Innovation Takes Form: Creaform Elevates Portable 3D Scanning Capabilities with Enhanced HandySCAN 3D

April 19, 2024

With the most accurate BLACK Series yet, made possible through a new certification and the addition of key features, as well as a complete redesign of the SILVER Series, Creaform fulfills the evolving needs of metrology professionals and designers looking to improve their quality control and product development processes.

Lévis, Québec, April 23, 2024Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, unveils its next-generation scanners with the introduction of the HandySCAN BLACK+™️|Elite, and the complete redesigned of the HandySCAN SILVER™️ and HandySCAN SILVER™️|Elite. These latest iterations of the BLACK and SILVER Series promise superior precision as well as enhanced user experience.

The new HandySCAN BLACK+™️|Elite provides a superior level of accuracy through the use of the Accu+ Kit, enabling the user to confidently rely on an optimized volumetric accuracy of 0.020mm+0.015mm/m. Boasting the new Flex Volume, it provides a greater scanning measurement volume, and allows for an adjustable scanning distance that is simple to use, from near (200 mm) to far away (700 mm). Leveraging its newly acquired certifications, the BLACK Series also ensures precision and measurement reliability through its VDI/VDE 2634 part 3 and ISO 10360-based sensor acceptance tests in its ISO/IEC 17025-2017 accredited laboratories, underscoring Creaform’s commitment to rigorous performance evaluation and quality assurance.

As for the newly revamped SILVER Series, it emerges as a transformative tool in product development. With a new ergonomic aesthetic, its heightened resolution catering to intricate details, versatile scanning capabilities accommodating various surface types, and user-friendly design accessible to all, the SILVER series still offers the most value for money. Without compromising affordability, it integrates the cutting-edge advancement of the BLACK Series, leveraging a proven design, compatibility with the recently launched Automation kit and benefiting from exceptional customer service and worldwide support.

As Simon Côté, Product Manager at Creaform, emphasizes: “We are more than a simple solution provider, we partner with companies to improve our products based on their feedback, ensuring that they get the most out of our 3D scanning technologies and software and get to experience innovation firsthand.” He then adds that “with these enhancements in the BLACK and SILVER Series, we provide a complete development path from beginner to expert, in a single lineup; the same that made us pioneers in self-positioning 3D laser scanner.”

To learn more about these latest versions of the HandySCAN 3D family, register for the free webinar on May 7th, entitled “Revolutionizing Engineering and Manufacturing: Unleashing the Power of Portable 3D Scanning”. This webinar will showcase real-world case studies and the tangible benefits of Creaform's new HandySCAN SILVER and BLACK scanner models, for product development and quality control.

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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