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HERMES AWARD 2012

Phoenix Contact wins HERMES AWARD

Company receives award for lightning monitoring systems for wind turbines


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Phoenix Contact, based in Blomberg, Germany, is this year’s winner of the internationally renowned HERMES AWARD. Every year this important technology prize is presented at a special ceremony held during HANNOVER MESSE to a company which has developed an outstandingly innovative product. Dr. Wolfram von Fritsch, Chairman of the Managing Board at Deutsche Messe AG, reports: “Phoenix Contact, the recipient of this year’s HERMES AWARD, is a company that has consistently driven innovation throughout its 90 year history. Now a global business concern, the company will be demonstrating its R&D prowess at HANNOVER MESSE for the 59th time.”


The award has been bestowed on Phoenix Contact for a system which measures lightning surges in lightning conductors and conveys operational status evaluations via the Internet to the remote control center. Lightning strikes are responsible for most incidents involving damage to wind turbine rotor blades. This groundbreaking system facilitates continuous monitoring and ensures that maintenance work can be quickly initiated. The system is based on the electrical-optical Faraday effect and measures the full course of the lightning surge as well as the impact on each of the individual rotor blades. Furthermore, the system helps to ensure that the plant continues to function and it increases the reliability of the electric energy supply. Maintenance work can be targeted more effectively and with greater cost-efficiency.


Germany’s Minister for Education and Research, Dr. Annette Schavan, presented the HERMES AWARD on 22 April at the opening ceremony for HANNOVER MESSE.


In addition to the winner, Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg, the other companies nominated for the award were: ContiTech AG (Hannover, Germany), Festo AG (Esslingen, Germany), Linz Center of Mechatronics (Linz, Austria) and Pepperl + Fuchs (Mannheim, Germany). The prize-winning product and all nominated products and processes will be exhibited during HANNOVER MESSE 2012 at the stands of the respective companies. Furthermore, the Innovation Stand “tech transfer – Gateway2Innovation” in Hall 2, Stand D12, will provide in-depth information on all the products entered for the 2012 HERMES AWARD competition and the companies involved.

TOP 5 Nominees for HERMES AWARD 2012

Impressions of the Opening Ceremony 2012

Patronage

The official patrons for the HERMES AWARD are:

Dr. Annette Schavan

German Federal Minister of Education and Research (BMBF)

www.bmbf.de

David McAllister

Primier of the German State of Lower Saxony

www.mcallister.de

Jury

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster

(Head Jury Member)

Managing Director of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence,

Member of the Nobel Prize Academy

www.dfki.de

Prof. Hans-Jörg Bullinger

President of the Fraunhofer Society

www.fraunhofer.de

Dr. Wolf-Dieter Lukas

Director General, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

www.bmbf.de

Gareth Lord

Director, Vehicles and General Technology, European Patent Office (EPO)

www.epo.org

Eduard Altmann

Editor-in-Chief, Produktion

www.produktion.de

Ken Fouhy

Editor-in-Chief, MM - Das Industriemagazin

www.maschinenmarkt.de

Georg Giersberg

Editor of Business & Economics, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

www.faz.net

Werner Götz

Editor-in-Chief, Industrieanzeiger

www.industrieanzeiger.de

Rudolf Schulze

Editor-in-Chief, VDI-Nachrichten

www.vdi-nachrichten.de

Top 5 Nominees

Top 5 nominees in alphabetical order:

ContiTech AG, Hannover

Festo AG, Esslingen

Linz Center of Mechatronics, Linz, Österreich

Pepperl + Fuchs, Mannheim

Phoenix Contact, Blomberg


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