Dominite works
| Dominitwerke GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1921 |
| resolution | 1975 |
| Seat | Brilon , North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Number of employees | approx. 1,500 (1960s) |
| Branch | Electrical engineering |
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The Dominitwerke GmbH was an existing 1921-1975 miner's lamp factory in Brilon in Hochsauerlandkreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). The company name was derived from dynamite , the company logo symbolized the control of strength and was popularly called the boxer . Since the focus of the clientele was in the Ruhr area , the headquarters of the administration came to Dortmund .
history
The factory was founded in May 1921 by the owners of Hoppecke AG in Cologne and Viktor Pawelecki and Gustav Dupuis. It was a division of the Hoppecke explosives factory. The relevant mining authorities had reasons of safety for all coal mines caused by firedamp , located were at risk an exchange of petrol lamps used so far. Hundreds of thousands of miner's lamps had to be replaced by electric lights . During the First World War , an explosives factory in the Bremecketal near Hoppecke exploded, and after the peace treaties it was not allowed to resume operations. The pit lamp factory was built in these former factories. The accumulator , an important part of the lamps, was already manufactured in Hoppecke AG's own factories. At that time it was common to rent the pit lamps to the mining companies and collect a certain amount for each shift . On April 1, 1922, the first 2,000 luminaires were delivered to a shaft system, and by 1925 approx. 30,000 luminaires were in management.
In 1927 the Accumulatorenfabrik AG Hagen took over Dominit and continued to run it as a subsidiary. In 1925, the delivery program was expanded to include the manufacture of small transformers , as according to an order from the authorities, the AC voltage that had been customary up to that point had to be reduced to a non-hazardous current. The cable hand lamps were only operated and delivered with protective extra-low voltages of up to 24 V. During the Second World War , the production of power transformers began; in 1944, those with an output of 1 MVA were possible. During this time the administration was moved from Dortmund to Brilon. After the war, the factory made a determined contribution to the development of the German economy. She was supported by her parent company and Günther Quandt , whose son Herbert was chairman of the Dominit supervisory board for several years. The production of high-voltage capacitors increased considerably, and energy supply companies sought to introduce a reactive current clause. The industrial customers should not only pay for the active current drawn, but also part of the reactive current. A corresponding law was passed later.
From 1950 power capacitors and electrolytic capacitors were produced, and the first control devices for automatic reactive power compensation . The radio, television and flashlight industries were supplied with high-voltage-resistant capacitors. In addition to the mine lamps, Dominit developed various explosion-proof and unprotected lights and special lights, as well as emergency lighting systems and automatic charging devices for nickel-cadmium batteries . The first miner's lights with a fluorescent lamp in spiral shape went into production in 1950, the plexiglass bell and a nickel-plated housing made of sheet steel ensured the necessary robustness. A branch was founded in Wulmeringhausen in 1960 ; it traded under the name Trafo- und Gerätebau GmbH. Dominitwerke produced until 1975 and had around 1,500 employees in the 1960s, advising customers was the task of 19 in-house sales and engineering offices spread across Germany.
Photokina 1954
Hanover Fair 1954
literature
- Walter Fritzsch, Jutta Heutger Berost: Power supply in the Sauerland 1891–1935. Ed. Sauerländer Heimatbund e. V. and Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen AG Dortmund, Strobel Druck, Arnsberg 1991, ISBN 3-87793-031-X .
- Festschrift for the 40th anniversary of the Dominit pulse beat of a young work. Printed by Paul Altenkirch, Wiesbaden 1960.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Festschrift for the 40th anniversary of Dominit Pulsschlag of a young work. Printed by Paul Altenkirch, Wiesbaden 1960, p. 47
- ^ A b Walter Fritzsch, Jutta Heutger Berost: Power supply in the Sauerland 1891-1935. Ed. Sauerländer Heimatbund e. V. and Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen AG Dortmund, Strobel Druck, Arnsberg 1991, ISBN 3-87793-031-X , p. 180
- ↑ Story: From Dominite to Dominite. Retrieved September 1, 2013 .