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Gustaf de Laval

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Swedish engineer and inventor, a founder of AB Separator (later Alfa Laval), whose centrifugal cream separator and steam turbine work made him one of the leading mechanical engineers of his era.

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Birth Year
1845 1
Death Year
1913 1
Nationality
Swedish 1
Defining Contribution
Patented a continuous-feed centrifugal cream separator in 1878 with business partner Oscar Lamm, the innovation that made mechanical cream separation commercially dominant, and co-founded AB Separator with Lamm in 1883 to manufacture it. 2
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Cream Separator, Implements and Machines
Source Gustaf de Laval, the Milk-Cream Separator (Tekniska Museet)
Sources
1. Gustaf de Laval (Wikipedia)
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2. Gustaf de Laval, the Milk-Cream Separator (Tekniska Museet)
Tekniska MuseetTwo world-renowned inventions section
Quote, Two world-renowned inventions section
In 1878, Gustaf and his business partner Oskar Lamm patented the invention.
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2. Gustaf de Laval, the Milk-Cream Separator (Tekniska Museet)
Tekniska MuseetDeveloped: Cream SeparatorView the Source
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