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Lucien Arbel (5 September 1826 – 20 February 1892) was a French draftsman who became a machinist and then an engineer. He started his own metalworking business and became a major industrialist. He was also a deputy and then a senator of France. His business was passed down to his sons and later evolved into Arbel Fauvet Rail. ==Early years== Lucien Arbel was born on 5 September 1826 in Saint-Lupicin, Jura. He graduated from the ''École des Arts et Métiers d'Aix'' (Aix School of Arts and Trades). Lucien Arbel worked as a draftsman in Paris, then as an engine fireman and machinist, then as a mine engineer in the mines at Tartaras near Rive-de-Gier. In 1856 he entered a partnership with the Deflassieux brothers, who made products for the railroad companies. The firm was called "Arbel, Deflessieux Frères et Peillon." He came up with a revolutionary design for a single-cast railroad wheel, and later developed a cheap-to-manufacture design for wheels with counterweights. As a result of his inventions, the company was employing 150 people by 1861. In 1869 he founded his own company, "Forges de Couzon", to make wheels and axles for locomotives and railway wagons. The Établissements Arbel opened the large Couzon factory in Rive-de-Gier. The company was to be one of the ancestors of Arbel Fauvet Rail. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) Arbel was a Colonel of the National Guard. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lucien Arbel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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