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News Release from: Europac Metrology | Subject: Laser scanning
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 May 2007
Laser scanning system for Egyptian
mummies
Geomatics company, Plowman Craven, purchased a robust EuroPac Metrology laser scanning system to investigate mummies in the Bahariyah Oasis, located in Egypt's Western Desert.
Based in Crewe, Cheshire, EuroPac Metrology offers 3D laser scanning bureau and sales services to companies throughout the world EuroPac boasts a long list of satisfied clients operating in such diverse sectors as Autosport/Automotive, Atomic, Aerospace, Archaeology, Built-Environment, Medical and Electronic industries
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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EuroPac's advanced Laser Scanner is normally fitted to an extremely robust, articulating arm, featuring infinite rotation and integrated Wi-Fi, the user friendly arm enables the most awkward areas of any scanned object to be reached with ease.
The renowned EuroPac laser produces a broad line of points (up to 157mm band width) vastly accelerating data acquisition rates far beyond the capability of traditional contact or single-point acquisition methods.
On scanning, the ingenious device produces a real-time digital representation of any object with a class-leading speed of 458,000 points per second to an impressive resolution of 4.5um.
The file created is a cloud of points that faithfully represents the surfaces and characteristics of the subject matter, and is particularly useful for applications such as reverse engineering, prototyping inspection and CAD comparison.
Dependant on the application and the industry involved, EuroPac lasers' scanned data is transmitted to one of the company's ingenious, user-friendly software solutions for processing.
Illustrating the diverse nature of EuroPac's many scanning projects is the company's recent involvement in a world-class archaeology undertaking.
A leading Geomatics company, Plowman Craven had an urgent requirement to extend their scanning capabilities into the sub millimetre accuracy range.
As Plowman Craven boast a global client base, it was crucial that the chosen system would function efficiently in all climatic conditions and be able to accurately scan every possible material.
The company's recently purchased robust EuroPac Scanning System proved to be the ideal answer to their demanding system specification.
The first test for the EuroPac system was to scan recently discovered mummies in the Bahariyah Oasis, located in Egypt's Western Desert.
Plowman Craven 3D were commissioned to undertake high-definition close range scanning of some of the most important mummies from the site, as well as the tombs in which they were found, as an important visualisation and conservation record of these amazing remains.
The flexibility of EuroPac's technology allowed for quick and easy set-ups in conditions and environments previously untested by such systems.
The captured data was real-time visualised in EuroPac's reverse engineering software and 3D rapid models were created whilst on-site.
Archaeologists are now able to monitor any degradation of the mummies that may incur due to their movement from the tombs or purely due to the passing of time.
Utilising all their metrology, survey and archaeological expertise Plowman Craven 3D and the EuroPac Metrology team produced breathtaking results in a country that has previously never seen such cutting-edge technology applied to its rich heritage.
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