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Hi all,<br>
<br>
Hope all are well, wherever you are. I'm co-teaching a third year
Mechanical Engineering/ Integrated Design Engineering course on
Reverse Engineering at the University of Bath in the UK. The course
is largely innovation-oriented ("what can we learn from taking
existing/ competitors' products apart when developing future
products?"). This year we want to slot in a lecture on Reverse
Engineering for Maintenance and Future-proofing (working title) as
well. I'll talk about different steps in the systematic analysis of
existing products and systems, and tools and techniques that can be
used in the process.<br>
<br>
We're teaching the course online this year unfortunately, so we're
trying to keep the lectures short. To make sure our students have
enough material to work with, we're compiling a list of interesting
literature and YouTube/ Vimeo videos that students can read and
watch in their own time. <br>
<br>
I have two questions:<br>
- I read somewhere, it may well have been on this list, that 70% of
all engineers work in maintenance-related jobs. Before I quote this
figure to my students without any evidence, does anyone happen to
have a source?<br>
- Can you point me towards interesting examples and literature
related to Reverse Engineering for Maintenance and Futureproofing
that I could use? I'm interested in both 1-off examples (e.g., a
machine with obsolete bearings that needs to be modified so
contemporary equivalents can be used) and remanufacturing/
industrial scale examples. I'm particularly interested in medical
device design examples, a domain I know preciously little about.
Ventilators have been a bit of a hot topic lately, perhaps someone
has examples of how older machines have been modernised (e.g. with
better monitoring functionalities) recently?<br>
<br>
I'm of course happy to share the lecture slides or video (not sure
on the format yet) with others who may be teaching similar courses.<br>
<br>
Many thanks and have a great weekend,<br>
Melle<br>
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<pre>melle zijlstra university of bath
phd researcher | department of computer science
teaching fellow | department of mechanical engineering
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