that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message z f type private company founded wangen germany 1963 1963 founder hans zoller and hans fr hlich headquarters wangen germany products laser scanners lfm software owner dr christoph fr hlich number of employees 220 subsidiaries z f gmbh in wangen germany z f uk in manchester uk z f usa in pittsburgh usa website http www.zf uk.com z f zoller & fr hlich are suppliers of high speed accurate phase based laser measurement and scanning systems . 1 the company supplies laser scanning hardware software and scanning services capturing high resolution data . the firm covers a wide spectrum in the field of laser measurement technology they develop hardware and software and offer sales and product training . contents 1 historical background 2 3d laser scanning products 3 software 4 markets 5 geographical representation 6 references 7 further reading 8 external links historical background edit imager 5006i m cam camera z f is a privately owned company founded in 1963 by hans zoller and hans fr hlich . since the death of hans zoller in 1975 the company has remained under the ownership of the fr hlich family . the current managing director is dr christoph fr hlich who is the son of hans fr hlich . z f have several businesses existing within the group umbrella . these include ferrules and ferrule machines wiring systems and laser scanning . the company has specialised in supplying high speed laser scanning systems to customers since the early 1990s following the completion of a doctorate in this subject by christoph fr hlich . 3d laser scanning products edit the firm s range of laser measurement systems include the m cam camera systems the profiler systems the imager 5006i and the imager 5006ex 3d systems . each of the measurement systems operate using high speed phase based technology . 2 the imager 5006 was the first true stand alone laser scanner worldwide . the integrated hard disk 2 and power supply and operating methods enable a completely wireless operation . this technology has been carried over into the improved imager 5006i . 3 the imager 5006i has a high ambiguity interval of a maximum of 79 metres 259 ft 2 and the quality of the point cloud data allows for reduced post processing . software edit lfm light form modeller 4 software has been designed to work with the high resolution data captured by the imager 5006i 3d laser scanner . 2 lfm is used to take the data from the field through registration and viewing to delivery to the designers or operators desktop . lfm software packages include lfm register lfm modeller lfm server lfm netview and lfm viewer viewerlite . 5 6 on 3 october 2011 aveva announced the acquisition of lfm light form modeller software division of z f uk limited . 7 markets edit their phase based laser scanning systems were first used in the rail industry in the early to mid 1990s to capture the detail of rail infrastructure and tunnel information for route planning and design work . the use of high speed phase based laser measurement enabled the rapid data capture of rail infrastructure within a reasonable time period that had previously not been possible . since that time the growth of its laser scanning systems has extended to other markets where accurate 3d high resolution data is required and carries significant value . the use of high speed laser scanning within the process industry has transformed the speed and cost of data capture associated with revamp and brownfield projects where previously the use of technologies such as photogrammetry would have proved too time consuming or prohibitively expensive . in the automotive industry high speed laser scanning has been used for revamp projects and also to reverse engineer direct plant information into cad for off line simulation work associated with new model introduction . there is an increasing use of the firm s scanning systems in heritage 8 architectural and civil engineering applications as clients realise the added value of the high resolution data in these markets . in these markets the use of laser scanning is becoming more prevalent as the processing power of computer hardware grows and is able to handle the large data sets that laser scanners capture . software packages such as lfm have become much more able to handle these large data sets and are increasingly offering deliverables specific to these markets such as orthophoto and 2d drawing creation . geographical representation edit the firm has more than 300 employees in three offices the head office in wangen germany manchester uk and pittsburgh usa . in addition it is represented throughout the world via authorised re sellers and service providers . the firm works in collaboration with other companies such as leica geosystems who sell a version of the imager 5006 as the hds 6000 2 and the imager 5006i as the hds 6100 . z f also have an oem arrangement with amberg for the profiler systems incorporated in a trolley system for the rail and tunnelling markets . 9 now imager pro c is the same scanner which is now selling by api sensor . references edit boehler m ; marbs a. 2002 3d scanning instruments proceedings international workshop on scanning for cultural heritage recording corfu greece 9 12 a b c d e shan jie ; toth charles 2008 topographic laser ranging and scanning principles and processing crc press pp. 92 94 isbn 978 1 4200 5142 1 zoller fr hlich gmbh introduce the z f imager 5006i point of beginning 24 november 2008 retrieved 17 april 2010 laser scanning hardware and software come together the engineer 1 january 2002 retrieved 18 july 2010 fr hlich c ; mettenleiter m. october 2004 terrestrial laser scanning new perspectives in 3d surveying pdf laser scanners for forest and landscape assessment international society of photogrammetry and remote sensing 36 7 13 issn 1682 1750 zoller fr hlich announces lfm netview for laser scan data the american surveyor 4 december 2009 retrieved 19 april 2010 aveva acquires the lfm software division of z f uk . aveva . retrieved 12 october 2011 . mettenleiter m. ; h rtl f. ; heinz i. ; neumann b. ; hildebrand a. ; abmayr t. ; fr hlich c. 2003 3d laserscanning for engineering and architectural heritage conservation pdf proceedings of the xixth international symposium cipa 2003 new perspectives to save cultural heritage antalya turkey 484 489 cheves marc 15 march 2009 a visit to amberg technologies american surveyor p. 6 retrieved 19 april 2010 further reading edit dirk langer ; mettenleiter markus ; h rtl franz ; fr hlich christoph 2000 imaging ladar for 3 d surveying and cad modeling of real world environments the international journal of robotics research 19 11 1075 1088 doi 10.1177 02783640022067986 stephan a. ; heinz i. ; mettenleiter m. ; hartl f. ; frohlich c. ; dalton g. ; hines d. december 2002 interactive modelling of 3d environments 11th ieee international workshop on robot and human interactive communication 2002 530 535 isbn 0 7803 7545 9 citeseerx 10.1.1.20.3714 external links edit zoller & fr hlich official website z f laser official website z f uk ltd official website z f usa inc official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title z % 2bf uk & oldid 622500361 categories companies based in baden w rttembergelectronics companies of germanyhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from june 2009all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page 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