Application of Reverse Engineering and Material Characterization in the Design of Auto Parts: Hydraulic Oil Tank Manufactured Through 3D Printing with Polygonal Modeling

In this project, the principles of reverse engineering, together with CAD-CAM-CAE tools, have been applied. The selected manufacturing process is 3D printing using the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) method. The materials analyzed for the manufacturing are ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and PLA (polylactic acid). For this application, a hydraulic fluid tank from a high-impact passenger vehicle in the national market has been selected. The work encompasses the entire reverse engineering process, along with the mechanical characterization of the materials for printing. The properties observed experimentally are consistent with specialized literature and serve as a basis for the planned prototype manufacturing. The results achieved in this work are satisfactory and pave the way for further research in this area.