Aerospace

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Do You Have Trouble Measuring and Analyzing Large Parts?

You work in aerospace, transportation, energy, mining, or heavy industries. You manufacture large parts and assemblies, some with black or shiny surfaces. You want to measure these large parts with high accuracy and fine detail without having to move them from their production environment. And, above all, you don’t want to siphon off all your budget. If these sentences describe you, the blog below will surely be of interest.

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Measuring a Junkers JU 52 NG

JUNKERS Flugzeugwerke in Widnau achieved its first major milestone with the airworthy replica of a Junkers F13. In September 2016, this dream came true with the maiden flight of a replica of the first all-metal commercial aircraft, which has been delighting aviation enthusiasts around the globe ever since.

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3D Printed Parts: Scanning Evaluation Became the Norm in Most Projects

The HandySCAN 3D allows APWORKS, who is part of the AIRBUS Group, to have an effective and fast evaluation of the quality of their manufactures 3D printed parts.

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3D Scans and CAD Models for Designing Antenna Mounts on Aircraft for SAR Systems

The Institute of High Frequency Technology and Radar Systems at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is investigating radar systems and their associated parameters for future satellite missions. To this end, tests are carried out in advance with aircraft-borne systems, which have a high degree of flexibility. For the preliminary tests, the radar systems will be installed on two Dornier Do 228 turboprop aircraft.

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Precision work for aircraft engine manufacturers

SkinPack uses the HandySCAN BLACK scanner and VXelements software to manufacture custom trays for the transportation and assembly of aircraft engine parts.

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Precision work for aircraft engine manufacturers

When manufacturers in the aircraft industry construct jet engines for civil and military aircrafts, they must move a great number of parts and tools from the tooling center to the assembly line, in another building, on a daily basis.

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System supplier to the aviation sector uses 3D scanners for incoming goods inspection

  Scanning tools for subsequent surface comparison against CAD Incoming goods inspection is generally a tried and tested means of quality assurance for checking the quality of delivered parts for…

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Army sergent 3D scans an aircraft structure at Air Force Base

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Military Measures of Effectiveness: 3D Meets DoD

US Department of Defense Uses 3D Measurement to Solve Maintenance Challenges The United States military sector is faced with a host of technical challenges when it comes to maintenance, repair…

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Quality Control of Composites in the Aerospace industry

Lufthansa Technik AG (LHT) is a provider of MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) services for aircraft and has 50 locations worldwide. LHT is wholly owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and…

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Accelerating aircraft electrification with reverse engineering and 3d scanning

The electrification of vehicles has gotten a lot of ink and airtime over the past few years as a compelling alternative to traditional fuel-powered cars and trucks. But did you…

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3D Scanning Anywhere: Sky is The Limit

3D Scanning Anywhere is back for the last experiment of the year! After proving the HandySCAN 3D won’t lose any of its accuracy wherever it’s being used on the ground, Simon decided…

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MetraSCAN 3D performing automated inspection

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How Landing Gears are Made… and Inspected

A fascinating must-see for anyone who’s ever been interested in the making of complex, highly-sensitive systems: Safran, the French world leader in aerospace landing gear systems, just released a video titled…

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Koenigsegg hypercar video

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Koenigsegg partners with Creaform to certify the quality standards of its hypercar lineup [VIDEO]

Koenigsegg cars combine innovation and cutting-edge technology. The CCXR model shown above is, among other things, the world’s first green supercar. Koenigsegg hypercars have received a lot of attention lately…

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The HandySCAN 3D to Assess Hail Damage

Perhaps among the most unpredictable and sudden of weather patterns, it is well known that hail can cause important disturbance. Broken windows, seriously dented cars, house shingles transformed into Swiss…

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Photo credit: Airbus Defence and Space

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Creaform’s engineering services expertise reaches new heights

  Arianespace will be launching Brazilian telecommunication Embratel Star One C4 with Eumetsat MSG-4, a weather monitoring service satellite, today from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (Flight VA224)….

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Validating CAD Files for Aerospace Parts

An important player in the Aerospace industry had a pressing need to validate CAD files for a wide range of parts, and decided to borrow our expertise for the job….

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Refresh on the MaxSHOT 3D coordinate measuring system for photogrammetry

Here’s a video we digged up from our archives about the MaxSHOT 3D (you can actually add photogrammetry capabilities to your Creaform technos by using a MaXSHOT 3D with them)….

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What a beauty shot!

Ok, the article is on the thin side, but you know what they say: “An image is worth a 1000 words”. Well, this 2-page wide shot surely’s worth a few thousands!! This…

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