Starrag is understood for growing manufacturing options for producers throughout the aerospace business. To assist shorten the measurement instances of turbine blades, the corporate agreed to take part within the ZEISS PRISMO fortis CMM pilot mission.
“Velocity and most precision didn’t go collectively for a very long time,” mentioned Roland Ziltener, Plant Director at Starrag AG, Rorschacherberg. “High quality assurance, subsequently, shortly turns into a bottleneck. To make sure dependable and worthwhile manufacturing, you want speedy and dependable suggestions as as to whether the elements meet the high-quality necessities.”
Prioritising buyer necessities
Prospects journey to Rorschacherberg with particular duties to acquire appropriate machining centres to supply turbine blades, blisks, impellers, casings and different plane functions. Starrag designs manufacturing options, incorporating the suitable fixtures primarily based on particular necessities regarding the variety of models or operating time of the elements.
Ziltener, added, “Starrag just isn’t solely acquainted with the necessities of the business however can also be on the slicing fringe of expertise in lots of areas, together with measurement expertise.”
Reflecting on the ZEISS PRISMO fortis CMM pilot mission
Ivan Nytsch, Head of World Buyer Phase Aerospace at ZEISS, “Starrag is a perfect pilot buyer.” Amongst different causes, the truth that the corporate is acquainted with its prospects’ manufacturing processes provides to this perception, one thing that ZEISS additionally prioritises. ZEISS responded to the aerospace business’s have to measure aerospace elements shortly, reliably, and with excessive precision by way of the enlargement of the PRISMO household with the ZEISS PRISMO 7/12/7 fortis CMM.
Ziltener, who remembers the pilot mission nicely, added, “We had a have a look at the machine in Oberkochen and had been instantly impressed.” Making certain all turbine blades meet precision necessities even with these faster measuring instances, Starrag determined to measure components utilizing the ZEISS PRISMO fortis over 18 months. With various supplies, sizes, and geometries of turbine blades, the machine was put by way of its paces. To judge the accuracy ranges of the ZEISS PRISMO fortis, outcomes had been in comparison with reference values from the ZEISS PRISMO navigator. Each CMMs had been positioned in the identical measuring laboratory, ruling out potential influencing exterior components.
All through the pilot mission, Starrag and ZEISS labored collectively, sharing data like measurement knowledge in common conferences. ZEISS utilised this data to assist optimise the start-up and acceleration behaviour of the rotary desk and the machine, enhancements to usability had been additionally made.
Adjustments post-pilot mission
Following the tip of the pilot, Starrag acquired the measuring machine to measure turbine blades. These blades acted as proof of the idea. Ziltener believes that Starrag has set new requirements in high quality assurance because of the pilot mission, which is especially essential because the business requires the best precision in manufacturing and high quality management. He went on to say that the collaboration with ZEISS was and is “an actual success story”.