Creaform, a world-wide provider of portable and automated 3-D measurement solutions, recently inaugurated its new European demonstration and benchmark centre for its 3-D scanning co-ordinate measurement machine (CMM) — the CUBE-R.

Offered as an off-the-shelf fully integrated automated inspection solution, it is primarily used in
the automotive industry for sheet metal, casting and composite inspection.

The new demonstration centre, located at the company’s Stuttgart office, is close to major automotive manufacturers in the Baden-Württemberg region, as well as other OEMs and their suppliers, plus research institutes. Germany is currently the world’s fourth-largest producer of motor vehicles (after China, the USA and Japan).

Pierre-Hugues Allard, head of sales at Creaform, said: “We are currently initiating a world-wide deployment plan for the CUBE-R, with the opening of demonstration centres in key territories such as Germany, the USA and Japan.

An automated industrial measuring cell represents a major investment for any company, so offering potential customers the opportunity to observe and benchmark the benefits of such a solution first-hand is often critical.

Our demonstration centre in Stuttgart features a CUBE-R that integrates Metrologic Group’s advanced 3-D measurement programming and inspection software packages — Silma and Metrolog X4 i-Robot.”

Creaform’s inauguration Open House attracted OEMs and suppliers from Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and Turkey.