3D snapshot sensor measures geometry, shape and surface defects of objects

The new surfaceCONTROL 3D 3500 is a 3D snapshot sensor with a compact design and extremely high resolution in the Z-axis (from 1.0 µm). With a repeatability up to 0.4µm, the sensor is able to reliably detect even the slightest of deviations in planarity, for example, or height differences of very small components (such as IC pins) on printed circuit boards. A data processing speed of up to 2.2 million 3D points per second enables the sensor to increase productivity in the respective application.

Glenn Wedgbrow, business development manager at Micro-Epsilon comments: “Previously, the way to capture a 3D image was to build up a series of 2D profiles, which meant having to wait for the individual profiles to be captured before processing and building the 3D point cloud. The surfaceCONTROL 3D sensors capture all that information in one go, resulting in much faster acquisition and processing times.

“The surfaceCONTROL 3D 3500 sensors will find applications in almost every industrial sector, from automotive production to electronics and machine building. In automated ‘stop-and-go’ production lines, the surfaceCONTROL 3D 3500 sensor will outperform any other 3D measurement sensor currently available on the market, particularly in terms of its Z-axis resolution, repeatability, large measuring area and its comprehensive software development and integration tools.”