History of IMR
1962: Formation of the institute for metrology in mechanical engineering (winter term)
Appointment of Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Mintrop
Location:
- Institute for chipping machine tools and forming (Prof. Bühler)
Rooms:
- 1 room as office
- Allocation of the micro-inspection room present
1963: Move into "Wilhelm-Busch-Strasse"
Assembly of syllabus for production measurement technology
Staff:
- Secretary (Edda Francksen)
- Chief engineer (Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Biederstedt, since 1965 Dr.-Ing. Harald Seidenberg)
Rooms:
- 2 rooms as offices
1965: Move to "Parkhaus"
Basic configuration:
- Professor
- Secretary
- Chief engineer
- 2 assistants
- Technicians (workshop)
- Workmen (workshop)
Primary manning of the institute:
- Secretary: Karin Othmer
- Chief engineer: Dr.-Ing. Harald Seidenberg, since 01.08.1967: Dr.-Ing. Walter Ecker, later: associate professor, university-lecturer, C3-Professor
- Scientific assistants: Dipl.-Ing. Wilhelm von der Heide, Dipl.-Ing. Harald Halbig
- DFG-appointment: Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Röhrentrop (Start of acoustics)
- Undergraduate assistants: Dirk Rotthaus, Hermann Lücke
1969: Construction of 2 air-conditioned micro-inspection rooms in the basement
Begin of research in the following fields:
- Notched taper pins (Dipl.-Ing. Wilhelm von der Heide)
- Surface-metrology (Dipl.-Ing. Harald Halbig)
- Acoustics, process monitoring (Dr.-Ing. Walter Ecker)
- Heat transfer between surfaces (Dipl.-Ing. Helmut Bley)
- Cone-measurement (Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Lücke)
- Length-calliper (Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schmehmann)
- Calliper-diamonds, surface-metrology (Dipl.-Ing. Horst Bodschwinna)
- Optical surface measurement (Dipl.-Ing. Ulrich-Wilhelm Schulze)
- Measuring of tubes (Dipl.-Ing. Helmut Brandt)
Assembly of the following divisions:
- Sonic, vibrational and electrical measuring (Dipl.-Ing. Dirk Rotthaus)
- Holography (Dipl.-Phys. Horst Kreitlow, cooperation with Prof. Welling)
(conversion of the allotted Calliper-interferometer into a holografic apparatus)
1975: Appointment of Prof. Dr.-Ing. F. Hock as director of the institute
Establishment of the following work-groups:
- Optics / signal-processing (Dr. -Ing. H. Kreitlow)
- Production measurement technology (Dr. -Ing. H. Bodschwinna)
- Sonic and vibrational metrology (Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Ecker)
1992: Takeover of directorship of the institute by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. W. Ecker
1996: Appointment of Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. Reithmeier as director of the institute