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Powered by HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series™, this new comprehensive NDT solution elevates assets surface inspection in many industries, to improve the overall quality of infrastructure,
day-to-day operations, and revenue streams.

Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, November 4, 2025—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the launch of the Creaform Integrity Suite, a comprehensive software platform designed to transform non-destructive testing (NDT) processes across industries like oil & gas, power generation, aerospace, transportation and more. This new surface damage assessment solution introduces a modernized, intuitive interface that brings unprecedented customization, speed, and clarity to corrosion or mechanical damage inspection processes, providing asset owners with the highest possible confidence in results for decision-making.
 
At the heart of this solution is the HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series™, Creaform’s most powerful handheld 3D scanner to date. Equipped with a built-in touchscreen, the EVO Series offers intuitive, on-the-spot control for operators conducting inspections in the field, minimizing the need for additional devices and making workflows more efficient. And with the integrated Guide Inspection mode, operators can perform streamlined, preconfigured inspections directly on the scanner, with minimal steps and interaction required. Wireless capabilities, enabled by the Mobility Kit, also grant users the freedom to access and scan assets in challenging or hazardous environments, without the constraints of cables.
 
The integrated high-resolution 12 MP camera delivers clear, precise visual documentation, which not only supports augmented reality feedback and real-time operator guidance but also ensures high-quality reporting and traceability for critical NDT applications, without the need for an additional camera. When paired with Creaform Integrity Suite, the scanner becomes the inspection procedure itself, streamlining every step from acquisition to reporting.
 
The Creaform Integrity Suite™ includes specialized modules tailored to key sectors:
 

• The Pipeline Module delivers accurate results and in-depth on-site wrinkle, corrosion, strain-based analyses and more, enabling pipeline owners to establish valid diagnoses and make timely, informed repair decisions.
• The Aircraft Module is the first dedicated 3D visualization software designed specifically for aircraft surface 3D assessment and dent damage characterization on aircraft surfaces. It provides decision makers with a comprehensive data on issues requiring further analysis.
• The Pressure Equipment Module provides absolute measurements of thickness loss on curved and complex geometries, including Fitness for Service (API 579) standards to determine whether equipment remains suitable for continued operation or requires shutdown and repairs.
• The Analysis Toolkit combines powerful inspection and reverse engineering features to streamline day-to-day maintenance operations. It supports damage assessments without CAD, blend analysis, cross-sections, and key dimensional inspections like bend bending radius and ovality. For retrofitting, it offers IGES/STEP export and CAD transfer.

 
Each module is designed to support industry-specific workflows with customizable inspection steps and parameterization. The suite also introduces a savable and customizable PDF report generator, eliminating manual editing and enabling instant final report creation. This ensures higher conformity, fewer documentation errors, and faster onboarding, even for less experienced users.
 
Backed by multilingual customer support and proudly made in Canada, it features self-learning tools via the Insight Channel, interactive tooltips and onboarding tips, and provides easier information sharing across teams through Creaform.OS Viewer.
 
“The Creaform Integrity Suite represents a major leap forward for NDT professionals, allowing them to focus on decision-making rather than data gathering and documentation,” said François Lachance, Product Manager Software at Creaform. “Combined with the HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series, this solution redefines what’s possible in surface damage assessment, from the field to the final report.”
 
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About Creaform
Boasting two decades of experience shaping the future of dimensional metrology, Creaform assists their customers achieve their measurement ambitions through cutting-edge 3D solutions. With its extensive hardware and software portfolio, Creaform enables its users to experience innovation firsthand through 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and MRO. Thousands of professionals in various industries, like automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, heavy industries, oil and gas, power generation, consumer products, research and education, have discovered that with Creaform, Innovation Takes Form.
 
Headquartered in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 26 locations all around the world and a network of over a hundred distributors. A presence that enables the company to build relations and provide unmatched customer service. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.
 

The PRO Series complete 3D scanning solution is designed to simplify reverse engineering and product design workflows, all while delivering the best price to performance ratio on the market.


