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Power Generation
Solar power, nuclear power, wind power and hydroelectric power, coal, crude oil and natural gas, geothermal and biomass - these fossil and renewable sources of energy are all used to generate heat and electricity these days. An entire industry is involved in the manufacture of systems that make use of these sources of energy. An industry with future that relies on the high-tech measuring systems from Hexagon Metrology.

Portable total stations from Leica Geosystems simplify, for instance, the maintenance of hydroelectric power stations, coordinate measuring systems from Leitz provide the necessary accuracy during the construction of wind turbines. Advance the development of the energy market with the accuracy of our portable and stationary coordinate measuring systems.



 
Goldwind - Xinjiang
Large-Volume Hand-Held Probing Guarantees Dimensional Integrity of Rotor Blade Hubs for Wind Turbines

Globally, wind power generation increased more than fivefold since the year 2000. With the global trend toward limiting CO2 emissions and numerous governmental programs subsidizing or financing wind power generation, its share of global power generation is set to experience substantial growth in the foreseeable ...

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BIMAQ - Bremen
The proof of the pudding: scientists use 3D measuring technology to research production methods for metal components

Generally speaking, the city of Bremen is known for its famous Town Musicians. However, passionate engineers know that Distortion Engineering is the new brand of this Hanseatic City. The term was coined by the University of Bremen where in 2001 the special research programme 570 was created with the same name, which attracts funding from the ...

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HGG Profiling Equipment - Middenmeer
Leica Absolute Tracker monitors cutting of wind turbine tripods

On behalf of a customer, Dutch company HGG developed a new type of bevel cutting system which has an integrated Leica Absolute Tracker with Absolute Interferometer. The tracker continuously monitors the cutting process. Using the measured data, the machine cuts 60 m long, 400 t tubes into individual sections – to accuracies of a fraction of a ...

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Auxiliar D'Explotaciones Energètiques - Vic
Shaft Alignment Times Halved by Using Modern Laser Stations

Auxiliar D’Explotacions Energètiques S.L. from Vic near Barcelona, has been in business for more than 26 years. This medium-sized family service and maintenance company focuses primarily on performing work for the hydroelectric plants in the region and beyond. About two years ago they modernized the metrological methods for shaft alignment, ...

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Alstom - Birr
Alstom: Energy made to measure

Turbine blade machining represents one of the key value-added production operations in Alstom’s Power Turbo-Systems plant in Birr, Switzerland and a Hexagon Metrology coordinate measuring machine (CMM) is an integral part of a flexible machining system (FMS) cell, which finish grinds and inspects turbine blades and vanes. ...

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NOI-Rotortechnik - Nordhausen
Stringent Demands for Boosting the Efficiency of Wind Power Plants

Three-dimensional measurement and analysis of rotor blades and their production facility are highly complex and demanding measuring tasks. The nature and scope represent an entirely new dimension in this branch of industry. Consequently, such a task can be coped only by using ultra-modern measuring systems and a correctly prepared measurement ...

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TVL Van Landuyt NV - Wetteren
Leitz CMM measures components of wind energy plants

Only fifty microns is the tolerance on the axle bores of a 4-ton transmission case used in a wind turbine. The Belgian manufacturer TVL achieves reproducible measurement of the complex and nearly inaccessible geometry in about 30 minutes on a Leitz precision coordinate measuring machine made by Hexagon Metrology, ...

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Zaigler Maschinenbau - Kulmbach
There’s a new Delta around the World

We’re in Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, in the heartland of Germany. Zaigler Maschinenbau GmbH is a company that specializes in the machining of large-size components for the rail industry, printing machines and the large energy generators. Production is usually made in small lots, sometimes with only an individual component, but always very peculiar ...

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