Hanover Fair 2016The nominees for the Hermes Award
Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka, Federal Minister of Education and Research, will announce the winner of the Hermes Award 2016 on April 24 following the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe. The jury has now nominated the five finalists.
The nominated product 'EasyB' from Block Transformatoren-Elektronik in Verden is a single-channel circuit breaker system that can protect control voltages up to a total current of 80 A as required. The channels address themselves automatically when they are switched on. This eliminates an additional work step for manual address assignment. All function modules and electrical connection points are located in a basic housing. The system is parameterized via the master computer and changes can be made at any time. EasyB reacts to 5% overcurrent and limits the output current to this level. The combination of extremely narrow width, very high current carrying capacity, automatic addressing and additional switch-on function convinced the jury.