 
Lévis, Québec, October 28, 2025—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the latest addition to its trusted HandySCAN 3D™ line-up of 3D scanners, the PRO Series. A fully integrated hardware and software solution, this new series leverages quick and high-resolution data acquisition capabilities through its scanner, as well as the power of the Scan-to-CAD Pro software module to provide the fastest time from data acquisition to 3D models, optimizing reverse engineering and product development workflows.
 
Creaform pioneered the handheld, self-positioning 3D laser scanning category over two decades ago with the HandySCAN 3D, establishing its reputation for accuracy, versatility, and efficiency across all industries, and continues this legacy with the HandySCAN 3D|PRO Series. This latest innovation offers a more powerful, accessible, and reliable solution to measure complex shapes to greatly reduce time-to-market, and lower development costs for SME. Manufactured in North America and backed by global, multilingual service teams, the PRO Series is built for the professionals who need to develop products that are more suited to customer needs, faster, more accurately,
 
The HandySCAN 3D|PRO Series, bundled with Scan-to-CAD Pro, combines advanced technology with user-friendly design to optimize product development processes and deliver reliable results. Below are the standout features that make it a preferred choice for professionals across industries, when looking for the fastest path to reverse engineering.
 

• High Accuracy & Resolution: Features 23 blue laser lines for detailed, high-quality scans, capable of handling complex shapes and difficult surfaces with a proven and trusted accuracy of 0.030 mm, ensuring rapid 3D data acquisition.
• Value for money: With a hardware and software combo starting at US$24,990, this professional portable 3D scanner provides a rapid return on investment (ROI) due to its versatility and time-saving features.  
• Integrated software: Includes the intuitive Scan-to-CAD Pro software module, optimized for 3D scan data and ideal for reverse engineering and product development, providing the fastest time from scans to CAD, through a versatile toolbox including powerful mesh extraction, sketching and modeling tools.
• Simplicity: This integrated solution is designed to enhance user experience, allowing individuals to operate it effortlessly through its intuitive multi-function LCD touchscreen and haptic feedback via vibration.
• Time savings: Enables a significant reduction in iterations within the product design and development cycle for increased efficiency, thereby decreasing product development time, accelerating time-to-market and empowering quicker revenue generation.
• Versatility: Capable of measuring and analyzing any component, it can be used to design new parts, adapt or maintain old parts, create 3D models, look for innovative ways to surpass competition, support sales in business development, and better manage deadlines.

 
“Reinventing the future of industrial metrology since 2005, the new PRO Series is poised to become the preferred solution for rapid product development and reverse engineering, further solidifying the HandySCAN 3D lineup as an industry benchmark,” explains Pierre-Luc Delagrave, Product Manager at Creaform, before adding that “with its smart price, it offers the best tool to quickly transform concepts to reality, from design to manufacturing, ensuring a perfect fit on the first try, every time.”
 
About Creaform
Boasting two decades of experience shaping the future of dimensional metrology, Creaform assists their customers achieve their measurement ambitions through cutting-edge 3D solutions. With its extensive hardware and software portfolio, Creaform enables its users to experience innovation firsthand through 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and MRO. Thousands of professionals in various industries, like automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, heavy industries, oil and gas, power generation, consumer products, research and education, have discovered that with Creaform, Innovation Takes Form.
 
Headquartered in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 26 locations all around the world and a network of over a hundred distributors. A presence that enables the company to build relations and provide unmatched customer service. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.
 

20 Years After Creating the Metrology-Grade Handheld 3D Laser Scanner Category, Creaform Redefines Industry Standards with the Debut of the HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series™
 
Certified based on ISO 10360 and manufactured in an ISO 17025 certified laboratory, the new HandySCAN EVO|Elite™ is the most advanced industrial scanner on the market, with unparalleled metrology-grade accuracy and provides an unmatched user experience on an evolving platform.
 
Lévis, Québec, October 21, 2025—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the launch of the HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series™, the most powerful handheld 3D laser scanning solution on the market. This innovative series features a built-in touchscreen display and an integrated photo camera, incorporating augmented reality (AR) and advanced on-scanner visualization to significantly enhance the user experience.
 
