VISI software combined with Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence and Heidenhain Italiana to present visitors at an industry trade fair with a unique milled medal of their faces.

Visitors to VISI’s Italian reseller — Vero Solutions Srl (www.vero-solutions.it), which was on Heidenhain Italiana’s stand at the A & T Exhibition in Turin — had their faces laser-scanned by Check Solutions using Hexagon equipment while sitting in an old-style barber’s chair.

The information was processed and imported into VISI, which created tool-paths using Waveform machining software.

Fourth-year students from the CNOS-FAP Institute in Turin prepared the Ergal (aluminium alloy) stock medals ready for milling on a GF Mikron machining centre with a Heidenhain TNC 620 controller.

When the medal was ready, the visitor was e-mailed by Vero’s WorkPlan management system, advising them that the medal was ready to collect (www.hexagonmi.com) .