In the aviation sector, 3d scanner large objects enable sub-millimeter detection of 40m-class wings with phase offset scanning technology. Boeing used a mobile laser scanning system to reverse-engineer the wings of the 787 Dreamliner in a single scan of 120 square meters at a point cloud density of 5,000 points per square meter and reducing the inspection cycle from 28 days to 3 days with a cost saving of 68%. In SLS rocket fuel tank inspection, the instrument maintained ±0.05 mm accuracy under a -180 ° C low-temperature condition, precisely identified weld defects of 0.3 mm thickness, and risk prediction accuracy in leak was increased to 99.6%, saving a yearly maintenance cost of $32 million.
In automobile manufacturing, 3d scanner large objects eliminate the problem of high-speed full-size body modeling. Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory uses a gantry scanning system to complete the full-size digitization of Cybertruck’s 6-meter long body within 8 hours, and the accuracy of surface continuity detection reaches G3 standards, enhancing the efficiency of manual inspection by 50 times, and reducing the annual quality cost by 42 million euros. A 2026 Automotive Engineering study reports that devices using SLAM technology can sweep a 20-meter-long truck chassis in 15 minutes, increase deviation analysis speed between data and CAD models by 90%, and reduce the debugging cycle of the production line to 17% of the original time.
In the construction engineering field, 3d scanner large objects construct BIM acceptance standards for super high-rise buildings. The operation and maintenance personnel of the Shanghai Tower used a ground laser scanner with a single scanning radius of 300 meters to scan 63,200 steel structure nodes of the 632-meter tower with an accuracy of 0.5 mm, 25 times more efficient than the total station detection, and picked up 0.8 mm stress deformation, avoiding delays in maintenance and thereby saving a loss of 120 million yuan. In the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge steel box beams inspection, the device possessed a ±0.1 mm accuracy in the 6-level sea breeze, inspected 1.5 kilometers of the bridge body in a day, and the weld defect recognition rate reached 99.9%, and the engineering acceptance period was shortened by 83%.
The energy sector applies 3d scanner large objects to achieve intelligent operation and maintenance of massive equipment. British Petroleum (BP) utilized a scanning system installed on a drone to inspect a North Sea drilling rig, completing 0.1mm corrosion modeling of a 120-meter tall derrick in 20 minutes, reducing the safety risk by 99% from manual inspection, and reducing the cost of yearly maintenance by $18 million. In the “Hualong One” nuclear reactor pressure vessel inspection, the device penetrated 20 cm steel wall to capture internal cracks, with a precision of 0.05 mm, and compressed the shutdown inspection time from 45 days to 72 hours, with a single effect of more than 230 million yuan.
In cultural heritage protection, 3d scanner large objects break the problem of holographic scanning of cave groups. The Dunhuang Academy utilized a multi-base station scanning system to scan the murals of 1,300 square meters in Cave 45 of the Mogao Grottoes with an accuracy of 0.03 mm, increasing the efficiency by 12 times compared to the traditional photomeasurement, and the ΔE<1.5 color reduction and data volume of storage were reduced by 70%. In the Giza Pyramid Scanning project in Egypt, the equipment cut 5 meters of limestone rock to capture on film the hidden plan of Khufu’s tomb, and unearthed three untouched passes, with 120TB of high-accuracy data to be researched by archaeologists, and reducing the cost of the project by 82% over hand mapping.
The shipbuilding sector reverse-engineered 300,000-ton tankers from 3d scanner large objects. When Hyundai Heavy Industries checked the cargo tank of an LNG carrier by scanning, equipment mimicked at the speed of 1 million points per second at -162 ° C, and surface deviation was regulated within ±0.8 mm, with a 92% saving in man-hours compared to the traditional process of lofting, and saving $6.5 million in the cost of constructing one ship. According to a 2025 Lloyd’s Register report, the technology has increased the accuracy of ship segment-closing to 99.7%, reduced the rate of collision rework from 4.2% to 0.3%, and increased the shipbuilding efficiency by 35% per annum.