Starrag develops and produces manufacturing solutions for the aerospace industry. In order to shorten the measuring times for turbine blades, the Swiss company was the first in the world to work with the ZEISS PRISMO fortis coordinate measuring machine as part of a pilot project.

Customers react with fascination and great amazement when they see how accurately and quickly turbine blades can be measured on a ZEISS PRISMO fortis with ZEISS CMM Acceleration Mode for Aerospace Applications. Roland Ziltener, Plant Director at Starrag AG, Rorschacherberg, understands the amazement of his colleagues. “Speed and maximum precision didn’t go together for a long time.” In the aerospace industry, where components such as turbine blades have to be fully inspected after each production step, “quality assurance therefore quickly becomes a bottleneck.” Using more measuring devices is not a solution for Ziltener. “To ensure reliable and profitable production, you need very fast and reliable feedback as to whether the components meet the high quality requirements.”