Development and manufacturing of automatic book scanners and software for mass digitization

TREVENTUS Mechatronics GmbH

Vienna (AT)New on Amplifa

2006Founded as a spin-off of TU Wien

FN 274686aCommercial Court Vienna

over 60Countries with ScanRobot® installations

2,500 pages/hourScan performance ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS

€ 200,000EU ICT Grand Prize 2007

About TREVENTUS

TREVENTUS Mechatronics GmbH is a company founded in 2006 as a spin-off of the Vienna University of Technology, headquartered in Vienna. The company develops and produces digitization solutions for bound documents, ranging from the hardware highlight ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS, an internationally patented automatic book scanner with a speed of up to 2,500 pages per hour and prism scan technology, to manual and special scanners, as well as software products such as the ScanGate® LWF image processing solution, the ScanFlow® Professional workflow solution, and the AI-powered digital archive Nainuwa® X2. The portfolio is complemented by AI-OCR solutions for more than 190 languages including Fraktur and handwriting, as well as a digitization service for orders from 20 bound documents. Each ScanRobot® goes through a systematic manufacturing process in the Vienna production facility with repeatedly performed tests according to internal quality standards and is packed in wooden crates for worldwide shipping. Customers come from libraries, archives, universities, foundations and auction houses; the company counts more than 60 countries among its sales markets.

Site: Vienna
Processes: Automated book digitization (ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS), Manual & special scanning (manual/planetary scanners, custom requirements), Image processing & automation (ScanGate® LWF, AI-Image Processing), Workflow solutions (ScanFlow® Professional), AI-OCR solutions (text recognition, searchable PDFs, text extraction, >190 languages, handwriting), Digital archive system (Nainuwa® X2 with AI-ImageSearch, AI-ChatBot, AI-OCR, AI-SpeechToText), Consulting & project management for mass digitization, Production of ScanRobot® systems (in-house manufacturing with quality testing)
Materials: ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS, Manual & Special Scanners, ScanGate® LWF, ScanFlow® Professional, Nainuwa® X2, AI-OCR Solutions™
Founded: 2006
Industries: Libraries, Archives, Universities, Auction houses, Foundations

01
Research & Development
02
Engineering
03
Assembly of ScanRobot® systems
04
Quality testing
05
Packaging & worldwide shipping
06
Software & OCR services
07
Consulting & project management

Products & Technologies

SR-2.0

ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS

Automatic book scanner with patented prism technology for up to 2,500 pages per hour.

MS-SCAN

Manual & Special Scanners

Planetary and special-purpose scanners for individual project requirements.

SCAN-GATE

ScanGate® LWF

Standalone software for automated image processing and output formats.

SCAN-FLOW

ScanFlow® Professional

Workflow and management software for enterprise-scale digitization projects.

NAINUWA

Nainuwa® X2

Digital archive system with AI functions such as AI-ImageSearch, AI-ChatBot, AI-OCR and AI-SpeechToText.

AI-OCR

AI-OCR Solutions™

Automated text recognition for more than 190 languages including Fraktur and handwriting.

Locations

Vienna

Headquarters, Production

Lot size: Digitization service from 20 bound documents
Materials: ScanRobot®, manual & special scanners

ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS production line
Manual & planetary scanners
Special scanners

Products

**ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS**Automatic book scanner · Libraries/Archives

**Prism Unit**Scan technology · Book digitization

**Nainuwa® X2 Digital Archive**Software · Digital archive

**ScanFlow® Workflow**Workflow software · Mass digitization

Inside the production

Award as SME Market Niche World Champion

Industries

LibrariesArchivesUniversitiesAuction housesFoundations

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
Automated book digitization (ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS)Engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Manual & special scanning (manual/planetary scanners, custom requirements)Engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Engineering	–	–	–	20 bound documents	–
Image processing & automation (ScanGate® LWF, AI-Image Processing)Engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Workflow solutions (ScanFlow® Professional)Engineering	–	–	–	–	–
AI-OCR solutions (text recognition, searchable PDFs, text extraction, >190 languages, handwriting)Engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Digital archive system (Nainuwa® X2 with AI-ImageSearch, AI-ChatBot, AI-OCR, AI-SpeechToText)Engineering	–	–	–	–	–
Consulting & project management for mass digitizationEngineering	–	–	–	–	–
Production of ScanRobot® systems (in-house manufacturing with quality testing)Assembly	–	–	–	–	Wood (shipping crates)

4 Anlagen & Maschinen

Machine	Manufacturer / model	Quantity	Working area	Year built	Site
Automatic book scanner (ScanRobot)	TREVENTUS ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS	–	–	–	Vienna, Austria (production)
Manual/planetary book scanners	TREVENTUS	–	–	–	–
Special scanners	TREVENTUS	–	–	–	–
ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS scanning speed: up to 2,500 pages/hour	TREVENTUS ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS	–	–	–	–

Additional services

Automatic book scanners (ScanRobot 2.0 MDS, up to 2,500 pages/hour)Manual & special scannersDigital archive (Nainuwa X2)Image processing & workflow software (ScanGate LWF, ScanFlow Professional)AI-OCR solutions (>190 languages incl. Fraktur, handwriting)Digitization service for bound documents (from 20 documents)Consulting & project managementProduction and worldwide shipping

Reference customers

Bavarian State LibraryUniversity of RegensburgUniversity of QueenslandUniversity of LuxembourgNational Central Library (Taiwan)Umeå University LibraryAlban Berg FoundationAuction house (anonymized)

History

2006
Founded as a spin-off of the Vienna University of Technology
2007
Market launch of ScanRobot®; EU ICT Grand Prize 2007 (prize money € 200,000)