In 2019, aftermarket industries face many challenges. Multiple disruptors, including evolving competition, channel digitization, as well as increasing quality and compliance requirements, are forcing aftermarket industries to meet these challenges with new approaches, including 3D scanning technology.
Let's look at some of the benefits of 3D scanning for aftermarket industries.
Product development
As manufacturers continue to innovate in their respective fields, aftermarket industries face a rapidly evolving demand for new product development on parts and components. What's more, the timescales for getting these parts and components to market are becoming ever shorter.
De nombreux fournisseurs du marché secondaire utilisent la technologie de numérisation 3D pour accélérer le développement et le prototypage des produits. En travaillant sur des pièces et des formes nouvelles et complexes, les équipes de R&D utilisent des scanners 3D pour numériser les équipements des fabricants, pour créer, moderniser et optimiser les pièces, et ainsi assurer leur ajustement optimal du premier coup.
Reverse engineering
Often, aftermarket industries have to deal with obsolete CAD files of existing parts (or no CAD files at all). This not only slows down the design process for new or custom parts, but also prevents aftermarket suppliers from being able to sell these parts online or integrate them into manufacturers' ERP systems.
En utilisant la numérisation 3D, les ingénieurs peuvent rapidement prendre toutes les mesures d’un produit existant et recréer des modèles 3D extrêmement précis, qui pourront être utilisés ultérieurement. Les avantages de la numérisation 3D vont encore plus loin : La numérisation 3D permet la rétro-ingénierie des composants de concurrents, afin d’améliorer et d’agrandir les portefeuilles de produits actuels.
Quality control
The secondary market industries must align themselves with ever more stringent and constantly evolving standards, whether demanded by their customers or regulators.
enable R&D and quality control teams to carry out inspections during the prototyping or production stages of a product's lifecycle management process. In this way, sources of error in the design or tooling stages of a part can be quickly identified and corrected, helping to avoid costly bottlenecks during mass production and product recalls. 3D scanners can also be used during the product certification process.
The benefits of 3D scanning will undoubtedly have a positive effect on the continued growth of aftermarket industries. 3D scanners are becoming an essential tool for any aftermarket supplier looking to improve product development, quality and long-term commercial success.
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