About Oscar Kjellberg
Lived 1870 – 1931 (aged 60). Oscar Kjellberg was a Swedish inventor, mechanical engineer, local politician, industrialist, engineer and businessperson.
Oscar Kjellberg (21 September 1870 – 5 July 1931) was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. These included new developments in weldings and coatings, including the covered electrode.
He invented the coated electrode used in manual metal arc welding (Swedish Patent: 27152, June 29, 1907), by dipping a bare iron wire in a thick mixture of carbonates and silicates and refined this process between 1907 and 1914.
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Who was Oscar Kjellberg?
Swedish inventor (1870–1931)
When was Oscar Kjellberg born?
Oscar Kjellberg was born on 21 September 1870 in Arvika Västra parish.
When did Oscar Kjellberg die?
Oscar Kjellberg died on 5 July 1931 in Vasa parish.
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Oscar Kjellberg was an inventor, mechanical engineer, local politician, industrialist, engineer and businessperson.
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Oscar Kjellberg was Swedish.
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