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    1. Thermoforming

    Portable 3-D scanner boosts accuracy

    Aug. 8, 2016
    Creaform's new portable 3-D scanner can be used on the shop floor in quality-control applications to measure black, multicolored and shiny surfaces.
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    Creaform Metrascan3d Truportability 560x373

    MetraScan 3D Creaform's new portable 3-D scanner can be used on the shop floor in quality-control applications to measure black, multicolored and shiny surfaces. With the coordinate measuring machine, manufacturers can identify issues with quality involving parts with complex shapes and materials at any stage in the production cycle. It works with both big and small parts.

    What's new? The device, which has been available since April.

    Benefits Quick results, with an easy-to-use device. The scanner has volumetric accuracy to within 0.0025 inch. The most advanced MetraScan 3D, the 750, can take 480,000 measurements a second.

    Creaform USA Inc., Costa Mesa, Calif., 888-979-5220, www.creaform3d.com/en

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