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The ability of the RPD Laboratory to present a full process chain is the single most important distinguishing factor between this Laboratory and many other activities in and around South Africa . The RPD Lab has spent over 10 years developing its expertise in the fields of CAD/CAM/CAE, Reverse Engineering, Rapid Prototyping and tooling, CNC Machining and Quality Control. It deploys leading edge equipment to educate students and perform technology transfer. Furthermore, the Laboratory provides small and medium enterprises with state-of-the-art services to meet a wide range of needs at any point in their product development cycle.

Reverse Engineering is the process of digitising a physical object to obtain computed data for further development. From a 3D scanning system (tactile probe or photogrammetry) digital data is obtained. At this point in time issues, such as the… MORE »

The ZPrinter 310 System from Z Corporation is one of the most basic RP systems available today. It utilises the principle of ink jet printing, perfected in the 1990’s, along with relatively cheap and readily available standard components and materials. This… MORE »

An avenue of research that we have embarked upon is the use of Layer Manufacturing (LM) in the medical field. Medical Modelling refers to the creation of physical models from biologic data. The numerous applications in the medical disciplines include… MORE »

High end CAD workstations that run the full suite of Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/MANUFACTURING, PowerSHAPE and PowerMILL software are used for design work and programmed machining of complex multi-faceted parts and tools. A Hermle 5-axis high speed… MORE »