Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding Applications
Shipbuilding has become a rather high-tech endeavor, with industrial metrology soaking in the limelight ever so frequently. Huge ship hull blocks are aligned using sophisticated industrial theodolites and laser stations while extremely complex conical gear elements with spiral cogging found in a ship's propulsion system are meticulously inspected with extra high-accuracy coordinate measurement machines (CMMs).


Burkhardt+Weber - Reutlingen
Gigantically flexible, gigantically accurate: 3D coordinate metrology in machine tool manufacture

The south of Germany regularly surpasses other German states in relation to patent applications. The first NC-controlled machining centre was also invented in the south of the Republic. Together with an American concern, Burkhardt+Weber in Reutlingen created this novelty in the 50s. The competence of Burkhardt+Weber these days is in the ...

» more
Messtronik Weisser - Langenschiltach
The Black Forest: here Precision is a Tradition

The unmistakable style of its halftimbered houses, mills, wines, and smoked ham. These are but a few of the best known traditions of the Black Forest, Germany’s “green lung” between the Rhine and Danube rivers that borders on France and Switzerland. Yet, there is another less known tradition here in this south-western part of Germany: accuracy. ...

» more


Print Print



Hexagon Metrology offers a comprehensive range of products and services for all industrial metrology applications in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, energy and medical. By empowering our customers to fully control their manufacturing processes, we enhance the quality of products and increase efficiency in manufacturing plants around the world.