Collection of Precision Engineering
Modell des Typenhelmechanismus der Schreibmaschine Continental Silenta, Wanderer-Werke A.G. Chemnitz um 1935
In 1928, TH Dresden awarded the first lectureship in precision mechanics was awarded to Werner Kniehahn, who began to build a specialized teaching collection. After the Second World War, the collection started to expand, mostly upon the initiative of Siegfried Hildebrandt. In 1952, he was appointed professor at the newly founded Institute for Transmission Technology and Precision Engineering, who used his contacts in the industry to acquire objects for the collection.
Precision engineering is an interdisciplinary field that combines many scientific disciplines, such as precision mechanics, optics and electronics. The Collection of Precision Engineering, therfore, is a testimony to a wide range of technical developments. Today, the collection comprises around 400 objects. Highlights among the 160 typewriters and calculating machines include custom-made models of keyboard mechanics and a typewriter that goes back to Peter Mitterhofer, the famous Tyrolean inventor. An extensive collection of photographic and cinematic equipment traces the development of Dresden's photographic industry.
Contact
TU Dresden, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Institute of Electromechanical and Electronic Design
Barkhausen-Bau
Helmholtzstr. 18, 01069 Dresden