The Steinbichler COMET 5 is a system based on white light fringe projection featuring a measuring time of < 1 second and camera resolutions of up to 11 megapixels. The T-SCAN is a hand-held laser scanner which allows measurement even on shiny objects, like sheet metal parts, without the need for surface preparation. PolyWorks is the market-leading point-cloud-engineering software solution used by automotive and aeronautic manufacturers worldwide. Steinbichler users can benefit from a free plug-in that integrates the Steinbichler T-SCAN scanner into PolyWorks for real-time scanning directly within the same PolyWorks user session. 

“Our respective distribution channels have been working well together for many years,“ said Marc Boulanger, Director of Worldwide Sales at InnovMetric Software.“This agreement will further facilitate the acquisition of Steinbichler/PolyWorks bundled systems within the automotive and aeronautics user community," he continued. 

“Both our organizations enjoy a solid customer base in the industrial manufacturing industry including automotive OEM manufacturers and their suppliers," said Pal Fugelli, Sales Channel Manager at Steinbichler. “This agreement represents an excellent opportunity for InnovMetric and Steinbichler to further increase their penetration into these strategic markets,“ he concluded. 

About Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH 

Steinbichler Optotechnik is a worldwide leading supplier of optical measuring and testing technology. 
Since the company´s foundation in 1980 (Labor Dr. Steinbichler) and 1987 (Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH), Steinbichler develops and markets highly precise systems with corresponding software solutions for a wide range of applications (after the consolidation of both companies in 2005 now operating as Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH): 

• 3D Digitizing 
• Surface Inspection 
• Tire Testing 
• Shearography-NDT 
• Deformation and Vibration Analysis (TV-Shearography, ESPI/PulsESPI) 

For the 3D digitizing of freeform surfaces Steinbichler Optotechnik offers two innovative system solutions representing a new system generation for flexible and mobile use: The COMET® systems based on white light fringe projection, and the handheld laser scanner T-SCAN. Due to the intelligent hardware and software options, both systems feature ultimate performance for digitizing tasks in various application areas, thus ensuring an exceptional level regarding user-friendliness and data quality. Among Steinbichler´s numerous international customers are many well-known industry companies mainly from the automotive, aerospace, and tire industry branches. 

With the innovation strength and technical know-how of our company, the company could contribute to many research projects funded by the European Community and the German government, leading to important technological developments. Thus, Steinbichler Optotechnik has supplied high-tech products for a number of experiments carried out within the framework of the Space Lab Missions D1 and D2 (1985 and 1993). Furthermore, many patents testify the leading role and capacity in the fields of optical metrology. In addition, high-value synergy effects evolve from strategic development and sales cooperations with competent partners from industry and research. Currently, Steinbichler Optotechnik has more than 80 employees. 

About InnovMetric Software 

Founded in 1994 in Québec City, Canada, with subsidiaries in the United States and China and distributors worldwide, InnovMetric Software Inc. has devoted its first decade of business to developing software that transforms high-density 3D digitizers into true metrology instruments. These efforts have propelled PolyWorks^® as the standard point cloud engineering software solution for major automotive and aeronautic OEM manufacturers and suppliers worldwide. With sales having doubled over the past two years, InnovMetric is now expanding the PolyWorks potential to new heights. 

InnovMetric now integrates a wide range of hardware measurement devices including laser scanners, arm-based & hand-held probing devices, and laser trackers within its software suite, transforming PolyWorks into a truly universal 3D metrology software platform. PolyWorks has become a global corporate solution that enables the deployment of standardized methods throughout the whole organization for comparing parts to CAD, analyzing GD&T, virtually gauging dimensions, meshing high-density point clouds, and rapidly surfacing digitized meshes. 

For increased user productivity, PolyWorks maximizes information-sharing through a free 3D viewer, allowing any individual to view inspection results, perform basic measurements, and generate reports. Those who use PolyWorks every day trust it for its robustness, its accuracy, and world-class technical support.