2013 - Successful cooperation awarded Claas Prize
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The Claas Foundation recently honored a bachelor's thesis written as part of the cooperation between the University of Kassel / Agricultural Engineering Witzenhausen with the Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences / Mechanical Engineering and CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH in the field of acoustic blade status detection in harvesting machines.
The thesis was written by Schmalkalden mechanical engineering student Luise Merbach (28). Her thesis deals with the acoustic detection of knife status. The basic assumption is that a blunt blade sounds different to a sharp blade. The aim is to find the optimum time to sharpen the blade.
The work was supervised by Professor Frank Beneke from the Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, Hubertus Siebald from the University of Kassel / Agricultural Engineering Witzenhausen and Jochen Huster from CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH.
The CLAAS Foundation has honored students from Germany and England for their theses in the field of agricultural engineering with a talent grant. Luise Merbach received the second prize of 6,000 euros.
About the CLAAS Foundation
The foundation works with a jury of international experts in agricultural science and cooperates with renowned universities in Germany and abroad. The foundation's capital amounts to 6.5 million euros. In addition to the Helmut Claas Scholarship, the CLAAS Foundation also supports international research projects at universities and promotes initiatives at schools to get pupils interested in science and technology. [ more... ]