control engineering founded 1967 headquarters seelbach baden w rttemberg germany key people gerhard juchheim markus juchheim number of employees approx . 400 2015 website www.julabo.com julabo gmbh is an international manufacturer of temperature control technology for research and industry . the company was originally based upon ernst juchheim s 1901 1969 development of contact thermometers in 1926 . contents 1 background 2 company history 3 products and innovations 4 illustrations 5 awards 5.1 lifetime business achievement medal of honor 6 references 7 external links background edit early glass contact thermometers used in temperature control were equipped with solid contacts . they were able to switch an attached device such as a heater on and off at short intervals by way of a contact protection relay as well as trigger an acoustic warning function . however for more complex applications variable setting of the temperature value was required . ernst juchheim a master designer of glass instruments fulfilled this requirement in 1926 with the development of the world s first glass contact thermometer with variable temperature adjustment . in 1927 his invention was granted a patent in germany . juchheim s glass contact thermometer consisted of two temperature scales of equal size constructed of frosted glass and arranged with one on top of the other . they were connected by an electrically conductive metal filament and a sliding contact in a capillary tube . the desired temperature was set on the upper scale by sliding a movable magnet on the outside of the thermometer . sliding the magnet simultaneously moves the tip of the lower scale s metal filament to the same value . as soon as the column of mercury reaches the selected setpoint due to rising temperature an electrical contact is established thereby switching the heating device on and off at short intervals in response to changes in the temperature . this process is repeated continuously and results in a control accuracy of approximately 0.1 c. the control thermometer was commonly used for measurement and control tasks in laboratories and industrial environments until the 1970s . company history edit wilhelm and ernst juchheim founded their company hermann juchheim in eastern germany . in 1927 they began production of their patented product . in 1952 the company was nationalized within the socialist german democratic republic . ernst juchheim subsequently established a new company heju gmbh in the western city of solingen . in 1967 gerhard juchheim the youngest son of ernst juchheim founded the company juchheim labortechnik kg in the german black forest . this company was independent of his father s company in solingen . beginning in 1980 the trademark julabo was adopted as the official company name . by that time julabo gmbh had become an important manufacturer of temperature control instruments with an international presence . today the company remains an independent firm with 11 subsidiaries as well as sales and service partners in more than 100 countries . products and innovations edit in the late 1960s julabo recognized the limitations of the contact thermometer design . the company introduced a series of constant temperature circulators with fully electronic control beginning in 1972 . in particular julabo developed heating and cooling circulators with greater heating and pumping capacity and extended working temperature ranges for use in medical technology and chemical engineering . other developments included the use of leds precision temperature control directly in an attached system pt100 external sensors and analog interfaces . microprocessor technology came to the forefront in the 1990s . digital interfaces and programmer functions were integrated in response to expectations in international markets . julabo has been manufacturing exclusively digital circulators measurement and control devices recirculating coolers water baths and shaking water baths since 1995 . julabo introduced its highly dynamic temperature systems with a closed design in 2001 . starting in 2011 the company began introduction of a new generation of these products . they cover a working temperature range of 92 to 250 c. interfaces provide additional options for controlling the units remotely over networks or through integration into higher level control systems . at the achema 2012 trade fair trade publications laborpraxis process and pharmatec nominated the presto a80 highly dynamic temperature system as one of three products to receive the innovation award in the category thermal processes . at achema in 2015 julabo showed the new line corio which marks the new entry line for thermostats . corio devices are available as refrigerated circulators with a temperature range of 30 to 150 c and as heating thermostats with transparent bath tanks 20 to 100 c or stainless steel bath tanks 20 to 150 c . the corio line will replace the economy line of julabo and comes with more features and modern functionalities like usb interface etc. illustrations edit bild 1 original contact thermometer from year 1926 german patent detail bild 2 d.r.r no. 448786 german patent from 1927 registrant company hermann juchheim of ilmenau bild 3 d.b.p. no. 904 834 registrant ernst juchheim . patented in the federal republic of germany on october 19 1951 bild 4 original contact thermometer in the deutsches museum in munich circa 1927 awards edit lifetime business achievement medal of honor edit as part of the annual awards ceremony for the lifetime business achievement medal of honor event the secretary of state for trade and industry nils schmid presented gerhard juchheim with the lifetime business achievement medal of honor for 2015 from the state of baden w rttemberg . since 1978 this award has been bestowed on leaders and companies for their outstanding professional and entrepreneurial achievements . gerhard juchheim was honored for his lifetime business contribution in baden w rttemberg by mr. schmid in the famous marble ballroom of the neuen schloss new castle in stuttgart . gerhard juchheim receiving the medal of honor from nils schmid . he was accompanied by his son markus juchheim and his wife jennifer . references edit deutsches museum in munich www.deutsches museum.de mercury contact thermometer 1926 inv . no. 65541a german patent number d.r.r. 448786 1927 external links edit www.labo.de temperiertechnik glas kontaktthermometer mit drehmagnet.htm www.chemie.de whitepaper 126350 vom glas kontaktthermometer zur hochdynamischen temperiertechnik.html www.chemeurope.com en news 138945 julabo one of the best of the innovation award 2012.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title julabo labortechnik & oldid 696465612 categories companies based in baden w rttemberg navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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