Award‐winning shape acquisition speeds up prototype production
Ian Alcock
(Point Source, Mitchell Point, Ensign Way, Hamble, Southampton SO31 4RF, UK. Tel: +44 (0)2380 744 500; Fax: +44 (0)2380 744 501; E‐mail: sales@point‐source.com; WWW: www.point‐source.com)
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Abstract
A consortium of UK companies has developed a high speed, high accuracy 3D shape acquisition system called Photoform that can dramatically speed up prototype production in a whole range of industries. The system uses a fibre optic laser delivery system to project interference fringes on to a 3D surface, which is then viewed by a camera and analysed to give 12‐micron measurement accuracy over the surface.
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Citation
Alcock, I. (2001), "Award‐winning shape acquisition speeds up prototype production", Sensor Review, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 107-111. https://doi.org/10.1108/02602280110388289
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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