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The Right Moves

Besides the dentCHECK tool, 8tree now offers the new
generation dentCHECK2 as well as dentCheck-as-a-Service

By Arun Sivasankaran

A in,” says Arun Chhabra, com- world’s only handheld-porta-
8tree’s dentCHECK is the
calculated gamble
pany CEO and co-founder.
taken during the
pandemic has paid
ble, completely wireless 3D
“It may have looked foolish
off handsomely for
AR that is purpose-built for the
people, but we knew that it
8tree, a company that makes at that point of time to some scanner tool with integrated
3D optical surface inspection was not a matter of if but when aviation maintenance industry.
tools for aviation and other the market would come back. Recognized by Airbus, Boeing,
industries. We decided to take advan- Bombardier and Embraer,
Going against conventional tage of that period of pause the tool is used by carriers
wisdom that saw most com- and continue investing and and MROs across the com-
panies all over the world save invest heavily, as we always mercial, military, cargo and
money and wait for the storm have, in R&D and growing our business aviation sectors.
to pass, 8tree decided to be team. We nearly doubled our dentCHECK helps operators
brave in the face of adversity. global team size during the to assess airframe damage
“When Covid hit, we went all pandemic.” up to 90per cent faster and

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