The construction of the Laboratory of Ultraprecision Coordinate Measurements at the Kraków University of Technology (PK) has begun. Worth over PLN 26 million, the new research centre of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is being built on the PK campus in Czyżyny. 

The world-class scientific network and research centre within the National Coordinate Metrology Network (NSMET) project consists of four leading technical universities: the Krakow University of Technology (consortium leader) and the Universities of Technology in Poznan, Warsaw and Kielce. 

The aim of the network collaboration is to create a specialised research infrastructure in Poland for the development of coordinate metrology – an area of science that deals with the measurement and 3D imaging of all geometric objects. 

The laboratory will be equipped with internationally unique apparatus for measuring the geometry of the internal and external structures of measured objects, at scales from nano to large.

Objects subjected to measurements are mainly parts of machines and systems from various industries, including: automotive, aerospace, energy, machinery, household appliances, as well as medicine, photovoltaics, fibre optic technology, optoelectronics, bioengineering, composite materials production and nanomaterials.