Alfa Laval Agri, a company producing dairy and farming machinery was split from Alfa Laval when it was bought by the Tetra Pak Group
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Karl Gustaf Patrik de Laval was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and centrifugal separation machinery for dairy.
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Born 9 May 1845 · Died 2 February 1913 · Q364270
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Alfa Laval Agri, a company producing dairy and farming machinery was split from Alfa Laval when it was bought by the Tetra Pak Group
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Died 1913-02-02.
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Won Grashof Commemorative Medal (1904).
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Career landmark: member of the First Chamber (1894–1902).
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Laval developed a nozzle to increase the steam jet to supersonic speed, working from the kinetic energy of the steam, rather than its pressure
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Career landmark: member of the Second Chamber (1888–1890).
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Which was known as AB Separator until 1963 when the present name was introduced
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Introduced his concept of an impulse steam turbine and in 1887 built a small steam turbine to demonstrate that such devices could be constructed on that scale
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Studied at Royal Institute of Technology (1866).
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Studied at Uppsala University (1863).
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Receiving a degree in mechanical engineering in 1866, after which he matriculated at Uppsala University in 1867
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Born 1845-05-09.
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