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Detmold. 30 experts from universities and industry got together for their second meeting of the "Network Industrial Image Processing OWL". The event was hosted bei Weidmüller Interface in Detmold. In the spotlight: quality control in manufacturing companies. The objective: production of little to no so-called rejects and timely identification of weak spots during production, even in smaller companies.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Lohweg of the institute Industrial IT (inIT) at the University OWL and his colleague Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bärbel Mertsching, University of Paderborn are the initiators of the network "Industrial Image Processing OWL". They are interested in making the academic knowledge available to small and medium-sized companies as well as large ones through joint projects. Lohweg: "An open network of industry and university."

The cooperation of universities in Paderborn and Lemgo in this field is exemplary. Bärbel Mertsching is head of the cognitive Systems Engineering - GET Lab at the University of Paderborn. Volker Lohweg is a member of the inIT leadership team, the research institute of the Electrical engineering and Computer engineering Department at the University Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

The theme of the second seminar: "Image processing in quality control - examples of Best Practice between industry and universities". It demonstrated the scope of industrial image processing: grabbing objects, examing and deciding. Image processing in production (Weidmüller), touchless counting of banknotes during the production process (Koenig & Bauer, inIT and OWITA) as well as simulation systems for image processing and robotics (GET Lab) were addressed.

The concluding discussion about the demand for advanced training in image processing showed that workshops on specific technical subjects are essential while also making industrial image processing more transparent to decision-makers. The need for objective advice on this topic became apparent, given that today's companies are required to decide quickly. A bilateral exchange between companies appears to be of increasing importance.

The speakers and organizers of the 2nd seminar on image processing (left to right): Dr. Jan Heine (Weidmüller), Herr Krumme (Weidmüller), Dr. Eberhard Niggemann (Weidmüller), Prof. Dr. Volker Lohweg (Unviersity OWL), Prof. Dr. Bärbel Mertsching (GET Lab, University of Paderborn), Tobias Kotthäuser (GET Lab, University of Paderborn), Jens Lochmüller (Koenig & Bauer AG - Werk Bielefeld).

Photo: Eugen Gillich