Jakob Knappich
Jakob Knappich (born May 21, 1866 in Lechbruck ; † April 2, 1944 there ) is one of the founders of KUKA (today: KUKA Systems , KUKA Roboter and KUKA AG ).
Life
Knappich attended the commercial college in Augsburg , from 1882 to 1885 he was an intern in Augsburg and Munich . Until 1889 he carried out commercial activities, including in Cologne . In 1891 he married Ernestine Götz in Frankfurt am Main . The marriage resulted in two sons, and Ernestine brought her daughter from his first marriage into the family.
In 1897, Knappich founded the “Calcium Carbide and Acetylene Gas Association” to promote the interests of the new electrochemical industry together with the Düsseldorf manufacturer and technical writer Franz Liebetanz. The following year it merged with the German Association for Acetylene and Carbide to form the "German Acetylene Association" as a professional association of manufacturers and consumers. Knappich was a member of the board of directors there for over 40 years. In 1927 he was given the honorary title of Kommerzienrat .
In 1898 Jakob Knappich founded the acetylene plant in Augsburg with his friend Johann Josef Keller . The first letters of the company name “Keller und Knappich Augsburg” eventually become KUKA.
Works
- "The production, storage and use of acetylene gas and storage of carbide" (Decree on the Royal Bavarian Acetylene Ordinance of June 22, 1901), 1902
- “What are the dangers of autogenous metal processing?” In: Carbide and Acetylene 13, 1909, No. 10 and 24
- "Th. Kautny "in: Oxy-fuel metal processing 21, 1928, no. 1, p. 14.-DRP 112 436, 148 199 and 235 347 (various acetylene developers from 1897 to 1910)
- 446 816, 450 805 and 469 508 (ventilation and safety devices for acetylene developers from 1926)
- 459 729 and 464 044 (garbage truck with rotating container and inner screw conveyor from 1926/1927)
literature
- Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoß : Knappich, Jacob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 157 f. ( Digitized version ).
- The history of the German typewriter factories . 2 volumes Historical Typewriter Archive, Delbrück 2008.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jakob Knappich in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knappich, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German company founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lechbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1944 |
| Place of death | Lechbruck |