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Bücker & Essing reverse engineering: new cylinder production
A leaking cylinder of a hydrogen compressor had led to an ad hoc plant shutdown at a refinery. As the cylinder was beyond repair, the client decided in favour of reverse engineering with Bücker + Essing …
The high level of economic efficiency and the shorter delivery time were the decisive factors. After removal, we first measured and digitised the component using a 3D laser scan. This data was used to create a CAD model and a reconstruction drawing for the new production of the cylinder. Before delivery, we carried out a pressure test at our factory. A service technician from Bücker + Essing was responsible for the installation and commissioning of the cylinder on site.
The Bücker + Essing solution:
- Reverse engineering
- 3D laser scan
- Digitalisation
- Upgrade & modification
- Production of the casting pattern and the unfinished casting cylinder
- Mechanical manufacture of the cylinder
- Pressure test and helium leak test
- Removal and installation incl. commissioning at the client’s premises
You can find out more about reverse engineering from our subsidiary at
https://www.buecker-essing.de/geschaeftsfelder/rotating-equipment-service/engineering.html
Installation on site
3D scan of the old cylinder
Digitisation 3D
Casting mould
Casting cylinder
Mechanical processing
Cylinder lacquered