EU promotes metrology leading-edge research
"Joint research across the borders in Europe helps us to bundle our knowledge and helps us to maintain our leading global position in metrology", said Joachim Ulrich, president of Germany’s national metrology institute PTB. The PTB was crucially involved in the design and implementation of the EMPIR research program. The acronym stands for European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research. It will be implemented in several steps: Initially, it will focus on innovations in industrial contexts, based on advanced, highly precise measurement technologies. So far, 85 project proposals have been submitted.
Examples are
- Metrology for additive manufacturing production assurance, which aims at metrology in the context of 3D printing, electron beam melting and laser sintering as well as related calibration methods,
- Vision-based dimensional metrology which in the first place aims at machine vision and optical coordinate measurement machines,
- Electromobiliy and drive technology – techniques related to measurements on electric vehicles including billing and metering,
- High frequency and dynamic measurements of functional materials which could enable new forms or electronic memories and high-speed data storage,
- Metrology for 5G communications which includes innovative concepts of over-the-air testing, antenna measurement, and MIMO, and
- Reliable diagnostic methods for enhanced traction batteries.
Other research project suggestions are focusing on material research, semiconductor characterisation, and optical communications.
In addition to these research projects, the EU programme also provides strengthening recently-launched research institutes through Capacity Building.
In the next steps, EMPIR will rise to urgent questions in areas such as environment, energy, and health. In addition, the programme will support institutes to conduct fundamental research and discuss metrological questions connected to standardisations.
Related articles and links:
How to characterize vector response of future broadband instrumentation
If you enjoyed this article, you will like the following ones: don't miss them by subscribing to :
