Michael Reichel (ari)
The industrial revolution, which began in the second half of the 18th century, enabled a significant increase in precision, efficiency and production speed through the use of machines. Since then, machine tools have made it possible to reproduce the same shape exactly over and over again in the production of parts. This was the birth of series and mass production of machines, components and entire devices. The precision requirements slowly developed from 1/10 and 1/100 millimeters in the beginning into the micrometer range.
Since the 1960s, the "micrometer" has become synonymous with a completely new technology, microelectronics. This technology continues to influence all areas of society to this day. Since then, the ever-increasing miniaturization of electronic components has been unstoppable. Since the 1990s, we have been talking about the widespread use of a whole range of nanotechnologies. And human ingenuity knows no bounds: Applications on the atomic scale and the picometer are pushing onto the scene.
The lecture will guide you through the interesting world of precision measurement technology and show how a consistent, holistic research strategy can still make increases in accuracy of several orders of magnitude possible today. He will provide insights and outlooks into the many years of research and development at the Institute for Process Measurement and Sensor Technology (IPMS) at Ilmenau Technical University.
Advisor Prof. Eberhard Manske held the chair of "Manufacturing and Precision Metrology" at the Technische Universität Ilmenau from 2008 until his retirement in 2024. He is now a senior professor and continues to work in a counseling capacity at the IPMS Institute.
Admission: 5 Euro
