Calibration of large gears | PTB News

Higher accuracy measurement technology for fail-safe wind turbines

Measurement of the gear measurement standard on PTB’s large CMM. Credit: PTB

PTB-News 1.2026

PTB’s Wind Energy Competence Center features a large coordinate measuring machine (CMM) that allows us to offer the world’s only calibration services for the large gears used in wind energy systems. With a measuring volume of 5 m × 4 m × 2 m and equipped with both tactile and optical sensors, the system can calibrate not only gear quantities but also the diameter, shape, and straightness of 3D geometric elements.

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