Friedrich Müller (paper engineer)

Friedrich Müller (born January 26, 1865 in Weidenthal , † April 14, 1941 in Darmstadt ) was a German mechanical engineer .

Life

Friedrich Müller was born in 1865 as the son of Philipp Müller and his wife Dorothea Kerlinger in Weidenthal, Palatinate. He attended Latin school in Grünstadt and studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich from 1884 to 1888. After successfully completing his studies, he went to the Hemmer machine factory in Neidenfels , a paper-making village between Neustadt an der Weinstrasse and Kaiserslautern. Another professional position followed at the Banning und Setz company (later: Banning and Seybold) in Düren . At the age of 34 he became the technical director of the Cöllwitzer paper factory in Saxony-Anhalt, founded by Ludwig Lehmann in 1871.

In this role, Müller tried above all to improve the profitability of the production facility and to reduce operating costs. He simplified and modernized the steam and power systems and ensured that the entire factory was electrified.

After the unexpected death of Adolf Pfarr in December 1912, Müller became an honorary professor at the TH Darmstadt in April 1913 . He received the mechanical engineering professorship VII. This was the first professor for paper manufacture in Darmstadt. Müller was no stranger to Darmstadt, because before 1905 he was a member of a committee of the Association of German Paper Manufacturers, which was involved in the establishment of the first chair for paper manufacturing at the TH Darmstadt. In 1920 the professorship was converted into an extraordinary professorship. Three years later it became a full professorship for paper production and its machines.

Friedrich Müller was responsible for experimental research work on a larger scale and introduced a paper machine internship. His teaching load included u. a. the areas of "machines for paper production" and "systems for paper, wood pulp and cellulose production". He laid down his extensive knowledge in the four-volume work “The paper mill and its machines”, which became the standard work. The reputation of the Darmstadt chair increased considerably under his leadership at home and abroad.

In March 1931, Müller retired. He died in Darmstadt in October 1941 at the age of 76. Since 1889 he was married to Auguste Gaeckler.

Honors

• 1914: Appointment as a secret building officer
• 1930: Doctor of Engineering e. H. of the TH Stuttgart

Publications

• 1926–1930: Paper manufacturing and its machines, four volumes, Güntter Staib-Verlag, Biberach-Riß.

literature

• Walter Brecht: Privy Councilor Professor Dr.-Ing. eh Friedrich Müller † , in: Wochenblatt für Papierproduktion 1941, No. 44, pp. 623–624.
• Christa Wolf and Marianne Viefhaus: Directory of professors at TH Darmstadt , Darmstadt 1977, p. 144.
• Manfred Hampe and Gerhard Pahl (eds.): On the history of mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt , Düsseldorf 2008, p. 199.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 200th anniversary of the Progymnasium Grünstadt , list of still living students, Riedel Verlag, Grünstadt, 1929, p. 23