German Machine Technology Society

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The Deutsche Maschinentechnische Gesellschaft (DMG) - Forum for Innovative Railway Systems is an association of predominantly technically trained executives and recognized specialists in the rail vehicle and railway industry, in rail transport companies as well as in rail-related research and teaching, which, due to their position in the company, are essential for further development of rail transport can contribute. The DMG was founded in Berlin in 1881 , it is non-profit and has the legal form of a registered association .

history

The association was founded in Berlin in 1881 as the Association of German Machine Engineers with the purpose of promoting the interests of the entire mechanical engineering sector in technical and economic terms, through lectures, publications, visits and tendering of price tasks. The founding was preceded by a call from four professors from the Technical University of Berlin, 13 senior railway officials and 20 industrialists (mostly from locomotive and wagon construction), the mechanical engineers working in industry and administration, especially in the rail vehicle industry and with the former state railways To give tasks corresponding validity and to do more for their further training and the exchange of experiences with this group of people.

Soon after it was founded, the association developed a lively activity with up to eight general assemblies per year, in which a lecture was always given followed by a discussion. The organ of the association was the "Annals for Trade and Construction" (from 1922 " Glasers Annalen") , which had been launched in 1877 . The tasks of the association also included the regulation of the training of the next generation of engineers in theory and practice, and from the beginning, the tendering of price tasks was seen as a promotion of the common interests of the entire mechanical engineering field. In 1884 a commission was set up for this purpose, which was entrusted with the task of setting prizes and the judgeship. The regularly set tasks were named in honor of Christian Peter Wilhelm Beuth (1781-1853), the creator of the Royal Trade Institute and the Association for the Advancement of Industry in Prussia , “Beuth Tasks” and the award “Beuth Prize”; DMG continues this tradition to this day.

After the First World War , there were numerous changes for the association, which also led to the renaming of the "Deutsche Maschinentechnische Gesellschaft". The economic crisis and currency devaluation caused great concern for those responsible for DMG's business goals in the 1920s, and the political situation in the 1930s up to the Second World War was a difficult time for DMG because it did not want to join the umbrella organizations set up by the state .

In 1945 the association, like all other non-political associations, was dissolved by the Control Council Act of the occupying powers, but in 1949 it was re-approved. After that, their activities were initially limited to Berlin. In 1958 a proper board was re-elected and in 1959 the Ifo Institute issued the memorandum "Electrifying the Deutsche Bundesbahn - an urgent economic task " on behalf of DMG . In the same year, DMG also organized a conference on diesel train subsidies in Berlin , which has been followed by numerous specialist conferences with a wide range of interesting topics from rail technology. In 2006 DMG celebrated its 125th anniversary.

membership

Numerous members from the founding days of the association have names that have become terms in German mechanical engineering and rail technology, for example Moritz Stambke (1830–1903), Carl Roman Abt (1850–1933), Hermann Blohm (1848–1930), Ernst Borsig (1869–1933), Hans Culemeyer (1883–1951), Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943), Friedrich Carl Glaser (1843–1910), Oskar Henschel (1837– 1894), Wilhelm Jakobs (1858–1942), Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854–1902), Julius Pintsch (1815–1884), Karl Scharfenberg (1874–1938), Carl Schenck (1835–1910), Ferdinand Schichau (1814–1896 ), Sigmund Schuckert (1846–1895), Louis Schwartzkopff (1825–1892), Carl Friedrich von Siemens (1872–1941) and Georg Talbot (1864–1948).

In 1969 and then again in 1988, the DMG changed its statutes so that academic engineering training is no longer a prerequisite for membership and that DMG member who is active in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering or in is able to support the goals of DMG. Transport and industrial companies, research and consulting institutions as well as associations belong to the DMG as corporate members. In total, the DMG today has over 400 members again.

goals and tasks

The goals and tasks of DMG have also changed in the course of its history: The focus is no longer solely on further development and the exchange of experience in the field of machine and electrical engineering for the railways, but today DMG is particularly committed to

  • an economically and ecologically appropriate position of rail transport in an economically balanced overall transport concept,
  • targeted innovation and further development of the mechanical components of the overall rail system,
  • promoting cooperation between rail transport companies, the rail industry, research and teaching and
  • the education and training of the next generation of managers, in particular with regard to conveying the system aspects of the railway,

a. She wants to achieve these goals through

  • the development of problem solutions in specialist committees and their communication at their annual conference, at specialist conferences and in specialist journals,
  • the training and further education of members and junior staff of the corporate members in seminars and specialist conferences and
  • the award of young engineers with the Beuth Innovation Prize for outstanding written work in the annual Beuth competition.

DMG Krienitz Foundation

The Veitmeyer , Wichert and Müller Foundations have been set up over the years at the instigation of or in honor of the First Chairman of the Association of German Machine Engineers , whose interest income is used for prizes for the successful solution of pricing tasks as well as one-time or ongoing grants Mechanical engineering or electrical engineering students were used. In 1972 these foundations were combined to form a dependent foundation under the name "DMG Foundation".

In 1996 Gerhard Krienitz died in Berlin , who worked for the Deutsche Reichsbahn until the end of the Second World War and later as head of railway technology at AEG and as honorary professor at the Technical University in Berlin . In the post-war years, Krienitz rendered outstanding services to the revival of DMG and was its first chairman for many years. In his will, he bequeathed a large part of his assets to the DMG for the DMG Foundation, which is owned by the DMG. This generous donation required an amendment to the statutes of the DMG Foundation, which is now called "DMG Krienitz Foundation". The purpose of this foundation is to promote science and research in the field of traffic engineering , especially lane-bound traffic, which is particularly realized by

  • the financial support of scientific work by awarding research funds to scientific institutes and their employees,
  • the awarding of prizes for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of traffic engineering,
  • the award of scholarships and study grants to students who have made outstanding achievements in the science and research of traffic engineering and
  • the implementation and financing of advanced training events in the field of science and research for traffic engineering.

Publications

The publications of DMG have been made in the same body since its foundation, which is now called ZEVrail ( ISSN  1618-8330 ) and will appear in the 143rd year in 2019.

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