Reverse Engineering for Analysis and Design Improvement of Ball Valve Seat

This paper will discuss how to improve seat design for ball valve that is used in oil and
gas industry using Reverse Engineering technology. Seat is an important part in the ball
valve, since it is utilized to prevent fluid leakage when the valve is fully closed. Today's
Reverse Engineering technology are widely used is in diverse applications such as
software engineering, manufacturing, aviation industry and consumer products. Th€re
are several methods of Reverse Engineering Technology which are Contact metho4
Noncontact nrethod and Direct Measurement in order to acquire the CAD Model This
project will employ the Noncontact method of Reverse Engineering by rsrng ViuScan
3D Scanning device and Direct Measurement nrethod as contingencies plan- This project
are divided into two stages with are Reverse Engineering stage where the ball valve will
be scan prior to get the CAD model of the ball valve. The second stages followed where
the analysis and design improvement will take place using AI{SYS Software, which are
Fluent Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD). As conclusion, Reverse Engineering can
shorten the process of analysis of a product in order to enbance or develop a nelv
product.