What this means for company's looking to maximise reverse engineering of components is that they can now scan previously manufactured parts and within seconds be able to generate a numerically controlled code for a nest of those components.

Furthermore, once the parts are manufactured, they can be scanned and compared with the original electronic file to double-check accuracy.

Sales and Marketing Director of Maxitec, Mr Andrew Bentrup, says this development will all but eliminate guesswork and prototyping which costs companies time and money.

"This is very much a seamless link between digital technology and machine application, which allows most refinements to be done in the digital environment rather than wasting money experimenting with actual product," said Mr Bentrup.

"Design engineers can fashion a part and refine it in a software environment to a high level of engineering accuracy, manufacture a single prototype, and if satisfied by the result just scan and lock it into the system as a template.

"And it is not just for the big sheet metal fabricators - this technology has been developed with small players in mind, to allow everyone to grow their business and improve their performance."

JetCam software provides InspecVision users with a seamless link at both ends of the production process.

Operators can even draw on JetCam's broad support of machine tools and cutting technologies, and the automation of all the processes between initial part scanning and inspection of the finished part.

JetCam customers adopting InspecVision technology will gain physical hardware interface needed to import real-world part information.

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