Heinrich Robert Lindner

Heinrich Robert Lindner (born May 25, 1851 in Chemnitz , † April 22, 1933 in Dresden ) was a Saxon railway engineer.

Life

After an apprenticeship as a locksmith at Sächsische Maschinenfabrik, formerly Richard Hartmann , he attended the Sächsische Gewerbeakademie in Chemnitz. He then studied at the Dresden Polytechnic . After completing his training, he switched to the Royal Saxon State Railways . At first he headed the locomotive workshops in Chemnitz and Dresden. In 1895 he became a machine inspector, in 1898 head of the main workshop in Dresden-Friedrichstadt and from 1908 was the head of the mechanical engineering office at the general management of the Saxon Railways. Until his retirement in 1919 he was in charge of the mechanical engineering department.

developments

Lindner developed various starting devices for composite steam locomotives . He received a gold medal for this at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 . Furthermore, he dealt with the further development of the steam locomotive control . To improve the cornering ability, he developed the Klien-Lindner hollow axle and the associated chassis together with Ewald Richard Klien . This resulted in lower rolling resistance and less wear on the rails and wheels.

literature

• Erich Preuß, Reiner Preuß: Lexicon inventors and inventions: Railway . 1st edition. transpress, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-344-00053-5 .
• Obituary in "The Locomotive" November 1933, p. 216 f. (online at ANNO ).