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3D Engineering Solutions Forms Partnership with Nikon Metrology to Create an Industrial CT Scanning Center of Excellence
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3D Engineering Solutions has agreed to form a strategic partnership with Nikon
Metrology, Inc to create an industrial CT scanning laboratory and Center of
Excellence, to meet the growing need for CT scanning engineering services.

3D Engineering Solutions (3DES), an advanced design engineering and metrology
services company in Cincinnati, Ohio is pleased to announce their strategic
partnership with Nikon Metrology, Inc (NMI) of Brighton, Michigan. 3DES recently
purchased two state of the art industrial computed tomography (CT) systems
from NMI. These systems use X-rays to penetrate components and assemblies to
retrieve all surface and internal details.

3DES’ new metrology grade industrial CT scanning systems have led to an
expanded 30,000 square foot controlled state-of-the-art laboratory featuring
leading edge touch-less data collection, inspection and engineering systems.
The addition of the metrology grade CT scanners creates a dynamic new
capability.

Industrial CT scanning engineering overcomes line of sight restrictions and data
collection issues experienced with touch probe, laser, vision and structured light
based systems. 3DES VP of Operations, Rob Glassburn, P.E., explains, "This
technology allows us to surface map and inspect internal passages of customer
parts that require a non-destructive evaluation of their critical components.
Markets from aerospace, medical, automotive and historical preservation can
benefit from this advanced CT technology by utilizing 3DES’ services without the
burden of expensive capital investments and maintaining engineers proficient in
their use. 3DES will break down the paradigm that precision industrial scanning
is expensive and time consuming. Our services will provide ISO 17025 quality
combined with excellent turn around for our services utilizing 24/7 customer
support."

Valued at over $2 million, this 3DES project creates a state-of-the-art industrial
CT scanning Center of Excellence. This strategic partnership with Nikon
Metrology uniquely qualifies 3DES as the leading engineering and metrology lab
in the United States, with its advanced suite of leading edge CT scanning
hardware, advanced reconstruction and analysis software and team of degreed
engineers professionally trained in all aspects of the use and proficient
application of 3D voxel model data acquisition and point cloud engineering.

Nikon Metrology VP of Strategic Marketing, Jim Clark explains, "Industrial X-
ray/CT has long been a tool used in the Quality and Failure Analysis lab, but
advances in speed, techniques and standards mean that it is now a tool that can
replace several pieces of existing measurement and metrology equipment and
provide superior results both quicker and without the need to cut or destroy the
part."

"Nikon Metrology is excited to have partnered with 3D Engineering Solutions,"
notes Clark. "3DES is geographically well positioned in the Midwest to support
the growing demand for advanced CT scanning services. Additionally it provides
Nikon Metrology with a base for demonstrating and educating key customers and
industries as to the benefits of industrial CT."

With the rapid growth of additive manufacturing (3D printing) in the aerospace
industry requiring jet engine manufacturers to better understand the critical
nature of the internal passages of the components they are producing, Nikon
and 3DES’s new 450kV micro focus CT scanning system allows for significant
improvements in inspecting critical components such as turbines, nozzles and
blades. This new strategic partnership with 3DES and Nikon Metrology allows this
niche industry of advanced CT scanning of critical aerospace components to be
supported on a 24/7 basis that no other engineering services company is
currently offering.

3DES president, James T. Irwin, shares, "In the world of metrology and non-
destructive engineering/testing (NDE/NDT inspections), this is game-changing
technology. From a single CT scan of a fine watch, we can measure and 3D-
model each internal component.

Our new Nikon MCT225 and XTH450 CT scanner systems are best-in-class and
offer a broad and complex range of inspection capability. With the speed,
accuracy and capacity of these systems, we are prepared to exponentially
increase our services business."

About 3D Engineering Solutions:
3D Engineering Solutions is registered with the State of Ohio for Professional
Engineering and is ISO 17025 certified for third party inspection. The company
maintains a state-of-the-art, climate controlled metrology lab, servicing OEM
needs for FAI / PPAP inspection and more, including an industrial CT scanning
lab, 3D laser scanning, data collection, 3D CAD modeling, reverse engineering,
and long range laser scanning for BIM services. Customers rely on 3D
Engineering Solutions to design process tooling and fixtures for the automotive,
industrial, green energy, nuclear and aerospace industries, using engineering
tools such as Siemens advanced NX7.5 Mach 3 CAD platform. Leading edge point
cloud software, InnovMetric PolyWorks, allows a common software platform for
collecting data across all of Faro laser-based data collection platforms. 3D
Engineering Solutions brings more than 100 years of collective experience to
every engineering project. For more information about long range laser
scanning, or for general information about 3D Engineering Solutions, call 513-
771-7710 or visit the company’s website: http://www.3D-engineering.net.
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