Automated Shop-Floor Measurement in Large Offshore Structures
Offshore wind structures are growing in scale and geometric complexity, while tolerances are tightening across nacelles, blades, towers, transition pieces, and foundations. In serial production environments, maintaining (sub)millimetre accuracy on components exceeding 100 metres in length is no longer simply a quality control requirement; it is also an imperative determinant of cost, safety and performance. Traditional metrology approaches struggle to keep pace with these demands, particularly on dynamic shop floors, where throughput, repeatability and operator safety are critical.
By Geert Creemers and Jef Cambré, Argon Measuring Solutions, Belgium
