This crankshaft poses a whole range of challenges for the average scanner. There are some tricky areas like the small holes along the body of the shaft, and shiny areas where the shaft is constantly being polished by friction. Looking at the camshaft end (the pointy bit), you’ll see that a higher level of detail is required to accurately capture the cogs of the camshaft drive sprocket and the light threads around the crank nose. We were able to sidestep all these pitfalls by integrating Artec Space Spider’s high resolution and Artec Leo’s large field of view and high scanning speed to create a precise model from the combined raw data. In just a few sweeps, Artec Leo produced remarkably clean scans of the object’s surfaces, including the hard-to-reach ones like the little oil passageways. For the camshaft end, Artec Space Spider’s 0.05 mm accuracy and 0.1 mm resolution was able to capture even the pockmarks and signs of wear around the crank nose.
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