Creaform developed portable 3D scanning over 20 years ago with the original HandySCAN 3D, setting a benchmark in dimensional metrology. Trusted to solve the most complex dimensional measurement challenges by several thousands of demanding customers across industries such as automotive, manufacturing, metalworking, and heavy equipment, for product development and quality control applications, the HandySCAN 3D brand has always been synonym of metrology-grade accuracy, intuitive operation, versatility, and fastest time to CAD or inspection reports.
 
Creaform continues its legacy with this next evolution in the HandySCAN 3D lineup. Showcasing all of Creaform's flagship scanner qualities, such as proven reliability, portability, and unmatched accredited accuracy, the EVO Series introduces an array of innovative features designed to enhance user experience and efficiency, like wireless capabilities through the Mobility Kit, embedded GUI, and built-in display for direct validation and real-time operator guidance. Like all Creaform scanners, this series is made in Canada, is supported by Creaform Metrology Suite and comes with proficient, multilingual customer support to meet the needs of professionals worldwide.
 
The HandySCAN EVO|Elite™ delivers a host of cutting-edge features, each designed to provide tangible benefits, enhancing precision, efficiency, and ease of use for professionals in demanding 3D scanning applications:
 

• Real-time visualization, quick access to parameters, and processing options directly on the scanner’s 4.3-inch touch screen display, eliminating the back and forth to the computer.
• Augmented reality capabilities and straightforward documentation of the inspection process through photography, enabled by the addition of a high-resolution 12 MP camera.
• Easy onboarding and essential tools at your fingertips, including 3D manipulation (mesh) and advanced scanning features such as high-resolution mode and clipping options, supported by the scanner’s integrated and user-friendly GUI.
• Streamlined repetitive inspections and enhanced quality control processes enabled by the new auto-alignment feature.
• An accuracy of 0.020 mm and a volumetric accuracy of 0.020 mm + 0.015 mm/m powered by 46 blue laser lines (+1 extra line).
• The most accurate 3D measurements wherever you need them through the use of a 350 mm scale bar.

"As we unveil this innovative lineup, we're not just introducing a product; we're transforming how professionals across industries approach 3D measurement precision and efficiency,” said Fanny Truchon, President of Creaform. "A technology that keeps evolving over time, it again demonstrates that Creaform has been reinventing the future of industrial metrology since 2005."
 
About Creaform
Boasting two decades of experience shaping the future of dimensional metrology, Creaform assists their customers achieve their measurement ambitions through cutting-edge 3D solutions. With its extensive hardware and software portfolio, Creaform enables its users to experience innovation firsthand through 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and MRO. Thousands of professionals in various industries, like automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, heavy industries, oil and gas, power generation, consumer products, research and education, have discovered that with Creaform, Innovation Takes Form.
 
Headquartered in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 26 locations all around the world and a network of over a hundred distributors. A presence that enables the company to build relations and provide unmatched customer service. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.
 
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Combined with handheld 3D scanners from Creaform, the new application software uses advanced 3D imaging algorithms to provide a fast, accurate and reliable alternative solution to time-consuming CMMs.
 
Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, March 13, 2025—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the release of the new Sheet Metal Add-on as part of the recently released Creaform Metrology Suite. Designed to address industry specific needs, it tackles the many challenges of sheet metal inspection in the metalworking, automotive and aerospace industries. Providing measurements of sheet metal parts with never-before-seen accuracy and repeatability for 3D laser scanners, this software solution gives Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA) professionals a higher confidence level in their 3D scan data, while empowering manufacturers to fully trust their inspection reports.
 
Previously a challenging endeavor, measuring thin sheet metal parts using 3D scanners used to be highly dependent on the users and the resolution settings. Now, however, the results generated by the new Sheet Metal Add-on are user independent. It quickly provides accurate and repeatable information on all sheet metal features, such as edges, holes, slots, rectangles, and trimmed edges. This specialized add-on provides the most flexible, complete, and simple measurement method, working in perfect synergy with the HandySCAN 3D|BLACK Series and all handheld MetraSCAN BLACK+ scanners.
 
