September 10, 2026
Defense-adjacent UAV programs need as-built geometry and physical properties — not a marketing mesh. We capture airframes so mass, interfaces, and aero surfaces are known.
September 9, 2026
Teams entering drones and aerospace often have a physical airframe and no usable CAD. We scan it and return drawings and solids they can actually build from.
September 8, 2026
We are extending lab metrology into aerial photogrammetry — turning drone photographs into scaled meshes and CAD that you can inspect, machine, or analyze.
September 3, 2026
Nominal CAD is what you meant to make. As-built CAD is what you actually made — or what worn tooling is making now. Scan data is how you close that gap.
August 27, 2026
CT sees internal geometry white light cannot. We add it when walls, passages, or assembled condition are the question — not as a default for every part.
August 20, 2026
A useful quote starts with photos, size, and the decision you need to make. Here is the checklist we actually use in South Windsor.
August 13, 2026
The same structured light systems we use on aerospace hardware capture sculpture and heritage objects — with scale, handling, and archive formats agreed up front.
August 6, 2026
A second scan of the same part, or a scan versus CAD, quantifies wear, erosion, and coating build. Color maps beat a caliper story in a design review.
July 30, 2026
Bolton Works is a featured sponsor of UConn Formula SAE. Scan-based reverse engineering of engines and powertrain parts is how student teams get CAD they can actually build from.
July 23, 2026
Blades, guide vanes, and housings are freeform problems. Structured light scanning plus CMM correlation is how we inspect turbomachinery and energy hardware.
July 16, 2026
Aerospace and defense-adjacent hardware needs more than a pretty mesh. Documentation, correlation, and an AS9100D-aligned quality system are part of how we inspect.
July 9, 2026
Large assemblies, fixtures, and flight hardware often cannot ship. Bolton Works has completed 160+ on-site scanning and measurement campaigns since 2005.
July 2, 2026
The same scan can become a mesh, a surface body, or a parametric solid. Choosing wrong wastes money. Here is how we match model type to manufacturing use.
June 25, 2026
Obsolete, worn, or proprietary hardware often arrives with no usable CAD. Reverse engineering starts with a scan and ends with the model type your shop can actually use.
June 18, 2026
A deviation map turns millions of scan points into a picture of where the part is high, low, or in spec. It is one of the highest-leverage uses of 3D scanning.
June 11, 2026
FAI does not have to mean a sparse CMM report. Scan-based first article inspection documents as-built condition against CAD and drawing — with CMM correlation where it matters.
June 4, 2026
White-light scanning captures freeform shape. CMM still owns tight prismatic features. Most aerospace and industrial programs in our South Windsor lab use both.
