Driven by Precision – from Earth to Planet Mars
Thursday, 13. October 2016 | 14:00 Uhr
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Dr. Ulrich Claessen, Head of Research & Development of maxon motor ag, introduced the participants to the world of micro drives.
Invented some 180 years ago, these electric motors are increasingly penetrating the realm of superlatives. “The great strength of electric motors is their high degree of efficiency,“ explained Ulrich Claessen. “A standard drive by maxon motor with a diameter of 20 millimeters is capable of up to 30,000 revolutions per minute.”
The demand for miniature engines is expected to rise in the coming years. “The driving force behind the miniaturization of engines is the population’s development,” Ulrich Claessen explained. Because people are getting older, they need appropriate support. Consequently, robots are becoming increasingly important for elderly care.
Learn everything that is important about precision engineering in the video. In addition, Ulrich Claessen talks about a Mars project maxon motor is involved in and why the company is located in tranquil Sachseln in the Canton of Obwalden.
Ulrich Claessen
Ulrich Claessen, who was born in Bremerhaven, Germany, in 1956, studied physics at the University of Tübingen and at the Technical University Munich. He received his doctorate at the Technical University Munich in 1986.
After four years of working at Siemens in Munich and ten years in the Engineering Division of ABB Traffic Systems/Adtranz, Switzerland, he started building the micro-technology center of CSEM, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, in Alpnach, Canton of Obwalden, in 2001.
In 2007, Ulrich Claessen joined maxon motor AG in Sachseln, Canton of Obwalden, where he is responsible for Research and Development as a member of executive management.
Dr. Rer. Nat. Ulrich Claessen is a member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences, Chairman of the Board of Micro Center Central Switzerland AG, member of the Board of Technopark Lucerne, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Foundation for the Promotion of the Swiss Economy through Scientific Research.
