Quality: Reverse Engineering Usage in the Die and Mold World - Dealing with Heavy Mesh Data Sets and How to Beat the Clock with High Quality Surface Data.

Plan to attend the IMTS 2016 Conferences to get an eye-opening look at the history of reverse engineering.


Chicago, Illinois - Gathering Scan Data (different methods: Faro (Laser), Blue light (Gom) or Aicon (White light) for Die application) 

Showing differences of scan methods

Different philosophies of scanning

Video of scanning with Gom, Faro and Minolta 

Now what do you do with this data? (Modification, measuring, comparison of Scan data, then possible machining of Scan or hybrid models)

Show clean up methods of scan data

Show measurement data comparisons between old and new

Show comparison models of old and new models 

Direct use of scan data for machining

Use of hybrid model machining

Aches and Pains of Reverse engineering for Dies and Molds

Display of Die loop using Reverse engineering

Show video of reverse engineering using a scanning system

Benefits of reverse engineering usage

About the speaker

Michael Thiessen is regional sales manager for Tebis America – west coast. He has been in sales for Tebis for over ten years and then another two years as an application specialist. Before Tebis, he was the CAD/CAM manager of Betz Pattern in Grand Rapids. Over the years, he has developed technical seminars and spoke at them and has done technical training on various modules in Tebis that cover both CAD and CAM side. He has been a speaker for PMA and is schedule to speak for Modern Machine Shop event in January/February of 2016. He has a degree from Grand Valley State.

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