Manufacturing/Industrial Scanner Recommendation?

Hey Guys and Gals,

We are looking at picking up a 3D scanner to primarily serve as a reverse engineering tool to go from scan to CAD. Our secondary (more longer term use) would be to use it as a CMM/ article inspection in lieu of a traditional CMM machine if possible in an ISO 9100 environment. Our parts are typically no bigger than a basketball, and are often much smaller. Occasionally, we will have a long cylinder a few feet in length but nothing beyond that. We have been eyeing Creaform’s Handyscan Black series, but primarily have been looking at used models since they can be had sub 55k vs the 100k+ they are new. If we could get by with something less expensive we are all ears, but it seems with my limited research they seem to be the gold standard. If Creaform is the way to go, I can get a black elite unit for around 50k that has had a recent calibration but is a few years old. I see now that they have the Black + line, but can’t find any of those used and am unsure if that would be necessary for our use case.

We would also be open to getting two units, one now for our scan to CAD work flow and one down the road to function as a CMM if that is a better option. Normally I don’t mind buying used equipment for our facility, but I view this more as tech and less as equipment, so don’t want to buy something that is obsolete and won’t be supported in a few years either. On the other hand, we don’t want to buy new and take a 50% + depreciation hit after a few years.

Thanks everyone!