{"id":3121,"date":"2024-10-04T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tetravision.be\/case\/kwaliteitscontrole-van-de-mealhero-steamer\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:52:41","slug":"quality-inspection-of-the-mealhero-steamer","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/en\/case\/quality-inspection-of-the-mealhero-steamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality inspection of the Mealhero Steamer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3D scanning for first-out-of-tool evaluation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mealhero&nbsp;is a Belgian&nbsp;foodtech startup providing healthy, smart meals. They successfully launched a&nbsp;Kickstarter&nbsp;crowdfunding campaign to design their intelligent steamer. 333 enthusiastic mealheros signed in and made it a huge success!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now the team is working very hard to get all the steamers produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3D Scan results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first article inspection of their injection moulded parts, TetraVision digitized the individual components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allows for a very accurate and full field inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-casing-1030x578-1.avif\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" data-id=\"2173\" src=\"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-casing-1030x578-1-1024x575.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-casing-1030x578-1-1024x575.avif 1024w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-casing-1030x578-1-300x168.avif 300w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-casing-1030x578-1-768x431.avif 768w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-casing-1030x578-1-650x365.avif 650w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-casing-1030x578-1.avif 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-cover-1030x636-1.avif\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" data-id=\"2174\" src=\"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-cover-1030x636-1-1024x632.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-cover-1030x636-1-1024x632.avif 1024w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-cover-1030x636-1-300x185.avif 300w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-cover-1030x636-1-768x474.avif 768w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-cover-1030x636-1-650x401.avif 650w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-cover-1030x636-1.avif 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-water-reservoir-1030x638-1.avif\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" data-id=\"2175\" src=\"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-water-reservoir-1030x638-1-1024x634.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-water-reservoir-1030x638-1-1024x634.avif 1024w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-water-reservoir-1030x638-1-300x186.avif 300w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-water-reservoir-1030x638-1-768x476.avif 768w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-water-reservoir-1030x638-1-650x403.avif 650w, https:\/\/tetravision.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3D-scan-mealhero-water-reservoir-1030x638-1.avif 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quality inspection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By comparing the 3D scans to the original design or CAD file a very quick and complete analysis could be made of this first-out-of-tool run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus was put especially on these characteristics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>General shape of the components<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minimum material thickness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaps between different components in the assembly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sink marks due to the manufacturing process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With the results of this analysis, mealhero is able to tune the process parameters for the 2nd trial or 2nd-out-of-tool. 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They successfully launched a&nbsp;Kickstarter&nbsp;crowdfunding campaign to design their intelligent steamer. 333 enthusiastic mealheros signed in and made it a huge success! Right now the team is working very hard to get all the steamers produced. 3D Scan results For the first article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3122,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"case-categorie":[17,18],"class_list":["post-3121","case","type-case","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","case-categorie-optical-3d-scanning-en","case-categorie-quality-inspection-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/3121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"case-categorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetravision.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case-categorie?post=3121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}