Ferdinand Decker
Ferdinand Decker (born April 6, 1835 in Stuttgart , † July 15, 1884 in Nuremberg ) was a German engineer .
Decker attended the Polytechnic in Stuttgart from 1851 to 1855 . He received his practical training from 1855 to 1857 at the Krauss machine factory in Obertürkheim and then from 1857 to 1863 as an engineer at the Straub machine factory in Geislingen an der Steige .
In 1863 he and his brother founded the "Gebrüder Decker & Co., machine factory, iron foundry, boiler forge, bridge construction" on the Cannstatter Seelberg (today a district of Stuttgart). In 1865 he began building Tenbrink boilers and demonstrated their advantages through experiments. He was the first to introduce the valve control of the steam engine in Württemberg. In 1880 he introduced electric lighting in his factory with the help of two dynamos from Gramme and Siemens. Decker also produced the first wood grinders , which were recognized at the Paris World's Fair in 1867 .
In 1882 Decker sold the Cannstatter factory to the Esslingen machine factory and left the company in 1882/83.
In 1883 he took up the position of director at Schuckert (from 1901: Siemens-Schuckertwerke ) in Nuremberg and died a year later.
Honors
Deckerstrasse was named after him in Cannstatt as early as 1869 .
Web links
- The cradle of industry on the Deckerbuckel (PDF; 75 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adolf Benedello: Keller - Voelter. The introduction of wood pulp in the paper industry. Hagen-Kabel 1957, p. 152
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Decker, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1884 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |