Wisconsin, USA-based Cotta, a leading industrial and specialty transmission manufacturer recently purchased and had installed a WENZEL LH 12.30.10 CMM equipped with full metrology software including the gear checking module. The WENZEL LH 12.30.10 is a bridge-type CMM with a measuring envelope of 1200 x 3000 x 1000 mm which provides adequate table capacity for some of the larger transfer cases that Cotta produces. With this machine design the Y-axis guideway is machined directly into the granite base plate, providing optimal long-term accuracy and stability. The machine has a maximum 3D measuring speed of 700 mm/sec with maximum acceleration of 2,000mm/sec2. It is equipped with a Renishaw PH10T probing system and a HT400 teach pedant which eliminates the tedious keyboard interaction necessary with conventional CMM teach pendants. Cotta spokesman comments “The installation and calibration of the WENZEL CMM was well within our needed time frame, communication with WENZEL administrative and technical personnel has been seamless, including the coordination of any of the loose ends that normally occur with a project like this. We were invited to tour one of WENZEL’s other customers to get familiar with the CMM prior to the arrival of our machine. This has been a very successful supplier/customer project.”