Harras works
| Harras works
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. |
| founding | 1907 |
| resolution | 1960 (approx.) |
| Reason for dissolution | Forced lease to VEB |
| Seat | Berlin , Germany |
| Branch | domestic appliances |
The Harras-Werke (completely: Harras-Werke W. Abel & Co. Eisengießerei GmbH and Harras-Werke W. Abel & Co. Holzverarbeitung GmbH) were a German company founded in 1907. It was mainly active as a manufacturer of household machines and at that time one of the first household goods factories in Germany.
history
In 1907, Willy Abel founded Harras-Werke in Berlin-Lichtenberg with the proceeds from the sale of a specially developed stamp machine to the Reichspost . The Harras factories became known with the sale of the egg slicer and other kitchen helpers, which were advertised with the slogan "Harras on hand - everyone known". During the Second World War , the Harras works were largely spared and bread slicers, graters and curtain sheets could be produced again as the first products soon after the end of the war. After the end of the war in 1945, the Harras works were one of the few East Berlin companies that were not forcibly expropriated. The East Berlin magistrate took over the operational supervision in 1952 and in 1960 the forced leasing to VEB Transformatorenwerk Oberspree "Karl Liebknecht" took place and the protection of the trademark "Harras" expired. The company lost its name and ended up producing lawnmowers .
Inventions
In total, Willy Abel had 63 inventions patented in the course of his life, including:
- Invention and construction of the gear forming machine
- Rotary stamps
- Creation of the thread tolerance standard for screws
- Punch with sliding guide pallet for punching thin sheets
- Construction of the "rail lung" for a smooth railway track
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jörg Teuscher: Willy Abel. On the trail of an inventor In: GARCON - Gastronomy, Hotel Industry and Lifestyle No. 2, 2011, pp. 107–109.
- ↑ Willy Abel engineer and inventor, founder of the Harras-Werke in Berlin-Lichtenberg. Website of the Lichtenberg Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2016.