Kálmán Kandó Kálmán Borstbeeld Kandó
Kálmán Kandó de Egerfarmos et Stregova (Kandó Kálmán, Kindergarten and Strega) (Pest, 10 July 1869 - Boedapest, January 13, 1931) was een Hongaars elektrotechnicus en uitvinder.
Kálmán Kandó developed alternating current motors and generators for electrical trains and industrial applications. As a pioneer in the field of railway electrification, Kandó is at the base of the current electric train. biography
After his degree in mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Budapest, he worked as a junior engineer in France for the further development of Tesla's induction engine. In 1894, András Mechwart (currently Ganz's director) asked him to return to his home country and work for the electronics department of his company.
Shortly thereafter, Kandó designed the three-phase motor and generator. But his interest was soon directed towards the railway electrification, and in order to make this possible, he developed a system for driving trains on AC power under high voltage. Using his invented rotary phase converter, he was able to turn a three-phase engine on single-phase AC so that his trains were able to pull heavy loads. The Northern Italian Valtellina railway line became Europe's first electrified railway line in 1902, which was based on its principle and ensures that Kandó gets international recognition for its railway engineering performance.
After his successful success, Kandó lived in Italy from 1907 to 1915, but after the outbreak of World War I, he returned to Hungary. Exempt from military service, he becomes General Director of the Ganz Corporation. On Kando's initiative and under his leadership, the factory is continuing to work on the production of electric trains and the associated electrification of railways.
Kálmán Kandó died at the age of 61 in Budapest. During his life, he acquired nearly 70 patents
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