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Replacing manual thickness measurement with 3D scanning

By Tom Charron • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: Tech Tips, XOV
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Problem

Measuring the thickness of an object like a propeller has generally been a tedious process that is difficult to repeat consistently.

The traditional thickness measurement process goes something like this:

  1. Mark each blade to define cylindrical (or conic) cross sections