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Banks is working on an exhaust for the Gladiator:
2020 Jeep Gladiator Exhaust Development
Prototyping of the Jeep Gladiator exhaust has begun at Banks, but this time the project will be aided by some new tech that will help speed up development while assisting with making the best fitting product possible. With the new handheld 3D scanner from Creaform an engineer can effectively scan a part or portion of a vehicle quickly and efficiently.
Basically, the engineering team can take an object that already exists and use a handheld device that looks like an oversized grocery store scanner to, well, scan it in order to make a digital model. This works wonders when designing parts that need to conform to a specific size, knowing the size of the area that you have to work with, or for capturing the dimensions of one-off prototypes for the transition to a CAD model. When all is said and done you can have a complete digital model that you can use to virtually fit into an area and prepare for production.
Little sticker dots are placed along the surface of the object that is to be scanned so that the gun’s lasers have reference points and better map of the object or area. The gun uses blue laser technology for higher resolution and higher quality data collection. The device’s scans have an accuracy of 0.025 mm (or 0.0009 in).
The mechanical engineering team is chomping at the bit to put this tool through its paces and the Monster Exhaust for the Jeep Gladiator will be the first performance part produced at Banks using the new technology.
Prototyping of the Jeep Gladiator exhaust has begun at Banks, but this time the project will be aided by some new tech that will help speed up development while assisting with making the best fitting product possible. With the new handheld 3D scanner from Creaform an engineer can effectively scan a part or portion of a vehicle quickly and efficiently.
Basically, the engineering team can take an object that already exists and use a handheld device that looks like an oversized grocery store scanner to, well, scan it in order to make a digital model. This works wonders when designing parts that need to conform to a specific size, knowing the size of the area that you have to work with, or for capturing the dimensions of one-off prototypes for the transition to a CAD model. When all is said and done you can have a complete digital model that you can use to virtually fit into an area and prepare for production.
Little sticker dots are placed along the surface of the object that is to be scanned so that the gun’s lasers have reference points and better map of the object or area. The gun uses blue laser technology for higher resolution and higher quality data collection. The device’s scans have an accuracy of 0.025 mm (or 0.0009 in).
The mechanical engineering team is chomping at the bit to put this tool through its paces and the Monster Exhaust for the Jeep Gladiator will be the first performance part produced at Banks using the new technology.
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