Keynote Speech
Reverse Engineering Using CGI Reverse Rapid Prototyping
CGI develops, manufactures,
and markets inspection and reverse engineering systems that permit design,
manufacturing, and quality control engineers to produce an accurate computer
image from a physical part. CGI systems use proprietary cross-sectional
scanning technology to make digital pictures of ultra-thin layers of the physical
part and translate these cross-sectional pictures into a three-dimensional
computer representation of the physical part; a "point cloud." The CGI system
captures both internal and external surface data, with results similar to
an accurate MRI or x-ray system. This technology is often perceived as
"reverse rapid prototyping." The point cloud can be used for inspection
or reverse engineering of a physical part.
Craig Crump, President, CEO of CGI Corp.
Biography
Craig Crump is the President and founder of CGI. He has managed
the development of the CGI digitizing technology since the early 1990s.
Craig holds three patents that help protect the proprietary CGI scanning
technology. From 1991-1993, Craig was employed as an engineer by
Stratasys, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of rapid prototyping systems.
Craig has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern
California and an MBA from UCLA.
Scott Crump, President and CEO of Stratasys
Biography
Scott Crump is CEO, President, and Chairman of
Stratasys since
its inception in 1988 and CEO until May 1997. Scott and his wife
Lisa co-founded Stratasys, and Scott is the inventor of the company's
FDM technology. From 1982-1988, he was co-founder and VP of
Sales of IDEA, INC., now called SI Technologies, Inc., a leading
manufacturer of force, load, and pressure transducers. Scott is a significant
shareholder and remains on its board of directors. He is a registered
professional engineer and received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from
Washington State in 1976 and a business degree from the Anderson School
of Business Management at UCLA.
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