Robert Hermann Pfauter

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Robert Hermann Pfauter (born January 30, 1854 in Göltzschen near Leipzig , † October 14, 1914 in Chemnitz ) was a German designer and entrepreneur in the mechanical engineering industry.

Life

Pfauter was the son of a farmer and trained as a locksmith . From 1872 he worked in the machine works of Johann Zimmermann and Richard Hartmann in Chemnitz. In 1887 the machine manufacturer Julius Eduard Reinecker made him his chief designer, during which time Pfauter got to know the hobbing machines . In 1895 Stanislaw Biernatzki appointed him director of his new Chemnitz production branch for precision milling machines , where he developed the spur gear milling machine over the next two years.

In 1897 he married Clara Marie b. Colditz (1875-1960), with whom he had seven sons.

After he was granted the Reichs patent No. 112082 ("Process and machine for milling helical gears using worm milling cutters") in July 1900 , he founded his own company on Christmas Eve 1900 in Chemnitz. The profit expectation of his first partner and a bank bankruptcy forced the liquidation after a year . A fresh start was organized with the help of a machinery wholesaler. He integrated a differential gear in the gear train between the workpiece table and the milling spindle, which eliminated the error-prone sub-process. In 1905/1906 he moved into the former Franke iron foundry on Einsiedler Strasse. Until his death he built 2000 machines with up to 300 employees, most of which were exported to the USA.

His villa on Annaberger Straße, planned by the Chemnitz architect Erich Basarke , was only completed shortly before his sudden death. His sons expanded the production program. After the expropriation of the Chemnitz factories, the company was rebuilt in 1946, first in Rüsselsheim and then in Ludwigsburg .

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SURNAME Pfauter, Robert Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer and entrepreneur in mechanical engineering
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Göltzschen near Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1914
Place of death Chemnitz