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 ones. For this reason, it is essential for Zaigler to be able to guarantee their customers an extreme amount of flexibility in terms of production and, therefore, in dimensional inspection.

Moreover, the typology of components requires the availability of uncommon machines: the parts that are machined in the Zaigler manufacturing facilities often reach 12 meters length, 3 meters height, 5 meters diameter, and a weight that may reach 35 tons.

Boring machines, milling machines, machining centers and boring mills that are not only large-size but also high-accuracy are the feather in the cap of this company. Its show piece is its Quality Control for which two sizable investments have been lately approved. They’re two brand-new DEA coordinate measuring machines: a Delta HA CR 25.51.20 that is already up and running and a Global 12.22.10 that is going to come soon.

The Delta HA, featuring a maximum permissible error of 5.5 + 5.5 L/1000, a tool changer and a probe tip changer, as well as the provision for integration of scanning sensors, ensures it to be able to meet all present measuring requirements, but it also looks ahead to . . . . .