Reverse engineering equipment

作为该地区领先的技术机构，尼亚加拉学院处于有利地位，可以成为制造业创新的催化剂。随着区域经济逐渐多样化，从根深蒂固的制造业经济依赖于汽车行业，转向更具活力的经济，重点是可再生能源和先进制造业，学院的角色和传统职能必须适应这种转变。尼亚加拉学院长期以来一直是制造业和工业设计领域的重要组成部分，提供训练有素的高级技术人员和技术专家，以支持各种行业所需的设计工程工作。制造业中的许多人依赖尼亚加拉学院不断投资于我们学术课程的发展，以便它们具有适应性、响应性并与行业需求保持一致。作为这种协同作用的结果，尼亚加拉学院和我们的合作者都确定了反向工程技术和设备的需求和必要性，以推动未来的项目。参数建模使用参数来定义计算机辅助设计的各个方面，增强了产品分析和设计处理数据的能力，从而产生原始组件的修改或新版本。更进一步，3D打印提供了修改后的组件的快速原型，然后可以用于补充或唯一分析。如果有必要，可以开发几次迭代来实现最佳设计或工艺，所有这些都需要非常快的周转时间，并以具有成本效益和效率的方式进行。提高我们在反向工程方面的能力，将进一步增强我们作为相关行业合作伙伴的地位，并将帮助我们提供产品和可持续的解决方案，以帮助加强和支持我们的地区经济。

As the leading technical institution in the region, Niagara College is well positioned to be a catalyst of manufacturing innovation. As the regional economy slowly diversifies from a well entrenched manufacturing economy dependent on the automobile sector to a more vigorous economy with a focus on renewable energies and advanced manufacturing, the role and traditional functions of the College have to be responsive to this shift. Niagara College has long been a vital component of the manufacturing and industrial design landscape, providing superior trained technicians and technologists to support the design engineering efforts required across a wide variety of industries. Many within the manufacturing community depend on Niagara College to continually invest in the evolution of our academic programs, so that they are adaptable, responsive and in-line with the needs of industry. As a result of this synergy, both Niagara College and our collaborators have identified the need and necessity of reverse engineering technologies and equipment to drive future projects. The strength of parametric modeling, which uses parameters to define aspects of a computer-aided design, increases the capabilities of product analysis and design to manipulate data, resulting in a modified or new version of the original component. Taken one step further, 3D printing provides a rapid prototype of the modified component which can then be used for supplementary or unique analysis. If necessary, several iterations may be developed to achieve the best design or process, all with a very quick turnaround time and in a cost effective and efficient manner. Increasing our capacity in reverse engineering further enhances our position as a relevant partner for industry and will help us provide products and sustainable solutions to help strengthen and support our regional economy.