Laser Design Partners with Wenzel-Xspect CMM Distributors in USA
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN; December 16, 2008) aser Design, Inc., the leading supplier of 3D laser scanners for more than 20 years, has announced a nationwide distribution agreement with the Wenzel-Xspect USA sales force to market Laser Design 3D laser scanning technology integrated with the Wenzel CMM systems. This Wenzel USA Distribution Partnership with Laser Design scanner technology opens the door to showing traditional CMM customers the capabilities and benefits of 3D scanning,¨ said C. Martin Schuster, President of Laser Design. With fast time-to-market being such a highly competitive advantage in many manufacturing sectors today, these types of customers can experience leaps in productivity using our 3D laser scanners integrated with Wenzel world-class CMM systems.¨
Wenzel dealers and sales representatives in the US will work closely with Laser Design technical personnel to help customers with their questions about laser scanning. Schuster continued, We will be teaming with Wenzel-Xspect to perform application analyses, demos and services as needed to show the superior capabilities of our WS-Series (Wenzel Surveyor) 3D scanning systems.¨
Laser Design will also open branches of its GKS service bureau division at key Wenzel-Xspect locations. This will enable dealers to expertly demonstrate the technology at Wenzel CMM locations showing its many capabilities, versatility, accuracy, and speed. Our Wenzel-Xspect dealers have been asking for a high-accuracy 3D laser scanning solution for non-contact, high-speed inspection and reverse engineering applications. Our partnership with Laser Design brings this technology to our measuring products in a tightly integrated, easy to use system,¡¨ commented Keith Mills, President of Wenzel-Xspect USA.
The ultra-precise Wenzel CMM measuring capability (to 3) combined with the high-speed laser scanning technology make the scanning process fast, automated, user-friendly, and ultimately less expensive than using other measurement methods to analyze complex and free-form shapes. The highly automated 3D laser scanning system utilizes Laser Designs SLP laser line scanning probes integrated with Wenzels CMM technology and includes both a Renishaw PH-10 indexing head along with the industry¡¦s only integrated rotary 4th axis stage. According to Mills, The combination of the laser probes PH-10 compatibility with rotary 4th axis rotation of the part to be scanned, provides the only automated 6-axis scanning system in the industry for high accuracy measuring of the most complex parts and assemblies.
Because the laser scanning system projects a line of laser light onto all of a parts surfaces while cameras continuously triangulate the changing distance and profile of the laser line as it sweeps along, the problems of missing data on an irregularly shaped surface are greatly reduced. The laser line moves back and forth over the parts surface until the complete area is captured digitally. The system measures details and complex free-form geometry so that the object can be exactly replicated digitally. Laser scanners measure articles quickly, picking up to 75,000 coordinate points per second, and generate huge numbers of data points without the need for special templates or fixtures.
Laser Design provides a certified test artifact and an open invitation to any competing technologies to outperform the combination of Laser Designs SLP laser scanners integrated with Wenzel CMMs. The system accuracy tests based upon NIST traceable gage blocks demonstrate a system scanning accuracy of 0.000¨ (.01mm) at 5.15 Sigma. This gold-standard¨ volumetric 3D accuracy establishes Laser Design¡¦s 3D Surveyor WS-Series scanning systems based upon the Wenzel CMM technology as the industry leader.
Laser Design, Inc. has been the leading supplier of ultra-precise, 3D laser scanning systems and services for over 20 years. Used for capturing the 3D shape of objects with complex geometries and free-form surfaces, Laser Designs Surveyor line of automated and portable scanning systems are ideal for 3D scanning applications involving inspection and reverse engineering of complex shaped plastic and metal parts. The companys patented laser line-probe technology dramatically reduces scanning time by collecting data substantially faster and more accurately than conventional metrology technologies. Laser Design integrates the most advanced 3D Scan Data Processing software available with its laser scanners to provide complete solutions for reverse engineering and inspection applications.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, the company operates Laser Design Technical Centers and GKS Service Bureaus in Detroit, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Seattle in the U.S. International locations include India, Singapore, China, Japan, Korea and the Netherlands. GKS Inspection Services (www.GKS.com), is the companys in-house service bureau division offering complete 3D scanning, reverse engineering, dimensional inspection, and product design services.
For further information, contact Laser Design, by phone (952-884-9648), fax (952-884-9
653), or via email at sales@laserdesign.com or visit Laser Design¡¦s web site at www.laserdesign.com.
