Siemens-Schuckert

The Siemens - Schuckert (SSW ), also briefly Siemens -Schuckert, was a German electrical engineering company with factories in Berlin, Erlangen and Nuremberg, the aufgingen 1966 in the Siemens AG.

The Siemens -Schuckert -Werke was founded when the Siemens & Halske AG in 1903 their power departments with the electricity corporation formerly put together Schuckert & Co.. The majority of shares in the company thus incurred kept the Siemens & Halske AG.

Automobile manufacturing

From 1906 to 1910 established the company also automobiles, especially electric cars such as the Electric Victoria.

The type B (1906-1908) was a four-seater car, which was available as Victoria, limousine or Landaulet. Its electric motor sitting under the car floor, and were from 4.8 kW at 600-1200 min -1. Where sat in other cars, the engine, the battery of the type B was installed. It consisted of 44 cells ( = 88 V) and saved 145 Ah. That was enough for 80 km journey.

There were also vehicles with petrol -electric drive or pure gasoline engines. A 6/10-PS-Wagen been completely purchased by Körting and provided with their own emblems.

1908 took over the Siemens -Schuckert -Werke the carmaker Protos. Since then, the electric vehicles only received the brand names Siemens -Schuckert. They were built until 1910, primarily as a Berlin taxis.

In 2010, Siemens presented a replica of the "type B" before, which was created using only operating instructions and photos, as no more construction drawings were available.

Aircraft

In World War Siemens-Schuckert produced various aircraft:

Fighter Siemens-Schuckert D.III (replica )

Siemens -Schuckert R.VIII

Works

In the Siemens -Schuckert factory in Nuremberg, up to 10,000 people were employed in the 20th century during peak periods. In addition to electrical motors and appliances among other things, medical equipment was manufactured. The work was divided in the 1960s in the Nuremberg machinery equipment factory (NMA ) and in the Nuremberg counter works ( NZ).

Another factory was located in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The Siemens -Schuckert -Werke were instrumental in a major project of the Irish Government, the Shannon Power Development, involved in the 1920s. Many specialists were employees of the SSW, such as the chief engineer of the power plant Ardnacrusha, Thomas McLoughlin, who later became head of the state electricity company ESB Irish. Also, the technical know -how and the equipment (turbines ) were supplied by SSW.