Case Study
Asano Uses Geomagic Software to Drive Innovation
www.3dsystems.com When it comes to design and quality assurance innovation, companies tend to fall into two categories: those that wait until the last moment to adopt new technologies so they won’t be left behind, and those that are always at the forefront, aiming at continuous improvement. Asano Co., Ltd., a Japanese metal-processing manufacturer serving the automotive and motorcycle industries, is clearly the second type of company, adopting 3D scanning technologies that have had a profound effect on its design and quality assurance processes. Design work has been transformed by reverse engineering using Geomagic Design X software, and quality assurance from the speed and accuracy of Geomagic Control X software. Both products come from 3D Systems. A business mainstay Asano de