"Our company leverages its technical strength to create original products that meet the era and market demands, and leads the market with continuously practiced and innovative technical solutions." The client is a well-known 'wind power group' both domestically and internationally, and they came seeking our technical solutions, using the brand-new 3D scanning technology to obtain 3D data of the new energy turbine nacelle.

On-site photo of the turbine casing

3D digitization is suitable for various fields and is an important tool for helping a company's design and manufacturing departments improve their development and production capabilities. When performing 3D scanning, because the turbine casing being measured is huge, using traditional scanning methods is not only very inefficient but also produces less data, with incomplete surface information, which can't meet the company's higher demands for efficiency and quality.

On-site photo of the turbine casing

Handheld 3D scanners are currently popular in fields like industrial 3D inspection and reverse engineering. Their main advantages are flexibility, portability, and high accuracy.

Especially when dealing with large objects, traditional photo-based scanners are slow and often require time-consuming powder spraying. Handheld 3D scanners, thanks to their flexibility, can quickly scan large workpieces, with faster scanning speed, simpler operation, and higher efficiency.

Recommended device: Handheld 3D Scanner Model 49

The object being tested is an ultra-large steam turbine casing with a circumference of about 20 meters and a height of 8 meters. Using the Model 49 for scanning, high-precision 3D data can be obtained in a short time (around 3 hours). With the traditional measurement methods the client used, it would take about 3 days, and manual measurements have a very high error rate and are time-consuming and labor-intensive, which is not conducive to later product development or improving overall production efficiency.

The client said: This flexible way of operating and the speed at which the data can be obtained in such a short time is something that the traditional manual methods they used before simply couldn't achieve.

Steam turbine casing STL data

Steam turbine casing STL data 

Steam turbine casing STL data

Steam turbine casing STL data

Steam turbine casing STL data

Extended Applications  ：

1. Test parts can be big or small  

Thanks to the portability and flexibility unique to the handheld 3D laser scanner A15, this device offers wide operability.  

2. Diverse application areas  

Using Model 49, it can meet needs from product concept design, reverse engineering, to rapid prototyping design and manufacturing, parts inspection and repair, and 3D digital archiving. Efficient and professional—that’s the ultimate feedback the customer gave for the handheld 3D scanner Model 49.