(Wenzel/Xspect Solutions: Wixom, MI) -- “Industry continues to look for good portable 3-D imaging technology for reverse engineering and inspection,” says Giles Gaskell, North American sales manager for 3-D imaging products for Wenzel/Xspect Solutions.

Early in 2010, Wenzel Scantec introduced the MobileScan3D system, which provides the quality and repeatability of a CMM-based laser scanner in a portable and highly flexible system (see figure 1). The MobileScan3D model range for 2011 includes a Blue-Scan blue-laser scanning sensor that has distinct advantages over red-laser technology for smaller volume, high-accuracy applications.

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