University of Sunderland Uses Z Corporation 3D Scanner to

Engineering education shines when students go beyond just learning about today’s technology and acquire advanced expertise that prospective employers can’t resist.

This is precisely what drove the University of Sunderland, UK, to bring high-resolution 3D laser scanning to its Digital Factory.

Digital Factory is a training and technology transfer project focused around digital engineering technologies. The project is delivered by the Institute for Automotive and Manufacturing Advanced Practice (AMAP), a department of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of Sunderland in the North East of England and funded by One NorthEast (Regional Development Agency).

The Digital Factory’s students and professional consultants provide technical training and support to North East UK businesses in computer-aided design, engineering and rapid prototyping. The Digital Factory team recently helped 3M UK PLC, for example, improve manufacturing accuracy and reduce costly waste at its plant in Aycliffe, UK.

“We had a long list of demanding requirements for our 3D laser scanning technology, and the ZScanner™ 700 from Z Corporation was the only one that met them all,” says Sajid Abdullah, Lead Consultant with the Digital Factory. “It was the perfect tool for the 3M project.”