Ewald Richard Klien

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Ewald Richard Klien (born July 10, 1841 in Bautzen , † March 5, 1917 in Dresden ) was a Saxon railway engineer. He became known for his Klien-Lindner hollow axle , developed together with Heinrich Robert Lindner , which improved the cornering behavior of steam locomotives.

Life

Klien was born as the son of a machine and iron foundry owner. After training in his father's company, he studied at the higher trade school in Chemnitz and then at the Polytechnic in Dresden. On August 30, 1864, he began working for the Royal Saxon State Railways . In 1867, after having passed his examination for the higher technical civil service, Klien was appointed head of the technical office. On March 1, 1872, he was given the job of master machinist in Leipzig, in 1873 he moved to Chemnitz and in 1877 he was promoted to chief machinist in the Chemnitz head office. Ten years later he became machine director and head of the machine administration. In 1898 he moved to the general management of the state railway. His area of ​​responsibility was the department for locomotives. After further promotions, he retired in 1907.

While working for the state railway, he devoted himself to the construction of the first larger signal box systems in Saxony, the ducting of smoke in the boiler houses and the improvement of locomotive designs. So he propagated the introduction of composite and superheated steam locomotives in Saxony. In 1893 a locomotive was equipped for the first time with the Klien-Lindner hollow axle developed jointly with Lindner. This also enabled longer locomotives to move better in curves. Another design from his pen was the Klien steam dryer , which was first used in 1902 and represents a preliminary stage to the smoke tube superheater .

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SURNAME Klien, Ewald Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German railway engineer
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Bautzen
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1917
Place of death Dresden