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News

„Think Metrology“ heißt es vom 26. bis 29. August 2024 auf dem Weltkongress der Internationalen Messtechnischen Konföderation (IMEKO). Er wird ein Gipfeltreffen der weltweit führenden Metrologen. Mehr als 700 Forschende und Anwender werden über Innovationen und aktuelle Themen aus dem großen Feld der Messtechnik berichten. Ab Oktober 2023 können Sie sich registrieren lassen und Ihr Paper einreichen. Website: Opens external link in new windowhttps://www.imeko2024.org/index (Kontakt: Opens local program for sending emailimeko2024(at)ptb.de)

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Der WELMEC Guide 7.2 „Software“ ist der am meisten genutzte Leitfaden der Europäischen Kooperation im gesetzlichen Messwesen (WELMEC) und liegt jetzt in einer aktualisierten und überarbeiteten Version 2023 vor. Dieser Guide bietet europäischen Notified Bodies, Herstellern von Messgeräten und den Überwachungsbehörden abgestimmte technische Interpretationen der grundlegenden Anforderungen der europäischen Messgeräterichtline (MID und der NAWID;31/2014/EU und 32/2014/EU). Internet: Opens external link in new windowwww.welmec.org (Ansprechpartner: Florian Thiel, Telefon: 030 3481-7529, Opens local program for sending emailflorian.thiel(at)ptb.de)

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A brief introduction to PTB

Entrance of PTB Braunschweig

Here in a nutshell are a few Opens internal link in current windowFacts about PTB, or read the current facts and figures from the Opens internal link in current windowAnnual Report. If you want more details, here you will find a Opens internal link in current windowDescription of Tasks of PTB. Furthermore, we recommend our general Info Sheet about PTB which you can download in the right-hand column as a pdf file.

Important research topics

The SI with its 7 base units
In the new International System of Units (SI), seven fundamental constants are determined as defining reference values. (Diagram: PTB)

We present you with an overview of PTB's diverse research landscape as well as some especially highlighted topics in the chapter l Opens internal link in current windowResearch & Development, including the key strategic points in European metrology research (Challenges and Prospects) as well as the various success stories surrounding Opens internal link in current windowPTB's Technology Transfer. How firmly PTB is integrated in the international research landscape you can see briefly, on the one hand, in the Opens internal link in current windowOverview and, on the other hand, we individually present the respective research institutes of the worldwide metrology landscape in the chapter Opens internal link in current windowInternational Affairs.

Evaluations

Evaluation report (in Geman only)
Stand: Januar 2012

In 2002, PTB as a whole was evaluated – with an excellent outcome. In 2008, an evaluation of PTB research followed, carried out by the Wissenschaftsrat (German Council of Science and Humanities) with a subsequent Implementation Report in 2012. You will find more about this at Opens internal link in current windowPTB in the World of Research or in the pdfs of the evaluation reports which you can download in the right-hand column.

The next evaluation will follow in 2016.

Resonance in the press

Resonance in the media

Here we present you with current online publications about PTB.