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