It offers powerful new features and significant benefits, including:
 

• Accuracy and repeatability: Powered by advanced image algorithms, the Sheet Metal Add-on enables accurate and repeatable measurements that are independent from operator skills.
• Simplicity & flexibility: The measurement process is straightforward, requiring no additional hardware accessories and eliminating the need to navigate complex or overwhelming software parameters.
• Speed: The measurement process of the new Sheet Metal Add-on is up to 5 times faster than CMM processes.
• Intuitive interface: Includes a new visualization tool that allows users to validate that their data acquisition is ready for inspection before proceeding, saving time by removing unnecessary steps.
• Value for money: It offers a cost-effective alternative to expensive and time-consuming CMM solutions, ensuring a quick return on investment.

 
“On top of the usual versatility, portability and efficiency that comes with all Creaform systems,” says Mathieu Desmarais, Product Manager at Creaform, “manufacturers can now improve their processes, produce sheet metal parts of better quality and ship them faster to the customers, at a fraction of the price of a traditional CMM”
 
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About Creaform
Boasting two decades of experience shaping the future of dimensional metrology, Creaform assists their customers achieve their measurement ambitions through cutting-edge 3D solutions. With its extensive hardware and software portfolio, Creaform enables its users to experience innovation firsthand through 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and MRO. Thousands of professionals in various industries, like automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, heavy industries, oil and gas, power generation, consumer products, research and education, have discovered that with Creaform, Innovation Takes Form.
 
Headquartered in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 26 locations all around the world and a network of over a hundred distributors. A presence that enables the company to build relations and provide unmatched customer service. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.
 
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Part of the recently released Creaform Metrology Suite™, the Inspection module extend its capabilities through the introduction of a new add-on, enabling the powerful and unique Scan > Analyze > Project solution that addresses expensive part rework and large part assembly challenges in various manufacturing industries.
 
Lévis, Québec, March 4, 2025—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the launch of the new Laser Projection Add-on to its Inspection module, part of the recently released Creaform Metrology Suite, providing never-before-seen possibilities for operators in various industries. Thanks to the recent acquisition of Virtek Vision by Creaform, this new add-on expands the capabilities of the Inspection module by enabling the next generation of metrology-grade visual guidance in various applications.
 
The Laser Projection Add-on allows operators to scan parts, analyze deviations from a reference model, and project critical information directly onto physical parts during key manufacturing processes, a method called Scan > Analyze > Project. The Pick and Project functionality, combined with dynamic referencing capabilities, enables real-time projection of selections made in the inspection software, simply in a single click. As both technologies use the same positioning targets and reference structure, it ensures a seamless integration with existing systems.
 
The Laser Projection Add-on offers a range of solutions for industries like casting, aerospace, heavy industry, energy and military, that require precise operator guidance, including:
 

• Precise repair and rework of high-value parts: Operators can analyze part conformity by comparing scan data with nominal CAD models and project the necessary information back onto the part for accurate rework, ensuring compliance with customer specifications.
• Accurate parts installation: The Creaform 3D scanner aligns the Virtek Vision projector to display critical information onto assemblies, enabling flawless installation processes across industries such as aerospace, heavy industry, and military.
• Alignment of raw materials for machining: The solution helps operators optimize the setup of large castings or forgings on CNC machines by projecting alignment markers, reducing setup time and ensuring sufficient material for machining.
• Ply inspection in composite manufacturing process​: This add-on enables inspections during composite layups to ensure the absence of potential defects, such as wrinkles or air bubbles between layers.

 
“This latest expansion of the Creaform Metrology Suite takes full advantage of the synergy between Creaform and Virtek technologies to offer a truly unique solution on the market,” explains Simon Côté, Product Manager at Creaform. He then adds that “empowering laser 3D projection with metrology-grade portable 3D scanning presents unprecedented opportunities to reduce errors and improve production efficiency for high-value parts and complex assemblies.”
 
Attendees of JEC World 2025 will have the opportunity to experience the Laser Projection Add-on firsthand. Visit the Creaform and Virtek booths for a live demonstration.
 
