Application
Scan worn liners and rebuild CAD for foundry tooling.
Wear maps on chutes, mills and buckets help maintenance order the right liners before a failure. We scan in dusty conditions with FieldKit discipline, tag hot spots, and compare against the last outage mesh when you have one. We occasionaly see briefs that skip access photos and then wonder why the plan slips.
Write the constraint down before you pick a finish, device, machine, or breed path. Teams that skip that step usually pay for it in a rush fee or a second visit. We would rather ask a plain question now than invent a polished wrong answer.
We talk in checklists and named owners, not in slogans. If something is uncertain, we mark it uncertain.
That habit keeps crews and clients aligned when the day gets noisy. It also makes the next job faster because the notes still make sense a month later.
We also keep a short internal note on what failed last time on similar briefs, so we do not repeat the same miss. That note is not fancy. It is dates, constraints, and one sentence on the fix.
If you are briefing us for the first time, two photos and a timing window are enough to start. If you have a drawing set or a statement pack, send that too, even if it is messy. Email when you are ready, and we will answer with a practical sequence rather than a brochure.
FieldKit Portable · WearMap Analytics · Oil & gas flanges. Browse adjacent applications and instruments when your constraint shifts.
Questions on Mining wear parts? Write to info@3dscanner.co.za with your city, timing, and two constraint photos if you have them. We reply from Midrand Technical Park during ordinary business hours. If the brief is urgent, say the go-live date in the subject line.
Local notes from Midrand Technical Park: work around Gqeberha, Mbombela and Worcester taught us to ask about access and timing before taste. Vague advice wastes a week. If your Mining wear parts brief differs from the pattern above, say so early. Unusual access, listed buildings, hygiene zones, remote connectivity, or landlord rules all change the sequence. A short email with hard edges beats a long email with adjectives. When we know the edges, we can recommend instruments and a crew plan that holds up on site.
If you are comparing options across ScanLab SA, keep the decision sheet simple: constraint, option, risk, owner. We can help fill that sheet on a call or by email. We do not need a formal RFP to be useful. Bring the messy statement, the venue photo, the nest file, or the camp map, whichever matches your world. That is enough to start a serious conversation about Mining wear parts.
Instruments
Handheld metrology
Blue-laser handheld for shop-floor reverse engineering and first-article inspection.
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Site deployment
Flight-case metrology kit for mines, mills, and remote fabrication yards.
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Wear software
Thickness and wear mapping from successive scans of liners and tools.
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Scan-to-CAD for mining wear parts
Browse projects and resources for packing lists and verification notes.