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Reverse Engineering and Why We Do It

What is reverse engineering? It is a process that was originally introduced during the Second World War in order to have a sense of the advancements and research that the enemy has accomplished. One device or object would be found during battle and brought back to intelligence headquarters. Then the engineers and scientists would reverse [...]

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Reverse Engineering and Legal Matters

In the United States, reverse engineering is usually legal in most senses of the phrase. If a product is patented, then the inventor is already required to submit blueprints of the designs and step by step procedures. This ‘public disclosure of an invention’ ensures that the inventor has not duplicated another product that has a [...]

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Outsourcing Contract Inspection

While many companies have long relied upon their own team of inspectors and quality control workers, there are a number of reasons why many of them have recently made the switch to outsourcing their company’s contract inspection needs. One of the main reasons that these businesses are looking to outsource these inspections is financial. Modern [...]

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Scaling a manufactured part to size

To scale a manufactured part down (or up) a Polygon (aka STL) Model  is a good solution. This is the simplest type of model we create from 3D laser scanning, used to replicate a part or manufacture the part as is.
Simple changes, such as mirroring, and scaling up or down are possible with a polygon model. [...]

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