Our Aperture Card Scanners

We proudly own some of the most sophisticated scanners available on the market, which are utilised for all our projects, no matter how big or small the digitisation and conversion project is. The completed images are always produced to the highest standard possible whether they are in monotone or greyscale.

Our Aperture Cards Conversion Bureau

Our aperture cards scanning and conversion bureau has been awarded many scanning and conversion projects ranging from central and local government departments, utility companies, to various construction and engineering organisations. In addition to our exceptional service and expertise, we ensure that quality levels are applied at every stage and can assure all our clients that their scanning and conversion project is completed in accordance with the ISO 9001:2000 quality control systems.

Aperture card scanning and conversion can be carried out using various different formats. We can advise on which type of conversion service is best suited to the nature of the project and present a solution to fit your needs. 

The following are all the aperture card conversion services we provide:

• Aperture Card Conversion to CD/DVD Format
• Aperture Card Conversion to TIFF - A type of computer file used for storing pictures, these can be full color, grayscale or black and white. A multipage TIFF file can contain many pages in a single file. / PDF - PDF is a very popular multi page file format that is used by many companies because it can be opened by almost anybody using free software most people have already installed on their computers. format
• Aperture Card Scanning at high resolution for printing purposes
• Aperture Card Scanning and Simple Indexing - The process of converting a collection of data into a database suitable for easy search and retrieval.
• Aperture Card Scanning and Conversion to an electronic aperture card library
• Aperture Card Scanning and Optimisation for Auto CAD conversion
• Aperture Cars Scanning and Conversion to Auto CAD (DWG, DXF) format

The Benefits of Aperture Card Conversion

Taking the decision to convert aperture cards into an digital format offers many benefits which can be measured in terms of time, convenience and cost.

The following are the key benefits which can be achieved from taking the aperture card scanning and conversion route and most notably this will justify your investment.

1. Aperture Card Scanning - Information quality

In order to view a drawing or plan from an aperture card, a special aperture card reader is required. The reader can only present information at a set screen size of either A4 or A3.  Having a limited screen size can result in inaccurate viewing's and intricate details being missed.

Aperture cards are always scanned and converted to their original drawing size which means that there is no compromise in the quality when printed onto paper.

2. Aperture Card Conversion – Instant access to data

Aperture cards are normally stored in dedicated drawers or cabinets. Gaining access to the aperture cards (whether it is many or just the one) can become a very tedious and time consuming task. This is a common scenario in the workplace and usually involves searching for information which is located away from desks and work stations and in some cases on a different department or floor. Once the information is retrieved, it needs to be viewed on an aperture card reader and finally returned to it's original place. This whole process can take up to 20 minutes to complete and is one of the most contributing factors of slow or lost production.  

In comparison, to gain access to information from a scanned aperture card library, you would simply type in the reference number, title of the drawing or description. and in a fraction of a second all the information would be displayed on your screen.

3. Aperture Card Conversion - Reliability

Aperture cards are notoriously unreliable and can be very expensive to maintain, once lost or damaged they are gone forever.

Once aperture cards are scanned and converted to an electronic format, there is no maintenance or consumable cost for electronic files.

4. Aperture Card Conversion - Security of data

As aperture cards are on a paper and microfilm medium, it is very rare to have copies available due to cost and storage issues. If any unfortunate event such as a fire or flood was to happen, all archives would most certainly be destroyed.

It is apparent that an electronic format holds the most security as back-ups are always available.

Our aperture card conversion bureau can scan, convert and create an electronic library of all your aperture cards and store them onto a CD or DVD, standalone PC, laptop, server, and even a remote internet site to enable shared access amongst multi-users.