The handheld 3D scanner recorded at the speed of 2,300,000 points per second by employing dynamic tracking technology, and with the integration of the 6-degree of freedom Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), the scanning speed was improved to 1.5 m/s, which was 300% more than that of the fixed equipment. Ford factory example proves that it only takes 45 minutes to scan a white body of 5×2×1.5 meters size (8 hours in traditional coordinate measurement), the stitching error of the point cloud is controlled at ±0.05mm, and the cycle of quality control is reduced from 3 days to 4 hours, with $1.2 million cost of annual inspection saved. Its built-in AI algorithm eliminates background noise (e.g., vibration amplitude of shop floor ±50μm) in real time, increasing the rate of good data from 68% to 95%, and supporting the ±0.03mm precision required by ISO 10360-8.
Whereas in portability, the portable 3D scanner has an average weight of 1.2-2.5kg (the Creaform Go! SCAN 3D weighs only 1.7kg), supports unmarked scanning (80% less time to mount), and can run up to 4.5 hours (power consumption <25W) while operating in small Spaces such as aircraft engine bays. Airbus A350 wing inspection project revealed that the technicians used the equipment to operate at 30-meter height, inspect 8 square meters of composite structure within 20 minutes (instead of 2 days in traditional method), identified 0.2mm depth of stratification defect probability rate rose to 99.7%, maintaining over 8 million euros’ losses per annum. Its IP54 protection can work steadily under the condition of -10℃ to 45℃, and humidity can be adjusted between 20-95%RH, which meets the military standard of GJB 150A-2009.
Multispectral compensation technology, such as EINScan HX’s dual blue light, automatically adjusts the light intensity (5-95% dynamic range) to compensate for the mixed scanning problem of highly reflective metals (e.g., 85% aluminum alloy reflectance) and light-absorbing materials (e.g., 4% carbon fiber reflectance). For Tesla battery module detection, handheld 3d scanner completed the 3D modeling of 48 cell connection pieces within 10 minutes (±0.05mm), enhancing the efficiency by 2400% over the 4-hour solution of the laser tracker, and the data was directly applicable for AI defect analysis (misjudgment rate <0.1%). Real-time grid generation reduces data processing time from 2 hours of traditional PC post-processing to 5 minutes, enabling real-time design correction on site.
Cost-effective, the low-end hand-held 3D scanner has dropped to 15,000 (from 2015 comparable equipment >80,000), and the rental option allows smes to use it for as low as 200 per day. Archaeological uses prove that the British Museum uses this equipment to scan 2.4-meter-high Egyptian stone tablets (surface relief depth 0.1−5mm), and this is time-saving compared to the conventional 3-week to 8-hour mapping, and the precision of data is up to 0.03mm, exciting the efficiency of cultural relic restoration by 907.4 billion yuan. The driving force behind the innovation is the accuracy needs of ISO 13485:2016 for customized manufacturing of medical devices (key dimensional tolerance ±0.1mm). The march of technology continues to advance: the TOF sensor was miniaturized (dimension 15×15mm) making the weight of the scanner 800g with a resolution of 0.01mm, helping NASA to complete the in-situ inspection of precision components on the International Space Station (operating efficiency increased by 400% in weightless conditions).