Reverse engineering equipment

作为该地区领先的技术机构，尼亚加拉学院很好地定位为制造业创新的催化剂。随着区域经济逐渐从依赖汽车行业的根深蒂固的制造业经济向以可再生能源和先进制造业为重点的更具活力的经济转变，学院的角色和传统职能必须对这种转变作出反应。长期以来，尼亚加拉学院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人员，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靠尼亚加拉学院不断投资于我们学术课程的发展，使他们适应能力强，反应迅速，符合行业需求。由于这种协同作用，尼亚加拉学院和我们的合作者都已经确定了逆向工程技术和设备的需求和必要性，以推动未来的项目。参数化建模（使用参数来定义计算机辅助设计的各个方面）的优势增加了产品分析和设计操作数据的能力，从而产生原始组件的修改或新版本。更进一步，3D打印提供了修改组件的快速原型，然后可用于补充或独特的分析。如果有必要，可以开发几个迭代以实现最佳设计或过程，所有这些都具有非常快的周转时间，并且具有成本效益和高效的方式。提高我们在逆向工程方面的能力进一步增强了我们作为行业相关合作伙伴的地位，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区域经济。

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.