Magnet Museum

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The Magnetmuseum is a private magnet technology museum in Dortmund that has existed since 1999. It is located in the Aplerbeck district on the factory premises of the Tridelta group of companies , which is located at the location - in the successor to the Aplerbeck magnet factory of the Aplerbecker Hütte - u. a. Manufactures permanent magnets .

history

museum

The museum was opened on August 27, 1999 on the Tridelta factory premises. The commitment of two former employees of the magnet factory was and is essential for the development of the collection and the existence of the museum. In October 2005 the magnet museum was closed for operational reasons. After new premises had been found on the Tridelta factory premises, it was reopened on June 20, 2013 in the former premises of the management of Deutsche Edelstahlwerke .

Since 2013 the museum has been open regularly two days a week; entry is free. Guided tours are also offered.

exhibition

The collection of the Magnet Museum comprises a total of around 35 tons of exhibits, some of which, however, is stored in the cellar.

The permanent exhibition gives an overview of historical and current applications of permanent magnets, especially in electrical engineering . In addition to the historical development of permanent magnet materials etc. a. the use of permanent magnets in counters, loudspeakers, telephones, switches, relays, clocks, measuring devices, small motors, generators and brakes such as B. Hysteresis brakes . Another focus of the exhibition is the changing history of the Aplerbeck magnet factory.

Magnet factory

The Aplerbeck Tridelta factory ( Tridelta Dortmund GmbH and Tridelta Magnetsysteme GmbH ) goes back to the Aplerbeck magnet factory of the Dortmund Union , which began building magnets in 1920 as part of the Aplerbecker hut and was initially v. a. AlNiCo permanent magnets produced. After the closure of the Aplerbecker Hütte, the magnet factory was transferred to the newly founded Deutsche Edelstahlwerke AG (DEW) in 1927 . In the 1930s, the industrial demand for magnets, u. a. for the production of popular receivers , loudspeakers and field telephones . From 1938 to 1940 DEW built a new factory and office building with a brick facade, the core of which still exists today. At times, up to 1700 people worked in the magnet factory.

In 1975 or 1976 DEW became part of Thyssen Edelstahlwerke (TEW); the Aplerbecker Magnetfabrik belonged to the Thyssen group from then on .

In the 1990s, the magnet production and trading areas were separated from one another through several intermediate steps, so that today two different companies - Tridelta and ThyssenKrupp Schulte - refer to the Aplerbecker magnet factory in their history.

In 1992 the Thyssen stainless steel and steel divisions merged; the magnet area was transferred to Elektroblechgesellschaft Bochum (EBG) and traded under the name Thyssen Magnettechnik GmbH . In 1997 the magnet division was transferred to Thyssen Stahlunion (meanwhile as MTG Magnetsysteme GmbH ). At Thyssen, the focus was on the sale of magnetic materials, systems and components, for which purpose Thyssen Magnet and Component Technology GmbH was founded. The actual magnet production in Aplerbeck was sold in 1997 to the Hermsdorf group of companies Tridelta GmbH , which has its origins in the Thuringian VEB Kombinat Keramische Werke Hermsdorf (KWH). Tridelta continues to manufacture permanent magnets for the electrical industry at the Aplerbeck site .

The Thyssen magnet trading division, which was split off in 1997, first moved from Aplerbeck to Dorstfeld in 1998 . From 2002 it traded under the name ThyssenKrupp Magnettechnik GmbH and then moved to Gelsenkirchen in 2003 . In 2005 it was integrated into ThyssenKrupp Schulte GmbH as the Magnetic Technology division, which in turn goes back to the Dortmund company Heinrich August Schulte . In 2010 the company finally moved to Essen .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Tridelta Magnet Museum - A museum with an attraction. (PDF; 1.8 MB) Tridelta Dortmund GmbH, 2013, accessed on October 12, 2013 (museum flyer).
  2. ↑ a b c Holger Handstein: On 125 square meters in Aplerbeck - magnets attract visitors. (No longer available online.) In: donews. November 13, 2000, archived from the original on October 15, 2013 ; Retrieved October 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.donews.de
  3. ↑ a b c Daniel Merkes: An "attractive" Museum of Aplerbeck. In: Dortmund and Swords city magazines. August 4, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h ThyssenKrupp Schulte GmbH - more than 100 years of trading experience. (No longer available online.) ThyssenKrupp Schulte GmbH, archived from the original on October 15, 2013 ; Retrieved October 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thyssenkrupp-schulte.de
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Tridelta Dortmund - History of the Dortmund location. (No longer available online.) Tridelta Magnetsysteme GmbH, archived from the original on October 15, 2013 ; Retrieved October 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tridelta-magnetsysteme.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 15.7 ″  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 16.3 ″  E