Key Events and Developments

2010

Market introduction of the d-STATION ^3D: This latest digitisation system has been enhanced and optimised on the basis of Breuckmann’s long-time experience in the field of dental technology and offers great value for money for high-precision 3D data capturing of small technical objects.

2009

Market introduction of the smartSCAN ^3D-HE: a mobile measurement and digitisation system combining attractive price with high precision, excellent resolution and extremely fast data capturing for any kinds of objects, regardless of their size, geometry and complexity.

With effect from January 1, 2009, the Austrian mechatronics specialist vatron GmbH, a subsidiary of the Voestalpine AG and Siemens VAI and headquartered in Linz (Upper Austria) acquires the majority shareholding of the Breuckmann GmbH.

2008

Market introduction of the naviSCAN ^3D, a combination of a portable coordinate measurement machine METRONOR Duo and a stereoSCAN ^3D scanner, specifically developed for the contact-free digitisations of large-sized objects, such as car doors, engine castings, large tools and forgings.

2007

Market launch of the smartSCAN ^3D - a scanning system specially designed for high-performance digitisation in technical tasks as well as applications in education, arts and cultural heritage.

2005

Development of the top end digitising system stereoSCAN ^3D, consisting of two high-resolution digital cameras and our patented MPT projection units. Given the asymmetrical camera set-up, the user can access even those areas which are otherwise difficult or impossible to capture.

2003

Introduction of the triTOS-colour - a system especially developed for scanning and digitisation applications in arts and archaeology.

2002

Release of the third generation faceSCAN system. In this system, the texture resolution particularly has been improved to 1.4 Mpixels.

2001

Market launch of the optoSCAN - a system designed for automatic scanning of small objects.

1999

The renowned German manufacturer of high-end dental technology equipment, KaVo dental GmbH, employs Breuckmann scanner technology in their CAD/CAM systems EverestScan and PrepAssist.

1995

Launch of the optoTOP and optoCAM, a new generation of modular 3D digitising systems based on the patented Miniature Projection Technique (MPT).

1994

Patent registration for the Miniature Projection Technique (MPT) which maintains its importance as core technology of Breuckmann products until now.

1993

First installation of a robot-controlled topometric 3D digitising system at Audi, Ingolstadt.

1992

Development of a future-oriented fringe projection system based on LCD technique
and flash illumination.

1990

Installation of the first computer-aided system for topometric inspection of metal sheets
at Mercedes Benz, Sindelfingen.

1988

Development of the OPTOVision system which, for the first time, allowed for real-time analysis and colour image processing.

1987

Feasibility studies on the potential of applying the moiré and fringe projection techniques in manufacturing, medical and dental technology.

1986

Release of the first fringe projection system based on the phase shift technique, together with OPTOCAT, a sophisticated new software for rapid image processing and computer-aided fringe analysis.