Laboratorija za Rapid Prototyping i Reverse Engineering

A. Topčić, E. Cerjaković, S. Lovrić: "Comparative analysis of RE/RP versus Conventional Approaches of Tool Designing in Sand Casting", 11th International Scientific Conference MMA2012, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Science Novi Sad, Proceedings, format B5, page 493÷497 /4  pages/, Novi Sad, Serbia, September 2012., ISBN 978-86-7892-429-3;

Business conditions at the global market are forcing manufacturing companies to adapt their products to the market demands, with default quality, lower development and production costs, and a significantly shortening of delivery time of products to the market. To meet these demands and maintain, i.e., to enhance competitiveness, manufacturing companies are forced to find new ways and approaches to implementation of set tasks. The development of a number of new manufacturing technologies and approaches based on Information Technologies (IT) achievements enable to the companies to enhance or completely replace with the new approaches their existing conventional (traditional) processes, in order to improve their own market competitiveness and the competitiveness of its products. In this paper is presented a comparative analysis of the application of Reverse Engineering (RE) and Rapid Prototyping (RP) in designing of sand casting tools compared to the conventional approach to designing of sand casting tools in case  when there is no documentation for part which should be produce.