International. With the investment in state-of-the-art 3D scanning technology to create patterns of automotive protection films, announced in May 2019, Eastman will transform the development process of these products, reaching higher levels of speed and accuracy that were not previously possible.
This 3D scanning technology uses lasers to capture the shape of any vehicle as flexible data that quickly becomes a 2D template, without ever touching the surface of a car, allowing the company to augment its current database of film patterns for paint protection with the addition of new models and cuts.
"The equipment is accurate within 7 to 8 microns in three-dimensional space. To put that in perspective, the average diameter of a human hair is 75 microns. This level of precision helps ensure that the models we design, worldwide, are among the best fit patterns of any manufacturer or marketer of paint protection films," explains Yancy Farrow, Manager of Technology Services and New Product Development at Eastman.
This advancement is part of Eastman's commitment to develop a paint protection film option as a support for the Llumar, SunTek and V-Kool brands.
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