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best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

(OP)
Hello
I work in a company in the field of reverse engineering. We want to purchase a 3D digitizer/scanner.
What is the best manufacturer for this equipment.please advice me about hardware and software.
Thank you

RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

That probably depends on how you define best and what you want to do with it.

RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

(OP)
1.High quality hardware, user friendly software
2.Our parts dimensions is from 10*10*10 cm up to 100*100*100 cm.
3.Accuracy: 0.05 to 0.01 mm

RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

I would speak to Faro and get a rep in, not cheap but certainly up there with the best in my experience.

RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

We use a Faro with touch point and attachable laser scanner. I would also recommend you get someone in to discuss your needs.

"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."

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RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

Reverse engineering with a 3D scanner,well, that's spelled cheating and proprietary/intellectual theft. In certain countries, theft means chopping the left hand for stealing.

RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

chicopee,

Not all companies offering reverse engineering services are IP thieves. To suggest they are is akin to saying all motorcyclists are members of the Hell's Angels, or all politicians are self-serving liars. Well maybe that last one wasn't such a good example.

RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

agreed, there are valid reasons for copying a part (out-of-production), but it certainly "smells" like copying someone else's work ...

Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

Aftermarket options, accessories, and repair parts for a number of industries rely heavily on reverse engineering technology. Sorry, can't make any specific recommendations as to equipment, we've always just used the machining center with probes in our particular line of work, and it's suited us very well.

It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.

RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

We use ours for incoming inspection of large castings.

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RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

chicopee & rb1957 what nonsense.

Sure that's one possible application of the technology but there are lots of other good reasons.

Some of our products mount onto Inverted Optical Microscopes as an accessory. Sadly Zeiss, Olympus, Nikon, Leica... aren't great at sharing data especially given our relatively low volumes.

So scanning their product to get an idea of interfaces seems an entirely justifiable practice.

As would reverse engineering out of production parts and various other applications.

Sorry OP, we didn't get far with our 3D scanning experiments so I can't help.

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RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

Well, points for consistency. What is the best way to pick a 3d scanner for reverse engineering? Easy, just copy what other people are using! Sorry, just found that funny for some reason.

When it is used correctly, the term "reverse engineering" does not mean copying another design to reproduce the exact same part. There are a number of legitimate uses. I don't think I strictly agree with pirating out of production parts. Someone still owns the IP, maybe they quit making parts to force people to buy the newer model (not that I agree with that strategy, but it still doesn't give anyone an ethical pass for pirating.)

Anyway, most reliable method is to put the parts on a machine (that you should have if you are going to be producing these parts you are "reverse engineering.") If your only product is drawings produced from components (you are dealing almost exclusively in IP theft) well then I'm not sure I want to help.

RE: best 3d digitizer/scaner for reverse engineering

Renishaw are specialists in this field (no affiliation). They do 5-axis metrology, for instance. But you'll need the BIG wallet!

www.renishaw.com

Benta.

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