Ernst Diepschlag
Ernst Diepschlag (born February 20, 1885 in Wengern , † December 28, 1953 in Freiberg ) was a German metallurgist and university professor.
Life
After graduating from the secondary school in Hagen studied Ernst Diepschlag at the RWTH Aachen and the Mining Academy Berlin ferrous metallurgy . In 1906 he became a member of the Corps Marko-Guestphalia in Aachen . He completed his studies in Berlin in 1911 as a Dipl.-Ing. from.
He began his professional career in 1911 as an operations assistant at Rombacher Hüttenwerke . In 1914 he became the blast furnace operator at the Halbergerhütte in Brebach . In 1920 he received a lectureship in technology and metallurgy at the Polytechnic in Köthen. In 1921 he was appointed professor of iron and steel engineering at the Technical University of Wroclaw , where he became director of the iron and steel institute. From 1923 he also taught foundry science. After fleeing from Breslau in the last days of the war, he first taught chemistry at the Academy of Technology in Chemnitz. From 1946 until his retirement in 1953 he taught iron and steel studies at the Bergakademie Freiberg as institute director , of which he was rector from 1947 to 1949. From 1949 to 1951 he was its Vice Rector. In 1949 he was appointed a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences .
As head of the "Blast Furnace and Lower Shaft Furnace Commission" of the German Economic Commission, he was responsible for the strategic planning of iron production in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Diepschlag was involved in an advisory capacity in the reconstruction of the Maxhütte in Unterwellenborn ; When building the Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost , he was active in planning and as an expert. He worked scientifically on the production of pig iron , cast iron and steel and their mechanical properties. Diepschlag was the author or co-author of more than 100 publications. He held 28 patents.
Fonts (selection)
- About newer types of Martin furnace heads, 1922
- The blast furnace, 1932
- The reduction of iron ore using higher pressures, 1936
- Analytical investigation of basic Siemens-Martin slags, 1941
- The applicability of control engineering in the metallurgical industry, 1952
literature
- Short biography for: Diepschlag, Ernst . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Bernd Lychatz and Volkmar Held: Ernst Diepschlag . In: Bernd Lychatz and Ralf-Peter Bösler (eds.): The Freiberg ironworks. A historical overview with biographical sketches . Verlag TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86012-491-8 , pp. 189-224.
Web links
- Diepschlag, Ernst on the website of the Federal Foundation for the Processing of the SED Dictatorship
- Ernst Diepschlag, Prof. Dr.-Ing. on the website of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
- History of the Institute for Iron and Steel Technology on the webpage of the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
- Diepschlag ‹dìipšlaak›, Ernst on Treccani.it
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Rosenbach, Harald Ortwig, Christian Vogel; History of the Corps Marko-Guestphalia at RWTH Aachen University from 1871 to 2001 . ISBN 3-00-011065-8 ; Aachen 2003, p. 273
- ^ Rectorates of the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
- ↑ Federal Archives, NY 4113/17, Bl. 71–92, minutes of the meetings of the blast furnace and low-shaft furnace committees in Eisleben and the Maxhütte August-September 1949.
- ^ Thuringian State Archives, Rudolstadt, Maxhütte Unterwellenborn, No. 819, activity report of October 29, 1948.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diepschlag, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German metallurgist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wengern |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1953 |
| Place of death | Freiberg |