Sven Gustaf Wingqvist
Sven Gustaf Wingqvist (born December 10, 1876 in Hallsberg , † April 17, 1953 ) was a Swedish inventor in the age of industrialization . He founded the company SKF - today's world market leader for rolling bearings - and invented the self-aligning ball bearing around 1907.
Life
In 1894 he finished school in Örebro and was then at John Lenning's weaving school in Norrköping until 1895. After that he spent six months in the United States and in 1899 became an engineer in Gothenburg . At this time his interest in textile machines and their ball bearings began to grow. His work there led him to the invention of the self-aligning ball bearings and he founded the SKF company in 1907 to market them. In 1919 Wingqvist gave up the chairmanship of the SKF, but remained in the management of the company and turned to other areas of responsibility.
job
Drawing of a radial ball bearing 1906.
Sketches from the SKF archives. On the left the bearing of the first picture, the final version on the right.
literature
- Sven Gustaf Wingqvist . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 32 : Werth – Väderkvarn . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1921, Sp. 680 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patent CH42371 : Applied on February 21, 1908 , published on January 16, 1909 , applicant: Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, inventor: Sven Gustaf Wingqvist.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wingqvist, Sven Gustaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish inventor in the age of industrialization |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hallsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1953 |