Heinz Max Hiersig
Heinz Max Hiersig (* 1915 or 1916 ; † January 11, 2005 ) was a German engineer and founder .
Life
Heinz Max Hiersig completed his mechanical engineering studies in 1939 and began his professional career at Rheinmetall-Borsig in Düsseldorf, where he rose to the position of works manager. In 1943 he did his doctorate with Gustav Niemann at the TH Braunschweig. In 1944, Hiersig became plant manager of the Ronneburg plant of the Thuringian metal works. After the Second World War he worked as a research engineer at David Brown Ltd. active in Huddersfield , England . In 1947 he founded the Rhein-Getriebe company together with Kurt Ermert in Meerbusch .
In 1979 Hiersig received a teaching position from the Ruhr University in Bochum . From 1982 to 1984 he was chairman of the Association for Development, Design and Sales of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), then until 1998 on its advisory board. In 1991 he founded the H. and H. Hiersig Foundation together with his wife Hannelore. This established the Gustav-Niemann-Förderpreis des VDI, which is awarded every two years as an award for final or research work in the field of mechanical drive technology.
Hiersig died in January 2005 at the age of 89.
Awards
- 1975: Honor coin of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
- 1981: Honorary professorship at the Ruhr University Bochum
- 1985: Beuth commemorative coin from DIN
- 1985: Honorary membership of the VDI
- 1987: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1995: Grashof commemorative coin of the VDI
Works (selection)
- Heinz M. Hiersig: The relationship between design and stress in worm gears with involute teeth . Dissertation. Braunschweig 1943.
- Heinz M. Hiersig (Ed.): Lexicon of engineering knowledge basics . VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-18-401371-5 .
- Heinz M. Hiersig (Ed.): Lexicon of mechanical engineering . VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-18-401372-3 .
- Heinz M. Hiersig (Ed.): Lexicon production engineering, process engineering . VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-18-401373-1 .
literature
- Gisela Laalej: VDI honorary member founded foundation . In: VDI news . January 21, 2005, ISSN 0042-1758 , p. 41 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Monika Götz: Foundation commemorates the Hiersig couple. In: RP Online . February 7, 2014, accessed November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ All honors and prizes at a glance. Association of German Engineers, accessed on November 10, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hiersig, Heinz Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1915 or 1916 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 2005 |