Faro Freestyle3D boosts portable 3D laser scanning

Faro has unveiled its Freestyle3D handheld laser scanner for use in engineering, architecture and construction. Equipped with a Microsoft Surface tablet, it offers real-time visualisation by allowing the user to view point cloud data as it is captured.

The Freestyle3D scans to a distance of up to 3 m and captures up to 88,000 points per second to accuracy better than 1.5 mm. The patent-pending, self-compensating optical system also allows users to start scanning immediately, requiring no warm-up time.

The portability of Freestyle3D (it weighs less than 0.9 kg) enables users to manoeuvre and scan in tight and hard-to-reach areas, while memory-scan technology means scanning can be paused at any time and then resumed, without the need for artificial targets.

The Freestyle3D can be employed as a standalone device to scan areas of interest, or used in tandem with Faro's Focus X130/X330 scanners.