It can help detect any damage or wear to the turbine components such as the blades, housing, and tower quickly without the need for physical contact.

Dimensional measurements involve assessing the shape, size, and angle of the wind turbine’s components to determine whether or not they will perform optimally when assembled.

Used to measure the roughness, texture, or finish of the hub's surface, surface roughness testers are well-known devices for exactly this purpose. As surface roughness measurement is an important part of regular maintenance, it can prevent problems such as poor performance or premature wear due to surface defects or irregularities.

The data collected during hardness testing can be used to determine if the hub material is still within acceptable tolerances or if it has become too soft or brittle during the manufacturing process or due to different factors over time, such as fatigue.

Material testing involves analyzing the physical and mechanical properties of the blade material, such as tensile strength, fatigue resistance, and stiffness. This can help ensure that the blade material is of high quality and meets the required specifications.

Dimensional measurement of the blades is less crucial to device stability but plays a critical role regarding the efficiency of these wind turbines. For this purpose, most commonly a non-contact macro measurement device is used with specialized software. This fulfills the need for accurate and quick measurements as these turbine blades need to undergo large amounts of force.

Dimensional measurement of the blades used in turbines is something that is regularly performed during quality control processes. In order to make sure that things such as length, thickness, camber, and alignment are all within spec, most commonly a CMM is used with specialized software. This fulfills the need for accurate and quick measurements as these turbine blades need to ensure they can undergo large amounts of force.

As the surfaces of these aerofoils play a key role in their ability to perform their task, it is crucial that they have no defects. The quickest way to observe defects on any surface is through non-contact inspection paired with AI software that is taught exactly what to look for. This can be anything from unexpected cracks or chips during the manufacturing process.

The internal components, housing, and even small parts used for fastening must undergo quality control procedures to ensure the generator can operate for long periods of time without any issues. In order to make sure the parts are being made correctly throughout the manufacturing process, most fabs utilize the high accuracy of coordinate measuring machines.

These three subjects are constantly under observation when concerning the shafts and bearings used in said generators during the manufacturing process. Each component has an optimal specification requirement that needs to be met and can only be tested with devices such as a contour or roundness tester and in some cases even a CMM.

To ensure that the connecting faces are made to the specification, often non-contact dimensional measurement is used to examine the various parts of the interconnectors.

This involves testing the materials used in the construction of interconnectors to ensure they meet quality requirements, this is most often performed on the wires and plastics which make up these components.

This involves testing the transparency and light absorption properties of solar glass to ensure that it allows as much sunlight as possible to pass through to the solar cells.

Useful for determining if there are any defects regarding a material’s physical properties, this is very useful when controlling the anti-reflective coating applied to solar glass. Due to the properties of the glass and the coating on top, most often manufacturers use an automated hardness tester such as a micro-Vickers tester to perform these very precise tests.

Since PCBs are a critical component of an inverter, optical machines measure the height and shape of PCB features and solder joints a vision measurement machine ensures that this can be performed without worry of damaging these delicate workpieces. Other optical inspection methods commonly used for measuring these components are laser profilometry and confocal microscopy.

The housings used to protect inverters must be according to specification so that all internal components can fit, avoiding unnecessary damage. For this, there are many ways to determine the measurements with handheld devices such as a height gauge, or even in the case of smart factories, a CMM.

Optical measurement can be used to analyze the internal structure of batteries, including the distribution of active materials and the thickness of electrodes. This information can be used to optimize the design of batteries for maximum efficiency and performance. Optical measurement can also be used to detect defects and anomalies within the battery, such as cracks or impurities, which can affect the battery's performance and safety.

In order to receive accurate results of delicate specimens such as battery foil, a machine with low testing force is used in tandem with a special fixturing system, a vacuum chuck for instance. This method is used to determine the thickness of foil before and after undergoing coating processes.