About Creaform
Boasting two decades of experience shaping the future of dimensional metrology, Creaform assists their customers achieve their measurement ambitions through cutting-edge 3D solutions. With its extensive hardware and software portfolio, Creaform enables its users to experience innovation firsthand through 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and MRO. Thousands of professionals in various industries, like automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, heavy industries, oil and gas, power generation, consumer products, research and education, have discovered that with Creaform, Innovation Takes Form.
 
Headquartered in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 26 locations all around the world and a network of over a hundred distributors. A presence that enables the company to build relations and provide unmatched customer service. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.
 
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Creaform’s fully integrated 3D measurement operating system and application software, formally known as VXelements, have been completely revamped to empower engineers and professionals to unlock their full potential in reverse engineering, inspection and automated 3D scanning.
 
Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, February 20, 2025—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, is making a significant step forward in its software offering, reflecting a strategic evolution by introducing Creaform.OS™ and the Creaform Metrology Suite™, which leverage the hardware-software synergy to deliver a complete 360° 3D scanning solution.
Through its new intuitive user interface (UI), user-friendly tools, embedded content, and streamlined onboarding tools for new users, these newly reinvented software solutions were carefully designed to adapt to its users’ journey and workflow. Representing the culmination of over 20 years of experience, these additions complete Creaform’s comprehensive 3D measurement solution: metrology-grade scanners and optical CMM, intuitive software, world-class support, online training, and technical content.
 
The Creaform.OS platform provides all standard acquisition modules designed to provide the best 3D measurement experience across all Creaform systems, with the Scan, Probe and Photogrammetry modules. It also includes a multitude of significant improvements and features:  
 

• New innovative interface: Completely redesigned UI to be workflow-oriented, it structures the core functionality with segmentation based on the major steps of each application.
• Customizable: New homepage, new menu structure, toolbars placement, preconfigured files for specific applications and many more options enable users to modulate the platforms to fit their unique tasks and applications.
• The new Insight channel: An integrated communication channel that enables Creaform to share complementary training tools, success stories from other clients, and new products with all users.
• On-boarding tools: The platform integrates several training tools and loading tips to empower users to learn the software on their own, simplifying new employees’ integration.
• New maximized 3D viewer: A new multiple sources lightning engine as well as additional space to view the data ensure optimal data visualization.

 
The Creaform Metrology Suite, on the other hand, provides a comprehensive portfolio of application software modules designed for any metrology task:
 

• Scan-to-CAD module: Intuitive reverse engineering toolkit for transferring data extracted from 3D scans to any CAD platform.
• Inspection module: Comprehensive and powerful software designed for efficient and accurate dimensional inspections.
• Automation module: User-friendly and integrated programming platform for deploying automated quality control solutions.
• Dynamic tracking module: Dynamic tracking module enabling simultaneous position and orientation of multiple objects in space and time.

 
“Engineered with optimal UX in mind, these platforms provide a versatile suite of tools designed to simplify operations, solve industry-specific challenges, and promote long-term growth,” explains Jérôme-Alexandre Lavoie, Director of Product Management at Creaform, before adding, “Innovation Takes Form in every aspect of Creaform’s hardware and software solutions, establishing partnerships founded on trust, adaptability, and technologies that not only meet today’s needs but shape the future.”
 
About Creaform
Boasting two decades of experience shaping the future of dimensional metrology, Creaform assists their customers achieve their measurement ambitions through cutting-edge 3D solutions. With its extensive hardware and software portfolio, Creaform enables its users to experience innovation firsthand through 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and MRO. Thousands of professionals in various industries, like automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, heavy industries, oil and gas, power generation, consumer products, research and education, have discovered that with Creaform, Innovation Takes Form.
 
Headquartered in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 26 locations all around the world and a network of over a hundred distributors. A presence that enables the company to build relations and provide unmatched customer service. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.
 
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Creaform solidifies its position as the industry leader in portable metrology-grade 3D scanners by delivering unmatched accuracy and reliability for complex and large part measurements.
 
Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, October 23, 2024—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the latest advancements to its HandySCAN 3D|MAX Series. These improvements include a significant enhancement of the volumetric accuracy for large parts, additional measurement feedback to guide users confidently capture the right data on the first attempt, as well as other software upgrades designed specifically to enhance hardware performance, demonstrating once again Creaform’s commitment to its customers.
 
