(NVision: Coppell, TX) -- Soft Air USA used NVision’s laser scanning services to save three months in getting an Airsoft replica of FN Herstal’s FNP9-17 handgun to market. This is a significant time savings over Soft Air’s previous process, which involved making silicon molds of real guns and using the molds to create injection molds that in turn make the replica Airsoft guns. Laser scanning saves time because it eliminates the need for manual touch-up of the silicon mold, and the resulting CAD model of the real gun can then be electronically sent to manufacturers in Asia.

“Airsoft” refers to a specific type of replica gun that shoots lightweight plastic pellets at a muzzle velocity of less than 600 feet per second. The combination of the light projectile and relatively low muzzle velocity means that Airsoft guns are generally considered safe when used with safety equipment such as protective eyeware. Soft Air USA Inc. is a subsidiary of Cybergun S.A., a global manufacturer of replica Airsoft guns. Soft Air USA has licenses from gun manufacturers such as Smith & Wesson, Colt, Sig Sauer, IMI (Uzi), Mauser, Thompson, and Kalishnikov.

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