Case Study: Pankl Racing Systems achieves greater precision and less downtime with Carl Zeiss diamond stylus solutions

Pankl Racing Systems cuts stylus wear to zero for over a year with Carl Zeiss

The automotive supplier Pankl Racing Systems faced a challenge with excessive wear on its silicon nitride scanning styli, which were wearing down by up to one micrometer per day. This rapid wear compromised measurement precision and required Pankl to frequently requalify and replace the styli on its ZEISS PRISMO coordinate measuring machines, leading to significant machine downtime.

Carl Zeiss provided a solution with its solid-diamond and diamond-coated styli. After implementing these, Pankl reported no detectable wear after more than a year of use. This eliminated the need for daily requalification and stylus replacement, resulting in greater precision, increased measuring machine uptime, and a highly reliable process that has definitively paid off for the customer.

Pankl Racing Systems