RITTMEYER

SWITZERLAND (see also List of Individuals)

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11.6.1875 St. Gallen/CH - 26.3.1966 Zürich/CH

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Franz Rittmeyer graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Engineering College in Winterthur. In 1904 he founded in Appenzell a workshop to fabricate hydraulic machinery for smaller hydraulic heads. In 1919, Rittmeyer moved his office to Baar in Zug Canton, where some 200 collaborators produced a variety of hydraulic instruments, and some 20 assemblers installed these elements mainly in Switzerland. Rittmeyer AG, today owned by Kabelwerke Brugg AG, continues successfully in Zug by developing and producing apparatus in measuring and control technology with installations throughout Europe. Using both experience and innovation timely solutions in automation and environmental technology are furnished. The main instrumentation is provided in the drinking water technology from production to distribution, as also in wastewater technology for disposal and reprocessing.

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Rittmeyer invented a number of instruments used in water resources, hydrometry and hydraulic engineering. These include a water level telecommunication based gage with mechanical propulsion, remote controlled pumps for safety purposes, and remote-controlled safety elements such as orifices and hydrometrical elements for discharge measurement. Rittmeyer AG recently celebrated its centennial and continues to work exclusively in the field of hydraulic engineering, thereby following the motto of its founder: “Average quality is not enough in hydraulics!”

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