About mounting a 3D scanner on a CNC-machine

Scantech 3D Scanner is easily mounted on any existing CNC machinery - small or big. We have several hundreds of installations all over the world. Size of scan is only limited to the working range of your CNC.

The Scantech 3D Scanner can be mounted on any 3-axis,5-axis or 3-axis turning lathe, thus allowing real 3D works on the object!

Scantech's 3D Scanner is 10 times faster than a mechanical probe and soft or fragile models is no problem at all!

On a 5-axis machine we can scan in three ways:

1. 3+2 axis scan. Meaning that C- and B-axis (or A) are constant during scan
2. True 5 axis scan. Where all 5 axis can move simultanously.
3. Cylindrical scan. Where the scanner rotates around the object.

The five faces of a cube (3+2 axis scan):

...and do Cylinder scan by rotating around the model:

3D Scanner head 
The 3D Scanner head comes in two variations: The OneCam and the TwoCam scanner head.

TwoCam and OneCam 3D Scanner

No details are hidden for the Scantech TwoCam 3D Scanner! Technical specifications for the TwoCam 3D Scanner here

Types of CNC machines

3-axis, 5-axis and turning lathe

CARSO/Gold

Powerful copy milling of deep reliefs in stone on a 3-5 axis CNC

Complete system for scanning and milling on a 3-5 axis CNC-machine. Powerful CAD/CAM system tailor-made for copy milling of deep reliefs in stone. Manipulation of scans e.g. scaling, mirroring, positive/negative. Export to other CAD/CAM systems. Support for Saw-blade and Core Drill, and seven different milling tool shapes in any size. Time efficient milling out. Simulation of milling process. Rest Milling. Neutral G-code post processor with dynamic feed rate included.

Read about CARSO/Gold system here!

CARSO/Advanced

Powerful copy milling of deep reliefs in wood, foam or other material on a 3-5 axis CNC

Complete system for scanning and milling on a 3-5 axis CNC-machine. Powerful CAD/CAM system tailor-made for copy milling in any material. Manipulation of scans e.g. scaling, mirroring, positive/negative. Export to other CAD/CAM systems. Support for seven different milling tool shapes in any size. Time efficient milling out. Simulation of milling process. Rest Milling. Neutral G-code post processor with dynamic feed rate included.

Read about CARSO/Advanced system here!

CARSO/Lathe

Powerful copy milling on a CNC turning lathe

Complete system for scanning and milling on a 3 axis CNC turning lathe. Powerful CAD/CAM system tailor-made for 3D copy milling. Manipulation of scans e.g. scaling, mirroring, positive/negative. Export to other CAD/CAM systems. Support for Saw-blade and Core Drill, and seven different milling tools. Time efficient milling out. Neutral G-code post processor with dynamic feed rate included.

Read about CARSO/Lathe system here!

CARSO/BasicX

Copy milling of low reliefs 3-axis CNC

Best buy system - easy to install and use! The system consist of the Scantech OneCam 3D Scanner and the SmartScanX application for scan, and a simple to use Copying CAD/CAM CARSO/Basic . Robust industrial communication allows up to 100 meter of cable to scanner. Connects to USB . Reads X-axis position from CNC for high precision scan. Manipulations: Size, Stretch, Crop and Smooth of scan. Milling: Four different tool shapes in any size, Rough out in Z, Rectangular or Elliptical boundary of cut. Neutral ISO-code post processor.

CARSO/Decimate

Export of scans in STL-format

It's also possible to purchase a Scantech 3D Scanner without one of our Copying CAD/CAM packages. In this case we include anl application called CARSO/Decimate. The purpose of CARSO/Decimate is export of scans in Stereo lithography format also known as the STL-file format to other CAD/CAM systems. The STL-file format is a very popular format for scan data exchange and most CAD/CAM system are able to read the format.

STL-files are huge and not easy to manage for CAD/CAM system. Carso Decimate solve this problem by reducing the number of triangles in an intelligent way. To get fine details you must scan with a high resolution. In some areas the high resolution is not necessary if you have smooth or flat areas, so here points can be removed without loss of information.  The method is called “Decimation” and  will typically reduce the number of triangles to less than half of original number.

Time to move on - contact Scantech on info@scantech.com

Take a look at the many different applications.

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