3D scanning

3D scanning is a digital process that consists in analyzing an object from the real world, to collect all the data in order to recreate its shape and appearance. It often serves as the first step to debut a 3D printing project.

How AR companies will surpass the content hurdle through 3D Scanning and 3D Printing

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the development and adoption of AR tech at the consumer level. Technology that was once considered a novelty is now under serious consideration as a solution to the social...

FARO® unveils new 3D Portable Gage coordinate measurement machine for SMEs

FARO Technologies, Inc. , specialist in 3D measurement, imaging and realization solutions for 3D Metrology, AEC, and Public Safety Analytics has released its most affordable and accurate 3D portable coordinate measurement machine (CMM): The FARO...

“We wanted to create a handheld 3D scanner that produces scan data as good as our stationary 3D scanners”, Thomas Tong

Polyga launches the H3 Handheld 3D Scanner Polyga Inc unveils its new H3 handheld 3D scanner. The H3 is an all-purpose handheld 3D scanner suitable for scanning people, artifacts, artistic objects, and mechanical parts into high-accuracy...

Overcoming Metrology Bottlenecks in Additive Manufacturing

The article is the product of work that Richard Leach from the University of Nottingham has undertaken with 3D optical metrology company ZYGO, based in Middlefield, CT, USA. Undoubtedly there are many benefits associated with...

A 3000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s voice brought back thanks to 3D Printing

The sound of a mummified priest has been heard for the first time in 3,000 years, thanks to 3D Printing. The sound of Egyptian priest, Nesyamun, has been accurately reproduced as a vowel-like sound based...

Jurgen Laudus, VP and head of Materialise Manufacturing Division discusses the co-creation journey at Formnext 2019

For Materialise, additive manufacturing is much more than designing a great idea and producing a part. It requires a co-creation approach that Jurgen Laudus, VP and head of Materialise Manufacturing Division discusses in this video interview.

Polyga launches HDI Compact S1 Affordable Professional 3D Scanner at Formnext

Polyga Inc., Canadian developer of professional 3D scanning and mesh processing technologies, debuts the HDI Compact S1 entry-level professional 3D scanner at Formnext. The 3D scanner completes the line of 3D Scanners that were...

3D Scanning to Blur the Boundaries Between Real World and Digital World

A digital 3D model of real-world object or environment which was just an imaginary concept years ago is now a reality—all thanks to 3D scanning technology. 3D scanning is a technology which can analyze real-world objects...

Formnext Preview 2019 – Part 1: Mimaki, Materialise, XJET, Arburg, Roboze & RAYLAYSE

We have announced it in several articles. Formnext is a lot of things and there is a lot to see. We have been able to compile below some interesting announcements & solutions that might...

Scanlab unveils an All-in-One Scan System for metal 3D Printed parts

OEM scan solution producer SCANLAB GmbH is unveiling a new additive-manufacturing scan head at Germany’s formnext 2019 tradeshow in Frankfurt. SCANLAB poured decades of 3D printing expertise into fiberSYS so that sector newcomers, too,...

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