3D Scanning & Inspection Specialists for Turbine Blades

3D Scanners UK have been producing inspection reports for power generation companies since the company was first formed back in 1998.

Over the last ten years the turbine blade industry has evolved, and with the explosion of turbine applications within the power and energy markets, 3D Scanning technologies have been highly influential.

Manufacturers of turbine blades approach 3D Scanners UK to inspect parts, for a variety of reasons, these include;

• Part to Part deviation (quality control)

• CAD to Part deviation (corrosion)

• Reverse Engineering.

Sometimes companies want to reproduce an old turbine blade, when cad data no longer exists, or re-design some aspect of an old blade into a new one. We understand that the inspection data provided to our customers must be accurate, to insure that the new manufactured blade has the hydro- dynamic flow needed to conform to the correct design standards.

Contact measuring devices can only supply partial landmark measurements, so 3D Scanners UK use a non-contact 3d laser scanner to scan turbine blades. The main reason for this, is that it can gather enough points (20,000 points per second) to create a completely accurate surface profile of the turbine blade. We also use the best inspection & reverse engineering software on the market, to extract measurements and carryout deviation analysis, to achieve the best accuracy and detail for our customers.

3D Scanners UK are also the only UK Authorised Master Distributer and reseller of InnovMetric PolyWorks® Software, which is the worlds leading reverse engineering and inspection software. Please visit the 'software' page to see details of the Airfoil module that PolyWorks has to offer.