AEG

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

AEG

AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, General Electricity Company) was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
producer of electronics

Electronics

Electronics refers to the flow of charge through nonmetal electrical conductor , whereas electrical refers to the flow of charge through metal electrical conductor....
and electrical equipment. AEG was founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau

Emil Rathenau

Emil Moritz Rathenau was a Germany entrepreneur and industrialist, a leading figure in the early European electricity industry.Biography...
who had bought some patent

Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a term of patent in exchange for a disclosure of an invention....
s from American inventor Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb....
.

bought Kühlstein

Kühlstein

The K?hlstein Wagenbau in Berlin-Charlottenburg was a coachbuilding company that produced electric cars from 1898 to 1902. Some were vehicles of in-house design, others were Jeantaud cabs built under licence....
in 1902, founding the division Neue Automobil Gesellschaft
Neue Automobil Gesellschaft

Neue Automobil-Gesellschaft was an Germany automobile manufacturer in Berlin.In 1902, German electrical company AEG purchased the coachbuilding side of K?hlstein under engineer Joseph Vollmer, renaming it NAG....
(New Automobile Company), to make cars

Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
. AEG withdrew from car production in 1908.

he early 1900s, AEG supplied equipment for the London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
area electrification

Railway electrification system

A Railway electrification system supplies Electric potential energy to railway locomotives and multiple units so that they can operate without having an on-board Prime mover ....
of Britain's London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its apex, practically the whole coastline of Sussex as its base, and a large part of Surrey....
.

tionally, AEG manufactured a range of aircraft from 1910 to 1918.

Discussion

Ask a question about 'AEG'

Start a new discussion about 'AEG'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, General Electricity Company) was a German

Germany

Electronics

Emil Rathenau

Emil Moritz Rathenau was a Germany entrepreneur and industrialist, a leading figure in the early European electricity industry.Biography...
who had bought some patent

Patent

Thomas Edison

History

Cars

AEG bought Kühlstein

Kühlstein

Automobile

Railway electrification

In the early 1900s, AEG supplied equipment for the London

London

Railway electrification system

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

Aircraft

Additionally, AEG manufactured a range of aircraft from 1910 to 1918. One of the planes designed and built was the R-plane (the R was an abbreviation of "Riesenflugzeug" (giant aircraft)) AEG R.I

AEG R.I

The AEG R.I was a four-engined biplane bomber aircraft of World War I. It was unusual for a multi-engined aircraft in that rather than mounting propellers directly to the engines and mounting these in nacelles, the R.I carried all its engines within the fuselage and turned its propellers via a system of driveshafts....
. This aircraft was powered by four 260 h.p. Mercedes D.IV

Mercedes D.IV

The Mercedes D.IV was an eight-cylinder, liquid cooled inline aircraft engine built by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft and used on a small number of German aircraft during World War I....
a engines linked to a combination leather cone and dog clutch

Dog clutch

A dog clutch is a type of clutch that couples two rotating shafts or other rotating components not by friction but by interference. The two parts of the clutch are designed such that one will push the other, causing both to rotate at the same speed and will never slip....
. The first flight tests were satisfactory, but on September 3, 1918 the R.I broke up in the air killing its seven crewmen.

Electronics

In the late 1920s, engineers of AEG, working with BASF

BASF

BASF SE is a German chemical company and the largest chemical company in the world. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik ....
, then a division of the chemical giant IG Farben

IG Farben

I.G. Farbenindustrie AG was a Germany chemical industry Conglomerate . Its name is taken from Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG . The company was formed in 1925 from a number of major companies that had been working together closely since World War I....
, created the first practical magnetic tape

Magnetic tape

Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording generally consisting of a thin magnetizable coating on a long and narrow strip of plastic. Nearly all recording tape is of this type, whether used for recording Audio frequency or video or for computer data storage....
recorder

Tape recorder

This article deals mainly with analog signal tape recorders for Sound recording and reproduction applications; information on Digital Audio Tape, recording of Videocassette recorder, and data logger can be found in other articles....
, the K1 Magnetophon

Magnetophon

Magnetophon was the brand or model name of the pioneering reel-to-reel tape recorder developed by engineers of the German electronics company AEG in the 1930s, based on the magnetic tape invention by Fritz Pfleumer....
, which was first demonstrated at the 1935 Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
Radio Fair.

Third Reich

AEG donated 60,000 Reichsmarks to the Nazi party after the Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933 at which the twin goals of complete power and national rearmament were explained by Hitler. During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, the inmates of Kaiserwald Concentration Camp were put to work as slave labour by Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, which used a large number of female slaves from Kaiserwald in the production of their electrical goods.

