OGP Expands ShapeGrabber Family of Automated 3D Laser Scanning Metrology Systems

ShapeGrabber® 3D laser scanning systems deliver fast, accurate and automated 3D measurement of complex shapes.  This includes molded plastics, castings, stampings, and machined parts that are typically time-consuming, costly, and difficult to measure. ShapeGrabber automated scanners are ideal in situations in which speed and ease of use are important. These systems scan parts in a wide variety of materials, colors, and finishes.  They are idea for use in rapid prototyping, manufacturing, quality control, and reverse engineering applications.

All models in the ShapeGrabber family achieve their inherent accuracy by combining a highly rigid and stable mechanical structure, with high precision vertical and rotary motion, state of the art calibration, and leading-edge optics. Using multiple motion axes, ShapeGrabber laser scanners eliminate the need for cumbersome manual software alignment and registration. This ensures fast, accurate results.

At the heart of each ShapeGrabber system is the laser scanhead which digitally captures the size and shape of objects using a line of laser light. Laser line scanning differs from other laser scanning technologies which use a laser point sensor traversed across a surface. Both techniques create “point clouds” of data from the object’s surface.  But laser line scanners do so much faster and typically with higher point density.  Furthermore, laser line scanning processes coordinate point data from the entire line simultaneously. When presenting objects larger than the field-of-view of the scanhead, the system merges multiple line scans in sequence together.

OGP ShapeGrabber scanheads create high density points clouds of data from the surface of an object very quickly that is then used in combination with advanced software for dimensional measurement including GD&T. All ShapeGrabber 3D scanners are available as complete systems that include the appropriate scanhead for measurement needs.