Willy Abel

Willy Abel (born September 23, 1875 in Dierdorf , Rhineland-Palatinate , † September 22, 1951 in Berlin-Lichtenberg ) was a German designer and inventor.

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Abel was born the son of the art dealer Karl Ludwig Rudolf Abel (* 1838) and his wife Anna Weber (* 1845). After completing his apprenticeship as a technical designer at the Laeis machine factory in Trier , Abel invented a gear forming machine that was important for mechanical engineering at the time . While working in the royal rifle factory in Spandau (1893–1898), he designed the muzzle protector for the Gewehr 98, which was introduced into the German army .

At the turn of the century, Abel developed a machine that made it possible to print standardized stamps as needed instead of individual production in a coin-operated rotation process and issue them to the customer. This made it possible to sell tickets in mass traffic without human labor. This machine has been manufactured since 1907 in the Harras works founded and managed by Abel in the Rittergutstraße in Berlin-Lichtenberg. It found worldwide distribution.

In 1907 he married Margarethe Drässer. The economic success allowed Abel to develop further industrial inventions according to plan and to transfer them into successful manufacturing and sales processes. He became the creator of the standards for thread tolerance, the inventor of the so-called rail lung, which made a decisive contribution to the improvement of shock-free railroad tracks . He also developed a device for mechanical coaling of ships.

Abel became world-famous for the development and manufacture of tools and small machines for the household, which were later mass-produced on the assembly line . So he invented the bread slicer , the egg slicer and the heart-shaped waffle iron .

literature

Herbert Helbig: Abel, Willy. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 13 f. ( Digitized version ).
Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , p. 2f.

References and comments

↑ Berliner Zeitung of April 23, 1997, HEIMATMUSEUM SHOWS MORE THAN HUNDRED YEARS OF LICHTENBERGER INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, the egg slicer was a worldwide success [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Abel, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German designer and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 23, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dierdorf , Rhineland-Palatinate
DATE OF DEATH	September 22, 1951
Place of death	Berlin-Lichtenberg

[1] Berliner Zeitung of April 23, 1997, HEIMATMUSEUM SHOWS MORE THAN HUNDRED YEARS OF LICHTENBERGER INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, the egg slicer was a worldwide success [1]