3D scanning speeds up quality control process to inspect forged parts for shape and dimensional accuracy

Many manufacturers source ready-to-install forged components and assemblies from supplie.

Where are drop forgings used?

Buyers of drop forgings come from the mining, railway and mechanical engineering sectors, as well as the commercial vehicle, agricultural machinery technology and special vehicle manufacturing industri.

In the field of railway technology, drop forgings are widely used for their durability, for example in pivot bogies, couplings and suspensions of railway vehicles, but also in track and switch construction as floor plates or slide bars .

In the field of mechanical and special-purpose engineering, forgings are used in the electrical industry (for example, for electrical switchgear and transformers) and the construction machinery industry (for example, for pipe-laying equipmen.

In the commercial vehicle industry, agricultural machinery technical equipment and special vehicle manufacturing, forged parts are used in axle suspension and power transmission systems and as wear parts in conveying syste.

Wilhelm Schulte-Wiese produces forgings with a gross weight of 300 g to 100 .

Most recently, WSW's Forge Inspection department started using the Metrology-grade portable blue-ray 3D scanner HandySCAN 3D and its companion 3D metrology software platform VXelements for quality control to check the shape and dimensional accuracy of finished par.

During production, quality inspectors scan parts at defined inspection intervals (statistical process control) to obtain measurement resul.

In the past, the features to be inspected were manually measured with gauges and calipers, with the disadvantage that the measurements could only be recorded on pap.

The quality control process is greatly simplified by using the HandySCAN 3D, a metrology-grade portable blue-ray 3D scann.

The decisive factor that prompted WSW to purchase a portable 3D scanner for its quality control department was the high flexibility and versatility of the HandySCAN 3D equipme.

"Creaform's 3D scanners are used in almost all areas of our busine.

About WSW Corporation

Wilhelm Schulte-Wiese Gesenkschmiede GmbH & .

The company is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified to meet the high quality requirements of its customers, in particular, the company is also certified HPQ superstructure and HPQ railcars (manufacturer-related product certification) to meet the quality requirements of Deutsche Ba.

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AboutCREAFORM

Creaform develops, manufactures and sells 3D portable and automated measurement technology products, specializing in engineering servic.

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