Price Examples.
The example projects below will give you a good idea on expected costs, but please be aware these are just examples and your prices may vary depending on parts complexity and your overall requirements.
Project One.
£2,000 (ex VAT)
Ford Grille.
Overview: A custom vehicle provider wanted to produce a bespoke grille for the Ford Raptor and Ford Wildtrak trucks. This involved laser scanning the existing grille and parametrically reverse engineering the existing form before finally adding the additional modifications. The grille was then manufactured using reaction injection moulding.
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We ideally need to scan the part in a single set-up with thinned wall parts such as this grille. If we were to scan the front face and then flip the part to scan the rear, the part would likely deform, and the two scans would not accurately come together.
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Reverse engineering automotive components are never without complications due to the organic flowing surfaces that need to tie in with the rest of the vehicle.
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The inspection process for this part was relatively simple as we had made significant modifications to the part. Our primary inspection was to ensure that the external shape accurately matched the existing scan data to guarantee an accurate gap and flush.
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We will not cover the manufacturing costs in this overview as there are many variables to consider for manufacturing. However, we used reaction injection moulding to produce a batch of x10 grilles. Reaction injection moulding uses a 3D printed master mould to create a silicon tool suitable for injection moulding. For a part such as this, you will be able to manufacture x50 units from a single tool.
| Project One. | ||
| Product Details | Qty | Price |
| Laser Scanning Laser scan existing Ford grille and truck to ensure accurate fit and function. |
2 | £500 |
| Create STL File Data processing and alignment |
2 | £100 |
| Reverse Engineer Parametrically reverse engineer grille to design intent. Add required modifications. |
1 | £1,400 |
| Total | £2,000 ex VAT | |
Project Two.
£1,100 (ex VAT)
Injection Moulded Part.
Overview: This injection moulded part had been modified over the years through tooling modifications, but the part's CAD had not been kept in line. We were required to scan the existing part and create an accurate design intent model. We were also required to create a native Solidworks file so the customer could produce in house technical drawings.
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Scanning the external geometry of this part was relatively straightforward. We just had to ensure we captured data from various angles.
The challenge was scanning the internal geometry of the part. We could have sent this off for CT scanning, but this would have added unnecessary additional costs and time to the project. Instead, we created replica moulds of the internal cavities with silicone moulds. We then scanned these moulds and added them to our scanned model.
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Again, reverse engineering this product was relatively straightforward. There was no complex surface modelling - just simple sketches, extrudes, revolves etc. However, there were a lot of features to reverse engineer, which took a significant amount of time.
Throughout this project, we constantly considered design for manufacture, looking at draft angles, undercuts, etc., to ensure this product could be manufactured using injection moulding.
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The final inspection was to compare the CAD model we produced against scan data we captured.
| Project Two. | ||
| Product Details | Qty | Price |
| Laser Scanning Laser scan existing part. Capture any internal cavities with silicon moulds. |
1 | £150 |
| Create STL File Data processing and alignment |
1 | £150 |
| Reverse Engineer Parametrically reverse engineer to design intent. |
1 | £500 |
| Solidworks Live Transfer Covert the CAD model into a native Solidworks file for additional modifications. |
1 | £300 |
| Total | £1,100 ex VAT | |
Native Solidworks.
We reverse engineer using a specialised CAD package called Geomagic Design X. This CAD software is ideal for reverse engineering as it allows you to reference scan STL data to create your 3D model accurately. Geomagic Design X has another feature called live transfer, which allows you to move your full parametric design tree into other CAD packages such as Solidworks.
Project Three.
£800 (ex VAT)
Die Cast Part.
Overview: This was a project we completed specifically for our pricing examples allowing us to really analysis the time required to complete each task.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
| Project Three. | ||
| Product Details | Qty | Price |
| Laser Scanning Laser scan existing Ford grille and truck to ensure accurate fit and function. |
2 | £500 |
| Create STL File Data processing and alignment |
2 | £100 |
| Reverse Engineer Parametrically reverse engineer grille to design intent. Add required modifications. |
1 | £1,400 |
| Total | £2,000 ex VAT | |
