Aperture Card Scanning & Conversion
High-resolution digitization of engineering drawings and technical schematics
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Aperture cards contain your most valuable engineering drawings and technical schematics. Our specialized aperture card scanners capture every line and dimension at resolutions up to 600 DPI, producing files ready for immediate use in CAD systems, PLM platforms, and document management systems.
Formats We Handle
Standard Aperture Cards
80-column IBM punch cards with a single 35mm film frame. The standard format for engineering drawing management.
Double-Frame Aperture Cards
Cards containing two film frames for panoramic or wide-format drawings.
Damaged Aperture Cards
We handle bent, torn, and water-damaged cards. Film can often be extracted even from severely damaged cards.
Scanning Process
Service Features
- Resolutions up to 600 DPI for fine engineering detail
- Automatic image enhancement and deskewing
- Punch card data extraction for metadata
- Output as TIFF, PDF, DWF, or CAD-ready formats
- Custom indexing by drawing number, revision, title
- Batch processing for collections of any size
- Quality control on every card
- Compatible with all major CAD and PLM systems
Common Applications
Engineering drawingsArchitectural blueprintsTechnical schematicsMilitary technical ordersManufacturing specsAs-built drawingsPatent drawings
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