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Landolt Engineering AG / Reichenburg / Switzerland

Perfekte
Improving Speed,
Quality and
3D-Modelle
Employee Retention

als Innovations-
This provider of industrial engineering
solutions is increasing efficiency with the
ZEISS T-SCAN and expanding its range of
services

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Landolt Engineering got its start with conveyance technology. These days, however,
seven engineers at this 25-person company develop and optimize assemblies and
systems for use by industry customers. The company headquartered in Reichenburg,
Switzerland, has also made a name for itself as a manufacturer of system components,
which Landolt produces in close cooperation with another local enterprise, VERWO, and
its 300 employees.

In-house inspections and an

enhanced service offering
In order to further strengthen its system
design area, which generates 40 percent
of revenues, Conradin Egli was looking
for a solution to optimize his company‘s
internal manufacturing processes. „As
a systems supplier that also purchases
individual components, we have to be

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able to assemble all the pieces without
any difficulty,“ explains Egli.

To ensure that any tolerance deviations

are discovered before assembly, the CEO
and owner counts on more than just the
measurement reports from his suppliers,
especially for critical components. His
employees used to spend a lot of time
checking most purchased parts with spe- With the ZEISS T-SCAN laser scanning system, the focus is on innovative quality assurance.
cially manufactured inspection gauges
and coordinate measuring machines.

Egli also hired external service providers another argument in favor of investing
to scan components so that his staff in the ZEISS 3D scanner: it provided
could compare the actual volumes with the opportunity to successfully position
the 3D model. This process generated the company‘s new Digital Engineering
important insights, including issues to area on the market by offering reverse
discuss with suppliers. At the same time, engineering services.
though, this approach made internal
processes slower and more expensive.
For the CEO, it quickly became clear that
his employees would only become more
efficient, flexible and faster if they could
scan the parts themselves. There was yet

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„With the ZEISS T-SCAN, we identify defects faster,
enabling us to inform our suppliers earlier and provide
them with more comprehensive feedback, which
ultimately improves the quality of the supplied parts.“
Conradin Egli, CEO and Owner Landolt Engineering AG

Rapidly improving quality through-
out the company
Landolt Engineering AG has been using
the ZEISS T-SCAN for six months. Thanks
to the hand-held scanner, engineers can
inspect delivered parts prior to assembly
and perform reverse engineering jobs.
Egli explains that his employees love
how easy it is to use the ZEISS T-SCAN.
The ergonomic design makes scanning
simple and intuitive. Within just a few
hours of acquiring the system, the team
in the quality assurance area had already
started using the ZEISS T-SCAN to
perform reliable measurements without
any difficulty. The system comprises
three components: a tracking camera, a
hand-held scanner and a touch probe.
The modular design means the ZEISS
T-SCAN can be set up as needed in line
with the particular application, including
measuring difficult-to-reach areas. The
lightweight, ergonomic scanner housing
is an ideal match for the technology,
making measurements a breeze.
The exceptional scanning speed and
the precise measurement results are
particularly impressive: using the laser
line generated in the hand-held scanner,
the surface of the component is quickly
probed with non-contact measurements.
210,000 points are measured every
second with up to 330 captures – more
than with any other standard method.
Since the tracking camera detects the
position of the fringe projection scanner
that uses light-sectioning to create the
capture, 3D surface data can be calcu-
lated via triangulation. Individual points
can be measured using the touch probe,
enabling the operator to capture hole
boundaries and difficult-to-reach areas
like recesses.
For Egli, the fact that very few of his
Swiss competitors use a 3D scanner is
a „real stroke of luck.“ After just a few
months, the benefits Egli and his team
had hoped for were clearly visible. Not
only had the reject rate in system con-
struction been reduced, but eliminating
manual quality checks has also saved his
employees time which they now devote
to other activities.

Quality assurance with the ZEISS T-SCAN hand-held laser scanner: ergonomic handling and innovative technology.

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Intuitive 3D data capture with live on-screen monitoring.

And that‘s not all: „Since we started

doing in-house scans, we can provide
our suppliers with high-quality feedback
far more quickly. This, in turn, enables
them to optimize their own processes
at greater speed,“ says Egli. „This is
an essential requirement for efficient
inter-company cooperation and giving
customers the quality they have come to
expect.“

False color comparison for quickly analyzing and evaluating the components.

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New market potential and greater
employee retention
Reverse engineering has, as planned,
been launched and is now available
to customers. Egli sees a bright future
ahead for him and his company, and
anticipates increased revenues across all
segments with the ZEISS T-SCAN. These
changes have already produced the first
synergy effects.
companies, there‘s the chance that they
might merge with larger competitors,
which can negatively impact things like
software development.“ He does not
see this as a likely scenario with ZEISS.
Quite the opposite, in fact: „I expect
that ZEISS will invest a lot of money in
enhancing the overall solution.“

„Customers have started coming to us

with their prototypes precisely because
we work with this technology. We‘re
able to identify problems more quickly
and ultimately produce their compo-
nents.“ However, Egli is not surprised at
his company‘s success: „Somehow or
other, I expected this, since we thought
long and hard about the investment be-
fore making it.“ Yet one thing definitely
caught him by surprise: the young engi-
neers‘ enthusiasm for this cutting-edge
technology. Egli explains that they are
very interested in learning more so that
they can use the volume data for their
own work. „And since there is hardly
any other company in Switzerland where
this is possible, the ZEISS solution is one
more way we are able to retain young,
highly qualified engineers.“
Summary
• Reduced reject rate in system assem-
bly
• Large-volume scanning without
repositioning
• Quick supplier feedback on quality of
delivered parts
• Expanded performance portfolio
• New customers and cross-selling
orders
• Retention of young, highly-qualified
engineers

Egli opted for ZEISS after trying out

three different systems at his company.
All these devices were put through the
paces followed by a cost-utility analy-
sis. ZEISS beat out the competition in
large part because of superior system
handling when scanning, which proved
faster than with competitors‘ offerings.
There was also no need to set reference
points – a major plus if, for example,
the component moves. Moreover,
Egli felt more confident that he was
purchasing a future-proof device with a
major player at his side: „With smaller

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 „By building up our know-how, we’re better
able to retain young, qualified engineers.“
Conradin Egli
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Brief Profile
Landolt Engineering AG

Since its founding in 1969, Landolt Engineering AG has provided consulting, design and development
services for challenging projects for boatyards, system engineering and system building. Although the
company initially specialized in conveyance systems, it has continually expanded its expertise to broaden
its portfolio in other engineering fields.
Process optimizations, problem solving and technical know-how in all areas are the core strengths of this
small but versatile niche company.

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ZEISS IMT - Application + Success Story

System ZEISS T-SCAN

Customer Landolt Engineering AG, www.landolt-engineering.ch
Conveyance systems, boatyard systems, system building,
Industry
digital engineering
Created November 2018

CZ-OPTO_01-2019

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