Staying competitive with inline quality assurance

Ingolstadt-based company Schabmüller Automobiltechnik processes cylinder head covers in large quantities for a southern German automotive group. In the process, the company competes with suppliers in low-wage countries. One of the reasons why Helmut Häckl, Managing Director of Schabmüller, asked himself how high quality could be ensured in an economical way under these circumstances? The answer was a fully automated metrology solution with coordinate measuring machines, which Schabmüller integrated directly into the production line in close cooperation with ZEISS. And with success: Since its introduction, there have been no returns. Find out in our article how ZEISS and Schabmüller have taken the company's quality assurance to a new level.