Hello Rolf,
your "Frohe Weihnachten und ein Gesundes, Erfolgreiches Neues Jahr 2017."
does look perfect. So - perhaps you're from Germany. Would be funny, because
I'm living in Germany near Nuernberg ... ;-)
Gemuetliche + ruhige Feiertage + einen gelungenen Jahreswechsel
(wish you pleasant holidays + a successful new year)
Greetings
Franky / Frank Herfert
Rolf worked for NSU in Germany on the Wankel as I understand it.
Paul Lamar Merry Christmas
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Hallo Frank,
Yes, as Paul said, I worked for NSU on the Wankel engine development on
Manufacturing processes.
At one time two of us were proposing a steel liner in the trochoide. For
fastening we were trying soft solder that of course did not work. I had
one exemplar delivered to the trochoide grinding machine operator but he
screwed it up taking too much machining advance. It heated up and the
liner came off. It likely was a good thing because it would for sure
have loosened in a running engine. It was only 1 mm thick, that is too
thin. A thicker liner of special shape would work braced in (hartlöten)
at a bit under the Al melting point.
But is was all too late. NSU was going bankrupt. Die Landesregierung von
Baden-Württemberg, the local state government stepped in and negotiated
a deal with Audi. At that time I left, all looked bleak, a salary
increase was out of the question. I was in my building years and needed
a better income.
I grew up in Neckarsulm took apprenticeship at NSU, Maschinenschlosser,
machine fitter, went to the 'Staatliche Technikerschule' in Heilbronn
and moved up to the Process Planning Department (Arbeitsvorbereitung). I
had once a discussion with Dr. Fröde for about one hour trying to talk
him out of the Wankel engine with no luck. :-) He was the major force
behind its development. The phrase was coined: 'Kraft durch Fröde' in
Anlehnung an den Spruch von Hitler "Kraft durch Freude" when he wanted a
higher birth rate in his early days.
Anyway, I kept up my German well as I worked later in Canada for Lurgi a
subsidiary of Metallgesellschaft, Frankfurt that went bust when the
Austrian CEO at the time gambled 20 Million Deutschmarks away in trading
oil futures.
I am now retired and am experimenting with another rotary design that
keeps me busy and young.
Besten Dank für die guten Wünsche. Auch Ihnen ein Frohes Fest, Frohe
Weihnachten und ein Gesundes, Zufriedenes und Erfolgreiches Neues Jahr
2017.
Alles Gute weiterhin.
Rolf Pfeiffer
Translation :-)
Thanks for the good wishes. Also to you a Merry Christmas, Merry
Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Successful New Year 2017.
Paul Lamar
Hello Rolf,
thank you very much for the description of your impressive + interesting
life.
And your German is so good - I wish, my knowledge of English would be on the
same level ... ;-) But I always have to use a dictionary - so thanks to
Langenscheidt, Klett, Cassel's ... ;-)
Well, the "unfriendly tackover" of NSU by VW was a "political" decision.
e.g. the Dresdner Bank, the Israel British Bank + E. Hutzenlaub were heavily
involved in that "deal" ...
Since, may be, 1965, it was clear to NSU, that they would need a "big
friend" with a lot of money ... There have been some rumors in those days,
that Curtiss+Wright + Toyo Kogyo / Mazda are interested to invest "into" NSU
...
Actually I'm re-manufacturing a database, so I do not have the time to look
for more details. But in fact I don't know more, than is written in some
books + I'm pretty sure, that you know "the story" already ... ;-)
With kindest regards
Franky / Frank Herfert
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