use the ABS part to make a casting. If the part can be machined from a billet we can use the Solidworks CAM model to drive our CNC G-codes using the intergrated Solidcam CAM package and just go ahead and make the part.

An example of our technique follows:

The cam on the left was broken during use by a customer. Using our Romer arm and Hipp 3D software as a bridge to our Solidworks CAM package, we modeled the cam in two pieces. We then digitally merged the two pieces using known data of the bolt hole timing, and machined a perfect replica of the Solidworks model using our Mazak V-414 and Solidcam. We did this in one day! Needless to say, our customer appreciated getting his part back and his machine  back running quickly.  Our technique has been perfected to use on other prismatic type parts where a duplicate replacement is needed ASAP and manufacturing drawings don't exist.