REVERSE ENGINEERING IN THE PRODUCTION OF ROLLING STOCK PARTS AND ASSEMBLIES

This paper describes the principle of reverse engineering in relation to railway equipment. For this technology, the hardware is 3D scanners, 3D printers, computers for collecting and processing the received information and creating a model of the object.

Stopping a train due to a malfunction of the braking equipment leads to delays in both freight and passenger trains, disruptions in the transmission of cars at international junctions, poses a threat to traffic safety, affects the section speed and economic indicators of the railway network. It is necessary to prevent failures in the brake equipment, this will significantly reduce the number of malfunctions and the cost of their unplanned repairs. At the same time, the braking technology has not undergone significant changes for many years. Significantly accelerate the modernization and improvement of brake devices can be through the use of prototyping and reverse engineering.

The competencies of future specialists should be added to the competence of design in CAD systems, reverse engineering, mathematical modeling in 3D space, the ability to use software for the application of reverse engineering technologies for the restoration of parts.