Rudolf Spolders

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Rudolf Spolders (born February 21, 1898 in Duisburg , † February 25, 1974 in Detmold ) was a German manager in the energy industry .

Life

Rudolf Spolders studied at the Technische Hochschule zu Berlin and the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen , where he also worked on increasing the performance of an experimental shaft furnace by adding carbonic acid and / or water vapor and oxygen to the blowing wind. to Dr.-Ing. received his doctorate.

From 1923 to 1942 he worked at Wanheimer Eisenwerke , then director and board member at Deutsche Eisenwerke AG . In 1950 he became chief technology officer at Ruhrstahl AG , later a member of the board of directors at Rheinstahl Hüttenwerke AG . From 1957 he became involved in nuclear technology at the Battelle Institute in Frankfurt .

In 1953 he was one of the first members of the first electricity committee of the Gesellschaft für Stromwirtschaft eG (GfSt). In 1957 he became a member of the advisory board of the VDI main group technology history. In 1957 he became chairman of the Association of German Foundry Experts. Until 1960 he was a member of the advisory board at Ruhrstahl AG.

On November 21, 1957, he was appointed honorary professor for foundry technology in the Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy at RWTH Aachen University . From 1966 to 1974 he was chairman of the circle of friends of the institute for welding technology of the Technical University Aachen eV Spolders held several patents.

In 1953 he was appointed Knight of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Nicola Cardinal Canali and invested in Cologne Cathedral on December 8, 1953 by Lorenz Jaeger , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy .

Honors

  • Prize of the Association of German Iron Foundries (1924)
  • Adolf-Ledebur-Medal of the Association of German Foundry Professionals (1968)
  • Honorary Citizen of the City of Duisburg (March 6, 1952)
  • Honorary citizen of the TH Aachen (1952)
  • Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1964)
  • Admission to the Görres Society

Fonts

  • The increase in the performance of an experimental shaft furnace by adding carbon dioxide and / or water vapor and oxygen to the blowing wind. , 1961
  • Application of vacuum treatment in steelmaking , 1964
  • Vacuum metallurgy in the field of non-ferrous metals , Westdeutscher Verlag 1964 together with Helmut Winterhager

swell

  • Karl Heinrich Herchenröder, Johann Schäfer, Manfred Zapp: The successors of the Ruhr groups , Econ-Verlag, 1954
  • AW Haslett: Who's who in Atoms, Volume 2 , Vallancey Press 1960
  • Walter Habel: Who is who ?: Das Deutsche who's who, Volume 18 , Societäts-Verlag 1974
personal data
SURNAME Spolders, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager in the energy industry
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1974
Place of death Detmold