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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Defining ContributionPatented 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 Connections
Developed
Source Gustaf de Laval, the Milk-Cream Separator (Tekniska Museet)
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1. Gustaf de Laval (Wikipedia)
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was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and centrifugal separation machinery for dairy.
2. Gustaf de Laval, the Milk-Cream Separator (Tekniska Museet)
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In 1878, Gustaf and his business partner Oskar Lamm patented the invention.
- Developed: Cream Separator
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