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with 35x greater measurement        to recognize and trust. With        recent months, says Leo Buck,
        accuracy and consistency than       dentCHECK2, we build on our         Marketing Lead & Operations
        traditional methods, this reduc-    core principles of simplicity,      at 8tree. “We have seen
        ing turn-around-times and           usability and efficiency.  It is an   increasing demand for hail
        boosts operational efficiency.      identical measurement engine        damage mapping. They really
        dentCHECK users include             with additional goodness. den-      struggle to map these dents;
        American Airlines, Delta Air        tCHECK2, which is about 30          it takes weeks to do that. With
        Lines, Lufthansa Technik and        percent lighter and 30 percent      dentCHECK, it can be done
        HAECO.                              smaller, enables us to deliver      in a matter of days. We fly out
                                            instantly actionable precision      and do hail mapping as a ser-
        dentCHECK2 - Lighter                3D measurements within sec-         vice. We do it ourselves and
        and Smaller                         onds, at the push of a single       also have service partners on
         With the aviation industry         button.”                            board around the world.”
                                             dentCHECK2 has evoked a
        bustling again, the company         great response from the indus-        dentCheck-as-a-Service
        is reaping the rewards for          try, says Chhabra. “We have         business, which has compa-
        sensing an opportunity              a couple of launch customers        nies such as VS Aviation and
        when confronted with a chal-        that have been putting this to      AMROS Global as service
        lenge. Before the pandemic,         very rigorous trials and giving     partners, is ideal for compa-
        8tree’s primary focus was           us feedback for almost a year       nies that do not want to buy
        on selling the dentCHECK            now. This is not something that     the tool but wants to benefit
        tool. Since then, it has            we are waiting for the market       from the service, neverthe-
        expanded in size and scope          to test. Both products, dent-       less. The service has been
        significantly and now offers        CHECK and dentCHECK2, will          used mostly by aircraft leasing
        dentCheck-as-a-Service.             co-exist.”                          companies and those deal-
        Earlier this year, the company                                          ing with bad weather events,
        also unveiled the next gen-                                             says Chhabra. “There are
        eration dentCHECK2, which           Another Option for                  2,500 commercial aircraft that
        is more compact and lighter         Customers                           change ownership every cal-
        than the original tool. Among        The company’s dent-                endar year.  Every change of
        the other advantages of den-        Check-as-a-Service (daaS)           ownership, they need to map
        tCHECK2 are built-in LTE            business has really taken off in    the aircraft nose to tail. Time is
        connectivity, zero setup time
        and a streamlined UX.

       “



        We have a

        ten-year track
        record of building a
        tool that the


        industry defined,”
        says Chhabra.





        “In doing so, we delivered a
        measurement capability and
        a measurement engine that
        the industry has now come


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