Axel Welin

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Axel Welin (1862-1951), was Swedish inventor and industrialist.

Between 1886 and 1888 Welin worked as a weapons designer for Thorsten Nordenfelt in London. In 1889 he started his own engineering office and soon designed the famed Welin Breech.

However his main interest was davits. RMS Titanic was equipped with Welins davits and after the disaster he sold more davits than he could ever produce. He retired a wealthy man in 1932 and returned to Sweden.