Mergers and demergers

In 1967 AEG joined with Telefunken

Telefunken

Telefunken is a Germany radio and television company, founded in 1903, in Berlin, as a joint venture of two large companies, Siemens & Halske and the AEG....
and in 1969 they started working with Siemens AG

Siemens AG

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft is Europe's largest engineering Conglomerate . Siemens' international headquarters are located in Berlin and Munich, Germany....
. In 1985 AEG was bought by Daimler-Benz

Daimler-Benz

Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motor vehicles, and engines which was founded in 1926. An Agreement of Mutual Interest?which was valid until year 2000?was signed on May 1 1924 between Karl Benz's Benz & Cie....
. The Household Appliances business was sold to Electrolux

Electrolux

Adtranz

ADtranz was a German-Swedish rail rolling stock equipment manufacturer which designed rail cars and engines.It was created in 1996 in the merger of Henschel & Son and AEG Transportation....
which was sold to Bombardier

Bombardier

Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian companies list of conglomerates, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limit?e in 1942, at Valcourt , Quebec in the Eastern Townships, Quebec....
later.

Later the company was wholly integrated into DaimlerChrysler

DaimlerChrysler

Daimler Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany car corporation and automaker as well as the largest truck manufacturer in the world. In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures trucks and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm....
and in 1997 the company was split. In 2005 Electrolux

Electrolux

The Electrolux Group is a Sweden manufacturer of home and professional appliances. According to the company, it sells more than 40 million products to customers in 150 countries annually....
bought the brand name. Today several former departments of AEG still exist and use the AEG name.

Today AEG's domestic appliance division remains in the hands of The Electrolux Corporation.

