Emil Strub
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Born
July 13, 1858
Emil Viktor Strub
July 13, 1858
Trimbach, Switzerland
OccupationInventor
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| Born | Emil Viktor Strub July 13, 1858 Trimbach, Switzerland |
| Died | December 15, 1909 (aged 51) |
| Occupation | Inventor |
Emil Viktor Strub (July 13, 1858 in Trimbach, Switzerland – December 15, 1909 in Zurich, Trimbach, Switzerland) was a Swiss builder, railway builder and inventor who invented the Strub rack system.
Emil Strub was born on July 13, 1858 in Trimbach, Switzerland, to Urs Viktor and Aloisia von Arx.[1] Between 1882 and 1883, he learned mechanic from Niklaus Riggenbach at Aarau. He did engineer studies in Mittweida and he made an internship at a machine factory in Esslingen am Neckar.[1]
In 1921 he founded Strub + Co. a tribology company in Olten.[2] In 1958 his son Rudolf Strub took the lead of the company, who then gave it to his own son, Marcel Strub.[2]
