Talk:Willi Becker

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There is also a Willi Becker who was a German pump etc. engineer who headed the laboratory of Pfeifrer Vacuum and invented the Turbopump (http://www.nevac.nl/upload/NEVACBLAD-46-nr4-2008.pdf) Google translation from that reference:

Dutch to English translation

Becker's to turbo baffle, 50 years turbo pump technology

Pieter Heidema, Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH

It's been 50 years since Dr. Willi Becker head was of the lab, Arthur Pfeiffer GmbH. Dr. Becker was very interested in everything that was possible with regarding the construction of vacuum pumps. His greatest challenge was to generate a vacuum that is free from hydrocarbons.

Also there was a notable Willi Becker who was a German marine engineer and founder of Becker Marine Systems. A thorough biography in English is found here: http://www.firmenchronist.de/shared/Firmenchronik_Becker.pdf — Blanchette (talk) 21:51, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]