Aircraft Models

model	year	description
AEG B.I AEG B.I The AEG B.I was a Germany two-seat biplane unarmed reconnaissance aircraft produced in very small numbers from 1914. It formed the basis for the more successful B- and C-type aircraft from AEG....	1914	Single-engine two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft
AEG B.II AEG B.II The AEG B.II was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft produced in small numbers from 1914. It was a slightly smaller version of the AEG B.I and proved more successful....	1914	Smaller version of B.I
AEG B.III AEG B.III The AEG B.III was a Germany two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft produced in very small numbers from 1915. It was a further refinement of the AEG B.I and AEG B.II, with a fresh Empennage, but was still only just adequate in performance and did not attract much interest....	1915	Further developmental version of B.I and B.II with new tailplane
AEG C.I AEG C.I The AEG C.I was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft produced in small numbers from March 1915. It was essentially an AEG B.II armed with a single Parabellum or Bergmann machine gun mounted at the rear of the cockpit for the observer....	1915	Version of B.II with aft mounted machine gun
AEG C.II AEG C.II The AEG C.II was a German two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft produced in small numbers from October 1915. It was a slightly smaller version of the AEG C.I with better performance, redesigned cockpit for both pilot and observer/bombardier, new rear mounting for Parabellum machine gun, and the ability to carry four 10 kg bombs for light...		Slightly smaller version of C.I
AEG C.III AEG C.III Th AEG C.III was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft, a single prototype of which was built during World War I. The aircraft featured an unusual fuselage design that completely filled the gap between the upper and lower sets of wings, to provide the pilot with improved vision, and to allow the observer a wider field of fire....		Single engine two seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft
AEG C.IV AEG C.IV The AEG C.IV was a German two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft that entered service in 1916. The C.IV was based on the AEG C.II, but featured a larger wingspan and an additional forward-firing Spandau-type machine gun....	1916	Version of C.II with forward firing machine gun
AEG C.V AEG C.V The AEG C.V was a prototype two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. A single AEG C.IV was modified to utilise a more powerful engine, but the results were disappointing enough that further development was cancelled....		Version of C.IV with more powerful engine. One built
AEG C.VI AEG C.VI The AEG C.VI was a prototype two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was developed in 1916 from the AEG C.IV, but did not enter production....		Development of C.IV. Did not enter production
AEG C.VII AEG C.VII The AEG C.VII was a prototype two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was developed from the AEG C.IV but did not enter production....		Development of C.IV. Did not enter production
AEG C.VIII AEG C.VIII The AEG C.VIII was a prototype two-seat reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. Two examples were built, based on the successful AEG C.IV design, one of biplane configuration, the other a triplane ....		Development of C.IV. Two built, one biplane, one triplane
AEG D.I AEG D.I The AEG D.I was a biplane fighter aircraft of World War I. Three prototypes were ordered, but after the first two were involved in serious crashes, development was cancelled....		Single engine one seat biplane fighter. One built
AEG DJ.I AEG DJ.I The AEG DJ.I was a highly streamlined biplane ground attack aircraft of late World War I. The single seat attack biplane began evaluation in September 1918....	1918	Single engine one seat biplane ground attack aircraft
AEG Dr.I AEG D.I The AEG D.I was a biplane fighter aircraft of World War I. Three prototypes were ordered, but after the first two were involved in serious crashes, development was cancelled....		Single engine one seat triplane fighter. One built
AEG G.I AEG G.I The AEG G.I was a three-seat, twin-engined German biplane bomber aircraft of World War I. It performed poorly, necessitating the development of the AEG G.II....		Two engine three seat biplane bomber aircraft
AEG G.II AEG G.II The AEG G.II was a German biplane bomber aircraft of World War I developed from the AEG G.I. With more powerful engines, the twenty-four aircraft built featured performance adequate enough to enable them to see some limited operational use....		Version of G.I with more powerful engines
AEG G.III AEG G.III The AEG G.III was a German biplane bomber aircraft of World War I developed from the AEG G.II. Like its predecessor, it was only built in small numbers and saw limited operational use, mainly far from the main fronts of the war....		Version of G.II with more powerful engines and longer wingspan
AEG G.IV AEG G.IV The AEG G.IV was a biplane bomber aircraft used in the World War I by Germany. It was developed from the AEG G.III, with refinements to power, bomb-load, and dimensions....	1916	Version of G.II with more powerful engines and larger dimensions
AEG G.V AEG G.V The AEG G.V was a biplane bomber aircraft of World War I, a further refinement of the AEG G.IV. The type saw limited production before the Armistice with Germany , and never entered operational service....	1918	Larger version of G.IV; converted to airline use after World War I
AEG helicopter	1933	Tethered observation craft with ground powered electric motors, two rotors
AEG J.I AEG J.I The AEG J.I was a biplane ground attack aircraft of 1917, an armored and more powerful version of the AEG C.IV reconnaissance aircraft....	1917	Single engine two seat biplane ground attack aircraft
AEG J.II AEG J.II The AEG J.II was a biplane ground-attack aircraft of 1918, a development of the AEG J.I.After the war, several J.IIs served the first sustained daily passenger aeroplane service in the world, between Berlin and Weimar....	1918	Single engine two seat biplane ground attack aircraft
AEG N.I AEG N.I The AEG N.I was a Germany biplane night-bomber aircraft which saw limited action during World War I. A total of 37 were built....		Biplane night bomber
AEG PE AEG PE The AEG PE was a triplane ground-attack aircraft of World War I, one of the first aircraft to be designed from the outset for that role. It was rejected by the Idflieg because it was felt that its poor maneuverability made it too vulnerable to enemy fighters....		Single engine two seat triplane ground attack aircraft
AEG R.I AEG R.I The AEG R.I was a four-engined biplane bomber aircraft of World War I. It was unusual for a multi-engined aircraft in that rather than mounting propellers directly to the engines and mounting these in nacelles, the R.I carried all its engines within the fuselage and turned its propellers via a system of driveshafts....	1916	Four engine biplane bomber. Fuselage mounted engines with driveshafts
AEG Z.I AEG early aircraft AEG's early aircraft were built before the outbreak of World War I and laid the foundations for the company's moderately successful wartime reconnaissance aircraft and bomber aircraft....	1910	Single engine biplane
AEG Z.II AEG early aircraft AEG's early aircraft were built before the outbreak of World War I and laid the foundations for the company's moderately successful wartime reconnaissance aircraft and bomber aircraft....		Single engine monoplane
AEG Z.III AEG early aircraft AEG's early aircraft were built before the outbreak of World War I and laid the foundations for the company's moderately successful wartime reconnaissance aircraft and bomber aircraft....	1912	Single engine floatplane
Wagner Eule ("Owl")	1914	Single engine two seat monoplane reconnaissance aircraft

Automobile Models

AAG (1900 automobile)
AAG (1900 automobile)

AAG was the brand name of a Germany automobile company which offered only one car, a 5 horsepower voiturette designed by one Professor Klingenberg and manufactured between 1900 and 1901....
NAG Typ A
NAG Typ B
NAG Typ B2

AEG

History

Cars

Railway electrification

Aircraft

Electronics

Third Reich

Mergers and demergers

Aircraft Models

Automobile Models

External links