The HandySCAN 3D|MAX Series integrates the core benefits of the HandySCAN 3D™ lineup, optimized to obtain metrology-grade measurements in minutes for large and complex parts. This results in highly accurate 3D scans without requiring surface preparation, ideal for professionals in diverse industries such as mining, transport, energy, and heavy industries.
 
With the introduction of new algorithms, the upgraded HandySCAN 3D|MAX Series now achieves an accredited volumetric accuracy of up to 0.075 mm + 0.010 mm/m, which represents, for example, over 30% increase in accuracy on a 5 m part. A new target acquisition mode, enhanced target quality indicators, and a target deviation table have also been integrated to provide comprehensive measurement feedback, ensuring the quality of the 3D model, as well as an increase in speed, portability, and simplicity.
 
The HandySCAN 3D™|MAX Series offers significant ROI by drastically reducing the time and resources required for product development and quality assurance. With faster and more accurate measurements, companies can shorten their design cycles and accelerate time-to-market, providing a competitive edge by allowing quicker response to market demands and the ability to secure new business opportunities.
 
Key features and benefits:
 

• Enhanced accuracy: With an accuracy of up to 0.075 mm + 0.010 mm/m, a first on the market for a handheld device, it measures features with smaller tolerances, ensuring high precision.
• Versatility: It can measure and analyze any part regardless of size, shape, complexity, and finish.
• Extra large scanning area: Up to 2.0 m X 2.4 m (6.6 X 7.9 ft).
• Part size range: 1 m to 15 m (3.3 ft to 49.2 ft).
• Feedback on target deviation: Additional data for measurement confidence.
• Scale bar mode: Allows a large depth of field for seamless target acquisition from 0.3 m to 2.5 m.
• Reliability: With acceptance tests performed in ISO 17025 accredited laboratory.
• Simplicity: Its powerful and intuitive software provides an optimal user experience, even for non-experts.

 
“With the HandySCAN 3D|MAX Series, Creaform continues to lead the way in portable, high-precision 3D scanning, declares Olivier Plamondon, Product Manager at Creaform. There’s simply no other product on the market that offers such a high level of accuracy and volumetric precision for large parts.”

The company’s main handheld lineups can now easily be used as automated solutions, with this newly developed Hybrid Solution that combines cobot, digital twin software and workstation, for a flexible and affordable self-operating quality control experience.
 
Lévis, Québec, April 16, 2024—Creaform, a business unit of AMETEK, Inc. and the worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, launches the Automation Kit that can turn the HandySCAN 3D and MetraSCAN 3D portable 3D scanner families into fully fledged solutions for automated quality control (AQC) applications. Outfitted with a collaborative robot (cobot) and all related equipment, the actual workstation allows the operator to use the 3D scanners in portable mode as well as in automated mode. A safe solution that is easy to both install and deploy.
 
True model of interconnectedness, the solution interfaces seamlessly with the VXscan-R digital twin environment and thus becomes an all-in-one, user-friendly system for anyone to use, even workers who are unaccustomed or unfamiliar with the technology. And with features such as a smaller footprint, a light and compact design, and an affordable total cost of ownership, the Hybrid Solution is part of a noble effort to democratize access to automated solutions and automation as a whole.
 
“Given the intrinsic safety of the equipment and the intuitiveness of its implementation compared to custom solutions on the market, explains Mathieu Desmarais, Product Manager at Creaform, this turnkey package is particularly well suited for SMEs and other companies taking their first steps in the automation realm.” He then adds that: “When mounted to a cobot, the scanners boast several benefits such as a gain in productivity and a reduction in the potential for error. But at any point, the HandySCAN 3D or MetraSCAN 3D can be used in a portable manner, to enhance versatility and eliminate the need to move workpieces around.”
 
To learn more about the Automation Kit, register for the free webinar on May 2^nd, entitled “Enhance Quality Control Confidence and Productivity With Our Latest 3D Scanning Innovations”. This webinar will address the key challenges in quality control, focusing on data reliability problems and lack of technical expertise, as well as explore the evolution of quality control technologies, highlighting the benefits of optical portable CMM’s scanners.
 
