Project start "Further development of smartWLI sensors from the perspective of series production"

The Gesellschaft für Bild- und Signalverarbeitung (GBS) mbH was founded in 1997. GBS mbH develops, manufactures and sells surface measurement technology for recording and evaluating micro-geometries, surface structures and roughness. Our products include:

                 • optical 3D sensors
                 • optical 3D profilometers
                 • gantry measuring devices and production-related measuring stations

Through massive parallel image processing on high-performance GPGPUs (general purpose graphic processing units), the shortest measurement times can be achieved and the measuring devices and 3D sensors can be used not only in the laboratory but also close to production and inline. The white light interferometry (coherence scanning interferometry) measurement method used enables a wide variety of surfaces to be recorded with extreme resolution.

One of GBS mbH's product lines is 3D surface measurement technology for micro- and nanostructures based on white light interferometry under the name "smartWLI". Within the project, the sensors are to be further developed so that aspects such as cost-effective production, sustainable manufacturing and serviceability and updateability are taken more into account for series production.

The project was launched on June 1, 2023 and is funded by the Thuringian Development Bank with financial support from the EU.