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"Small Sinks No Longer a Big Problem" for Bowles Fluidics. How CGI's 3D scanning technology helped an injection molder in Columbia, MD appears in Quality Magazine April 2010
LIVE on YouTube:Matrix Tooling uses CGI's CSS technology in-house for their intricate, tight-tolerance tooling May 2, 2008
Engineering TV premieres CGI Cross Sectional Scanning Video Presentation beginning October 19, 2009
"CGI Scanning and Inspection System handles small, complex parts"....full story exclusive on ThomasNet News October 20, 2009
New Pearl-700 featured in Quality Magazine(Aug '09) & MicroManufacturing Magazine (Sep '09)
3D, Non-Contact Scanning for Inspection: What Moldmakers Need to Knowmore articles >CGI Announces Partnership with Carl Zeissmore press releases >
Pearl-700 Desktop 3D Inspection System
High Definition Reverse Engineering
Pinpoint the True Cause of Failure
Cross-Sectional Scanning Key in Molder's Competitive Strategymore technical briefs >
Protomold"Injected molded parts in 3 days! Nobody is faster in the short run"more partners >
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CGI CROSS SECTIONAL SCANNING SERVICES
Cross Sectional Scanning (CSS) is an automated process that produces ultra-dense point clouds that capture every aspect of your part. This is how we do it.
Pre-ProcessThe CGI 3D scanning process begins with "potting" of the part. A slow curing material, Encase-ItTM, is poured over and into the part. Once cured, the encased part is mounted on the platform of a CGI Cross Sectional Scanning machine. Then, user-friendly scanning software defines the scan window, starting height, and slice thickness, which can be as thin as 0.0005 inches. With a few clicks, the machine is ready to run.
ProcessThe rest of the process is automatic - the system runs unattended. Using an industrial fly cutter, an ultra-thin layer is carefully milled away, and the scanning system accurately captures each newly exposed 2D profile. The milling and imaging process is repeated until the encased part is fully consumed and there is a complete collection of 2D images.
Post-ProcessThe final step is conversion of the 2D images into a 3D point cloud. Using edge detection algorithms and user-defined sampling rates, each image is converted into points. The points are then combined to create the 3D point cloud.
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User selects CSS options and starts the automated process.
Fly cutter exposes new layer, and camera captures internal and external features.
Scanned images of cross-sections are displayed after capture.Post-processing yields an ultra-dense point cloud with every part feature.
CGI Inspection will be exhibiting at the upcoming 2010 trade shows. Make your plans now to attend...and see our latest 3D Scanning equipment, including our newest desktop Pearl-700 and learn about our Cross-Sectional Scanning Services.
McCormick Place Chicago, ILMon Sep 13 - Sat Sep 18CGI Booth # E-4649
MEDTEC Ireland 2010
Radisson SAS HotelGalway, IrelandWed Sep 22 - Thu Sep 23CGI Booth # 318
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