About Creaform
Boasting two decades of experience shaping the future of dimensional metrology, Creaform assists their customers achieve their measurement ambitions through cutting-edge 3D solutions. With its extensive hardware and software portfolio, Creaform enables its users to experience innovation firsthand through 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and MRO. Thousands of professionals in various industries, like automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, heavy industries, oil and gas, power generation, consumer products, research and education, have discovered that with Creaform, Innovation Takes Form.
 
Headquartered in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 26 locations all around the world and a network of over a hundred distributors. A presence that enables the company to build relations and provide unmatched customer service. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.
 
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The new infrastructure will help the company consolidate its position as a world-class manufacturer in terms of quality, service and after-sales.
 
Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, February 9, 2023—Creaform, a business unit of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide leader in portable 3D measurement solutions and engineering services, announced today the opening of their new 660-square-meter repair center, next to their France office based in Fontaine (close to Grenoble). This endeavour sends a strong message of support and autonomy for the Creaform community in the EMEA region: the company can now leverage solid calibration and acceptance results locally, and address repairs on the entire Creaform portfolio.
 
With this major investment, the company aims to reduce the time of the repair process, namely in terms of overseas shipping. Partners and end customers of the EMEA territory (Europe, Middle East, Africa) will now benefit from a local service, which will reduce the occasional expedition of their products to the Creaform headquarters in Lévis (Québec), Canada. This translates to an optimisation of handling costs and better control over the RMA process (return merchandise authorization). The repair center will also receive, manage and process Creaform systems coming from India instead of receiving them in Canada, as is the case today.
 
Thanks to the ISO 9001 (July 2022) and ISO 17025 (December 2022) certifications it received, this new center can conduct calibration and acceptance tests locally, on all quality control systems and products throughout the Creaform portfolio. Going forward, all repairs will be done with the same level of service as Creaform HQ. ISO 9001 is the standard that covers the implementation of a quality management system in a given organization while ISO 17025 extends to an organization’s ability to generate reliable results in terms of calibration and testing.
 
Here is an overview of the EMEA repair center’s capabilities and expertise:
 
System Tasks HandySCAN 300/307/700 Repair & calibration HandySCAN BLACK / BLACK Elite Repair & calibration ISO 17025 Go!SCAN 20/50 Repair & calibration Go!SCAN SPARK Repair & calibration C-Track 3^rd GEN Repair & calibration ISO 17025 C-Track 4^th GEN Repair & calibration ISO 17025 MetraSCAN 350/750 Repair & calibration MetraSCAN BLACK Repair & calibration ISO 17025  
“We have at heart to provide a quality of service at least as good as our systems!” claimed Fanny Truchon, President & Business Unit Manager at Creaform. “We trust these service improvements will prove instrumental in relieving our existing and future EMEA customers from delays and costs associated with the logistics of a point of service located on a whole other continent. This marks the end of a journey that started in February 2021—when we started looking for a suitable site— but also opens an era of simplicity and autonomy for us and our customers in the region,” she concluded.
 
 
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About Creaform
Never Stop Innovating, a motto that represents the core values of Creaform, from its beginning in 2002 all the way to 2022, which marked the 20^th anniversary of the company. To this day, Creaform continues to develop, manufacture, and sell cutting-edge 3D portable and automated measurement technologies that provide innovative solutions for applications such as 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and numerical simulation (FEA/CFD). Its products and engineering services redefine the boundaries in a variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, consumer products, heavy industries, manufacturing, oil and gas, power generation, research and education.
 
With headquarters and manufacturing operations in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 14 local offices located all around the world, and a network of over 125 distributors. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with 2021 sales of $5.5 billion.
 
www.creaform3d.com/
 
 
Presse Contact:
Annick Christina Giesen
Regional Marketing & PR Manager EMEA
Tel. +49 711 1856 8064
Annick.Giesen@ametek.com
 
AMETEK GmbH - Division Creaform Deutschland
Meisenweg 37
D - 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen