Oskar Arke

Oskar Arke (born March 7, 1854 in Berlin ; † August 17, 1926 ) was a German ceramist and pioneer in the electrotechnical porcelain industry.

Arke worked for a long time in the Berlin porcelain factory H. Schomburg & Söhne, where he mainly devoted himself to firing issues and made extraordinary progress by improving the furnace management.

In 1892 he was appointed head of the Hermsdorf porcelain factory to introduce the manufacture of electrical porcelain. He was in contact with Robert Friese during the development of the Delta Bell . From 1904 he headed the planning and construction of the Freiberg porcelain factory. Arke played a decisive role in the syndicate of the United Porcelain Insulator Works, which was founded in 1910. After he left the company in 1912 and moved to Berlin-Zehlendorf, he remained a scientific advisor to the supervisory board.

literature

Hescho-Mitt. 1926, issue 27, pp. 807-811
ETZ: Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift: Ed. A., Volume 47, Part 2 (1926), p. 1179

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SURNAME	Arke, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German ceramist and pioneer of the electrotechnical porcelain industry
DATE OF BIRTH	March 7, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	17th August 1926