Waldek, Wagner & Benda
| Waldek, Wagner & Benda | |
|---|---|
| legal form | unknown |
| founding | 1869 |
| Seat | Vienna , Prague |
| management | Franz Waldek von Waldried, Julius Wagner, Gustav Benda |
The company Waldek, Wagner & Benda (also written as Waldeck, Wagner and Benda ) was an important Viennese company during the Austro-Hungarian Empire , which offered a large range of machines, rubber goods, fittings and fittings , but also chemicals such as sulfur and borax , paints and fuels distribution.
history
Waldek, Wagner & Benda was founded in 1869 by the imperial councilor Franz Waldek Edler von Waldried (later von Waldek) (holder of the Order of the Iron Crown III class), Julius Wagner and Gustav Benda . It was founded by the parent company Waldek & Wagner, which had existed in Prague since the 1850s . While Franz Waldek (born August 21, 1833 in Winterberg , † May 2, 1912 in Prague) was tied to the Prague house through his activities and also had his permanent residence in Prague, the management of the Vienna house was exclusively provided by Gustav Benda. Julius Wagner died in 1875. Although one or the other relevant specialty was represented up until then, the company's Prague parent company was the one that founded the “supply of all technical supplies for the entire industry” in Austria by uniting all domestic special groups.
The principle of the company was the greatest possible accuracy and precision in the execution of the orders received and the best quality of delivery. For its services and achievements, the company received numerous recognitions at exhibitions, such as the progress medal at the world exhibition in 1873 ; In 1870 the medal of merit at the exhibition of the kk Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft der Steiermark in Graz , the large medal at the anniversary trade exhibition in 1888, and the silver medal at the International Exhibition for Fire Protection and Rescue in Berlin in 1901.
The company had sole representation and general depot for Austria-Hungary for the machine and steam boiler valve factory of Schäffer & Budenberg . A factory was founded in the beginning of the 20th century at the instigation of its Austrian general agent in Außenig ad Elbe in order to be able to satisfy the demand in Austria with the products of an Austrian production facility. The company passed all technical supplies for sugar factories , machinery factories , mines , steel mills , breweries , steam saws , steam mills , spinning , weaving , paper mills , cellulose factories , construction companies , etc. Above all, all technical supplies that were necessary in factory operation, such as rubber goods, belts , fans , lifting tools , hoists , water knives , further fittings , such as pressure gauges , water level valve heads , valves , cocks, injectors, steam pumps (Patent W. Voit), condensation -Wasserableiter, vapor pressure-reducer valves , regulators , indicators ( Thompson indicators ), lubricators , Grease guns , tachometers , heat gauges , remote thermometers , watchdogs , extincters , water slides , etc. were kept.
Pneumatophore Walcher-Gaertner
An example of a product from Waldek, Wagner & Benda is the so-called "Pneumatophore Walcher-Gaertner" (DRP No. 88 703), one of the first internationally important devices in the field of oxygen rescue technology . After the dynamite and coal dust explosion in Karwin in Austrian Silesia, an accident that killed around 250 people, the mine manager, Cameral director Rudolf Ritter von Walcher-Uysdal (1839-1917), in collaboration with Gustav Gaertner ( 1855–1937) developed a self-rescue device by the University of Vienna and the mountain director W. Stieber. The device itself was carried on the chest - it consisted of a breathing bag in which there was an oxygen cylinder, a glass bottle with 25% sodium hydroxide solution, a shatter screw and a fabric cushion to absorb the lye. From the breathing bag itself, a breathing tube for pendulum breathing led up to the mouth. Waldek, Wagner & Benda, who manufactured the device from 1895, received the production order. Although the device was still relatively primitive, it laid the foundation for further research and innovation in the field.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Waldek, Wagner & Benda. In: Anniversary number of the imperial Wiener Zeitung 1703–1903. Supplement commercial part. Alfred von Lindheim. Druck und Verlag KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, August 8, 1903, p. 86 , accessed on April 30, 2009 .
- ↑ Kathrin Wüllenweber: The development of the Dräger mine rescue technology and respiratory protection (1902-1918) in an international comparison. An evaluation of the archives of the Drägerwerk AG, Lübeck. (PDF; 9.8 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Inaugural dissertation for obtaining a doctorate from the University of Lübeck. Clinic for Anaesthesiology at the University of Lübeck , July 15, 2008, p. 10 , formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 3, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
