Collection of Mechanism and Gear Models
Two Maltese Cross Drive Models
The collection includes more than 400 moving models of mechanisms and gears made of wood, metallic materials, glass, polymethylmethacrylate, two electrically powered model cabinets each with 32 individual transmission units and two model cabinets each with ten individual transmission units, all of which are publicly accessible. Johann Andreas Schubert (1808-1870) began the collection in the 1830s, around the time of the TU Dresden’s founding. A large part of the collection comes from the kinematic collection, assembled at the end of the 19th century. Over the years, it has been complemented by models made of new materials and is still actively used in teaching.
The models can be browsed via the Digitale Mechanismen- und Getriebebibliothek.
Literature
K. Mauersberger, Die Getriebmodellsammlung, in: Sammlungen und Kunstbesitz der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden 1996, p. 29-38.
Contact
TU Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Institute of Solid Mechanics
Zeuner-Bau
George-Bähr-Str. 3c, 01069 Dresden