Collections
‘Fidget spinners’ from the gearbox model collection
The Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering has 5 technical collections as well as several collections that are not officially recorded as collections of TU Dresden, but contain historically valuable holdings.
Technical collections
Lehrtafel Kunstschmieden von Rosen, um 1880
The models and machines of the Mechanical-Technological Collection, which has existed under this name since 1850, were mainly used as templates by draughtsmen. Julius Ambrosius Hülsse (1812–1876), who was appointed in 1850, is considered to be the main initiator of the expansion of these collections. The inventories were significantly extended from 1865 by Ernst Hartig (1836–1900), Professor of Mechanical Technology. Between 1920 and 1939, the collection portfolios were again enriched by the holder of the Chair of Business Administration, Ewald Sachsenberg (1877–1949). The collection was decimated by losses during the war and now comprises 500 historic items, such as semi-finished products, machine models and equipment.
Publications
K. Mauersberger, Die Mechanisch-Technologische Sammlung, in: Sammlungen und Kunstbesitz der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden 1996, S. 39-48.
Institutional responsibility:
Institute of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
Chair of Forming Processes
Zeuner Building, George-Bähr-Str. 3
Prof. Alexander Brosius
Collection Officer:
Mirko Schinnerling
Tel. 0351- 463 34760
Location:
Zeuner Building, Room 123, some also in Room 141
Zwei Modelle Maltserkreuzgetriebe
The collection comprises over 400 movable gearbox models made of wood, metallic materials, glass and piacrylic, plus two electrically operated model cabinets with 32 individual gearboxes each and two model cabinets with ten individual gearboxes each, which are open to the public. The collection was started by Johann Andreas Schubert (1808-1870) in the 1830s and thus dates back to the founding years of TU Dresden. A large part of the collection is based on the kinematic collection established at the end of the 19th century, which has been supplemented over the years by models made of new materials and is still actively used in teaching today.
Publications
K. Mauersberger, Die Getriebmodellsammlung, in: Sammlungen und Kunstbesitz der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden 1996, pp. 29-38.
Institutional responsibility:
Institute of Solid Mechanics
Chair of Dynamics and Mechanism Design
Prof. Michael Beitelschmidt
Zeuner Building, George-Bähr-Str. 3c
Collection manager:
Dr. Clemens Wadewitz
Phone: 0351- 463 33645
Accommodation:
Zeuner-Bau room 247 and corridor 1st floor
Prüflehren-Satz (Feinpassung 30 mm), Ludwig Loewe & Co. , Berlin um 1925
As early as 1875, the Mechanical-Technological Collection had a separate room for various measuring and weighing instruments. With the establishment of the Chair of Measurement Technology and Gauge Design in 1924 under the direction of Georg Berndt, an independent collection was developed. Today, this collection comprises approximately 60 instruments, mostly length-measuring devices, including single-, dual-, and triple-coordinate measuring machines, as well as thread and gear measuring machines and optical alignment and taper measuring instruments.
Institutional Affiliation:
Institute of Mechatronic Engineering
Chair of Magnetofluiddynamics, Measuring and Automation Technology
Prof. Stefan Odenbach
Collection Curator:
Dr.-Ing. Dmitry Borin
Tel. 0351-463-32307
Location:
Berndt Building, Helmholtzstr. 7
Freiformplastik von Michael Röhner, 2006
The Technical Design Collection comprises approximately 100 sculptures made from various materials, created as part of foundational design training from 1960 to the present. In addition, there are about 50 graphic and color studies addressing abstract and applied design problems.
The oldest objects in the collection date back to the training program under Rudi Högner (1907–1995); among his own works preserved are various designs for medals, decorative materials, and teaching materials from the first courses in design training for engineers. The second part of the collection now consists of over 100 models of applied design projects, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s through to the present day. Notable among these are the vehicle and aircraft designs, which explore alternative mobility concepts both within the GDR and in the early post-reunification period. The exhibits, which had previously been stored as individual teaching objects, were incorporated into the collection in 2010 to mark the 50th anniversary of Technical Design.
Publications
C. Wölfel, J. Krzywinski, “The Technical Design Collection,” in: Collections and Art Holdings, TUD Dresden University of Technology. Edited by the Rector of TUD Dresden University of Technology. Dresden 2015, pp. 129–138.
Responsibility:
Institute of Machine Elements and Machine Design
Chair of Industrial Design Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Krzywinski
Collection Curator:
Dr. Christian Wölfel
Tel. 0351-463 35798
Location:
August-Bebel-Str. 20
Storage room in Seminar Building 2
Loan of a portion of the collection to the Chemnitz Industrial Museum
Stock Motorpflug
The Collection of Agricultural Technology comprises a set of tractors, as well as various measuring instruments and models of agricultural engineering equipment used in teaching. Some tractors produced in former East Germany have been used for testing purposes, other models were only added after 1989. The tractors are now regularly refurbished and maintained by a separate association (Freunde Historischer Landtechnik e.V.) and are primarily used for demonstration purposes as part of the Institute's public relations.
Institutional responsibility:
Institute of Natural Materials Technology
Chair of Agricultural Systems Engineering
Prof. Thomas Herlitzius
Collection Officer:
Dipl.-Ing. Andi Günther
Tel. 0351-463 34752
Location:
ZIN, Bergstr. 120
http://www.landtechnikverein.de/
Collection bundles
The Machine Elements Lot comprises an extensive inventory of roughly 500 machine components and some models.
Responsibility:
Institute of Machine Elements and Machine Design
Chair of Machine Elements
Prof. Berthold Schlecht
Location:
Corridors of the Schumann Building
Institute workshop
The Energy Technology collection includes approximately 10 large objects, such as turbine parts, as well as 10 large models and 200 small objects, such as components and examples of damage.
Responsibility:
Institute of Power Engineering
Chair of Building Energy Systems and Heat Supply
Prof. Clemens Felsmann and
Chair of Thermal Energy Machines and Systems
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Jäger
Location:
Corridors of the Merkel Building
Hallways of the Walther-Pauer Building
The Mechanical Engineering Laboratory collection includes a historical cabinet containing 14 historical objects.
Responsibility:
Institute of Mechatronic Engineering
Chair of Magnetofluiddynamics, Measuring and Automation Technology
Prof. Stefan Odenbach
Location:
Stairwell in the Mollier Building