1825-1867 A Locksmith makes technology history - The era Johann Matthäus Voith |
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Johann Matthäus Voith (1803-1874) |
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| 1825 |
| Johann Matthäus Voith takes charge of his father's workshop employing five workers. |
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| 1830 |
| Johann Matthäus Voith participates in the construction of a paper machine by Johann Widmann from Heilbronn for the Rau and Voelter paper mill in Heidenheim. |
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| 1848 |
| Johann Matthäus Voith, together with Heinrich Voelter, builds the first wood milling machine. |
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| 1852 |
| Johann Matthäus Voith constructs two spindle grinders of his own design for Heinrich Voelters paper mill. |
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| 1853 |
| Voith's paper cutting machine is presented at the trade exhibition in Heidenheim. |
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| 1856 |
| First contract between Heinrich Voelter and Johann Matthäus Voith for the construction of wood milling machines. Together they build a wood mill for the Kuebler und Niethammer paper mill in Kriebstein, Saxony. |
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| 1859 |
| Johann Matthäus Voith invents a refiner for woodpulp - a machine which refines the wood shaving from wood grinding equipment and improves paper quality. |
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| 1862 |
| Johann Matthäus Voith constructs water wheels, pumps and water turbines. A foundry is built beside the workshop. |
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| 1864 |
| Friedrich Voith joins his father's "Mechanical Workshops and Iron Foundry", which is soon expanded into a machine factory with a 6-HP steam engine drive. Employees: 35. |
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