Hubert M. Meingast

Hubert Michael Meingast (June 28, 1911 in Ebelsberg bei Linz, Austria - August 29, 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an engineer and scientist who worked for the Borgward group, based in Bremen.

H.M. Meingast was born in the small town of Ebelsberg, Austria, in 1911. After intensive training to become an engineer, he eventually went to work in Bremen for Carl F. W. Borgward.

During and after World War 2, H.M. Meingast, in association with his mentor Professor Dr. Paul Riebensahm of the Technical University of Berlin, was involved in founding two research organizations concerning the heat treatment of metals: Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung und Werkstofftechnik e. V. - AWT (Association for Heat Treatment and Material Science) and Institut für Härterei-Technik (Institute for Material Science).He taught at the Institute and wrote research papers. One research paper H.M. Meingast authored was described as containing ideas that were still being referred to by engineers 20 years later at the time of his death in 1961 ("Ein Vortrag, der ein aussergewohnliches Interesse fand und dessen Abdruck auch heute noch, fast 20 Jahre spater, fur viele Leser wichtige Hinweise enthalt."). His ideas have been described as being very advanced for their time ("Seine Ideen, seine Vorschlage waren oft erheblich ihrer Zeit vor-aus, seine Arbeiten – besonders aus den Jahren 1942 bis 1950 – zum Teil bahnbrechend."), especially between 1942 and 1950.

In 1952 H.M. Meingast emigrated to Canada and after working as an engineer for the Cockshutt Farm Equipment Company in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, he joined the Harold Jones Machine Company in Thornbury, Ontario in 1957 as vice-president. In this position he was responsible for all the design work of the manufactured products. Also, during this time he did consulting work for mining companies in South Africa. In 1958, he became an owning partner in the business and the company was renamed JMG (Jones, Meingast, Gardner). It was later called Teledyne. This company manufactured specialized mining equipment. It is still in existence in Thornbury today under new ownership and is called BTI - Breaker Technology Inc.

Late in 1959, H.M. Meingast founded his own business in Owen Sound, Ontario, manufacturing hydraulic cylinders (hydraulic machinery). It was named H.M. Meingast & Sons Ltd.This business was purchased by the large American company Parker Hannifin Corporation in 1965 and was still operating in Owen Sound until 2006 when it was closed.

H.M. Meingast died from lung cancer on August 29, 1961.

References

* "Meingast Industry Is Officially Welcomed, Open House Is Held," "Owen Sound Sun Times," 13 October, 1960, Front page.

*"Hubert M. Meingast."HTM (Härterei-Technische Mitteilungen)"16 (1961) S. 176.

*Meingast, H. M.:"Probleme der Anlage von Härtereien im Fahrzeugbau."HTM" 3 (1944) S. 13.

*Meingast, H. M.:"Neue Verfahrenstechnik zur Kohlung verzugsgefährdeter Werkstücke."HTM" 4 (1949) S. 77.

*Meingast, M.:"Probleme der Abschreckhärtung."HTM" 3 (1944) S. 123.

*Meingast, M.:"Stähle im Fahrzeugbau."HTM" 2 (1943) S. 63-90.

*Meingast, M.; Glaubitz, H.:"Einfluß von Wärmebehandlung, Werkstoff- und Chargeneigenart auf die Festigkeits-eigenschaften eines Zahnrades."HTM" 4 (1949) S. 99.

*Glaubitz, H.; Meingast, H. M.:"Das Problem der Härteprüfung und Festigkeitsuntersuchung von Zahnrädern."HTM" 4 (1949) S. 125.

*Meingast, H. M.:"Über die isotherme Umwandlung des Austenit in der Perlitstufe aus dem Kohlungsprozeß heraus und über die Warmbadhartung legierter Einsatzstähle."Durferrit Hausmitteilungen", Heft 25 (1952) S. 5/43

External links

* [http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Autos/Makes_and_Models/Borgward/ dmoz: Borgward]
* [http://www.borgward-ig.de/e/eindex.htm Borgward Interessengemeinschaft Essen ]
* [http://meingast.tripod.com/hmm.html Dipl. Ing. Hubert M. Meingast (Borgward Engineer and Research Scientist)]
* [http://www.iwt-bremen.de/ IWT - Stiftung Institut für Werkstofftechnik]
* [http://www.awt-online.org/ Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung und Werkstofftechnik e. V. - AWT]
* [http://www.cockshutt.com/ Cockshutt Tractor Club]
* [http://www.ciaccess.com/~jackson1/shed/homepage.html Cockshutt Website]
* [http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=667394&language=X Mining Feed Leg Patent for device invented by H.M. Meingast]
* [http://www.rockbreaker.com/ Breaker Technology, Inc. in Thornbury, Ontario]
* [http://www.parker.com/ead/cm1.asp?cmid=401 Parker Hannifin Corporation]
* [http://www.tu-berlin.de/fak3/fgwt/historie.htm Information about Dr. Paul Riebensahm and the Technical University of Berlin]
* [http://www.iwt-bremen.de/typo3/newawt/fileadmin/pdf/AWT-Chronik.pdf History of the AWT - Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung und Werkstofftechnik e. V. (in German)]