Starting at a perpendicular angle and a distance of approximately 20cm, the scanner is slowly moved away from the plate until it is able to scan the whole thing, taking the necessary snapshots along the way. Users are required to place the dotted calibration plate on a flat horizontal surface such as a table and scan it in ten different positions. The calibration process is fairly intuitive, and is recommended (but not essential) before every object scan.
Packaged in the box is everything you need to start 3D scanning, including a calibration plate, positioning targets, a power supply, and a USB stick containing the manual and software installer. The scanning area is an industry standard 380 x 380mm. The device has a volumetric accuracy of up to 0.5mm/m and is capable of taking 550,000 measurements a second. While the peel 2 also has trouble with objects that are translucent, completely pitch black, mirrors, thin walls, and hair, its limitations are absolutely normal for any scanner in its category and price range. The machine is generally designed to do its job without the need for targeting points at a scanning range of 0.3m – 3m, although exceptionally smooth or flat surfaces may require them. This makes the scanner feel at home in the hands of the user during those longer scanning sessions, whether it be for a demonstration or a hardcore reverse engineering project. Lightweight and ergonomic seem to be the name of the game here, as the peel 2’s body only weighs 950g and measures 150 x 171 x 251mm. The device features three individual cameras, each bounded by an array of four LEDs and an additional white light projector to deliver full-color, textured 3D scans. In line with its predecessor, it operates on the same structured light technology using white LEDs, which is safe for the eyes unlike laser-based scanning technologies. Much like the company’s debut peel scanner, the peel 2 is powered by metrology specialist Creaform and electronics provider AMETEK. As such, it’s suitable for newcomers as well as artists, designers, and engineers looking for a capable piece of kit. Priced at $7,890, the affordable professional-grade machine is intended as an alternative to the pricier industrial devices retailing at $15,000+. 3D Printing Industry reviews the peel 2 3D Scanner.īacked by over a decade of research and development in the 3D scanning market, the peel 2 3D scanner is peel 3D’s latest handheld system.