Based in Woking, Surrey, the company’s GOM ATOS 5120 ScanBox facility is capable of accurately measuring the full surface geometry of freeform and organic objects.
Components ranging in size from 10 mm to 2 m are automatically scanned, using the robotic measurement system, more quickly than by manual methods and to resolutions up to 30 micron. This represents the highest accuracy, resolution and speed of measurement available to clients in the UK, says Physical Digital.
Over the past few years, the company, which is the UK’s primary service provider of GOM’s non-contact industrial measurement systems, has identified a growing demand for high accuracy automated inspection. Companies ask specifically for a ‘GOM measurement’ as part of their project requirements, driven by the large OEMs that have fully adopted this technology internally, the company further explains.
Says Tim Rapley, Physical Digital’s managing director: “3D scanning has aided every design and manufacturing industry and helped the most forward-thinking companies develop and grow through the use of accurate measurement. The ScanBox service offers the highest resolution measurement available for UK clients to use on a contract basis. This will open up new opportunities for smaller companies to bid for larger manufacturing contracts without having to invest in expensive measurement equipment themselves.”
Alongside the automated 3D scanning facility, Physical Digital’s team of dedicated CAD engineers offer full reverse engineering capabilities to provide a cost- and time-effective route to high quality CAD data in the form of 3D models and 2D drawings.
Physical Digital was founded in 2005 by Tim Rapley, whose years in engineering, including a decade with MacLaren race cars, gave him the knowledge and experience necessary to establish a mobile 3D scanning service for clients worldwide. Now with a staff of nine, the company is the UK’s primary service provider for Gesellschaft für Optische Messtechnik (GOM) optical measurement systems.
- You’ll find Physical Digital on Stand 42 of Make Measurement Matter; Stand F82, Hall 5 of Advanced Engineering Show, with show partners Majenta PLM; and Stand D32, Hall 3A of TCT.
