#AC MOTORS MADE IN AMERICA PORTABLE#

Domestic was acquired by Black & Decker in 1929.

Some motors have -28 patent dates, corresponding to patents presumably licensed from Allis-Chalmers. It is uncertain when the Doerr name disappeared. Grainger in 1969, then sold to Emerson in 1986. Diehl supplied motors for Sears, Roebuck.īegan as 'Electro Machines, Inc.' but changed name in 1951. Deer also made metal-slicing and -grinding machines and coffee milling and roasting machines.īy 1965 they were the 'Diehl Division of Singer Co., Somerville, NJ'. Made 'Royal' brand motors (not to be confused with motors from Royal Electric Co., Ltd. as of 1966.Īlso 'Day-Fan Electric Co.', which was acquired by General Motors in 1929.Īlso known as 'Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co.', 'Delco-Light Co.' and 'Delco Products, Division of General Motors Corp.' Became part of Lincoln Electric, which is now owned by Leeson.

#AC MOTORS MADE IN AMERICA PORTABLE#

Manufactured the Billberg Portable electric motor and portable drilling machines. Made mid-size induction motors.Īlso 'Crocker-Wheeler Co.', 'Crocker-Wheeler Electric Manufacturing Co.', and 'Crocker & Curtis Electric Motor Co.' They expanded into the manufacture of motors and, especially, pedestal grinders and disc grinders. The company specialized in repairing electrical machinery, especially rewinding motor armatures. By 1993 the name was Magnetek Century Electric, Inc. Became Westinghouse Canada, Inc., in 1971.īy the late 1970s they were owned by Gould Inc., and motors were labeld 'Gould/Century'. Motor manufacturing began in the early 1900s. Became General Electric Canada in the late 1980s.Ĭanadian Westinghouse subsidiary. Originally Edison Electric, then became CGE in 1892. Acquired by Allis-Chalmers in 1905 and then operated for years as the Bullock Works of A-C.Ĭanadian GE subsidiary. In 1901, combined their sales operations with those of Wagner. Jantz Manufacturing Co., then became Bullock Electric Motor & Dynamo Co. Supplied motors for a few early Delta radial arm saws.īegan in 1884 as Geo. Made motors for some Montgomery Ward machinery. Name changed to Brook Hansen (Canada) Inc. Presumably the successor to Brook Electric Motors.

Motor seen on a 1958 Delta/Rockwell 12-14' tablesaw. Related to Brook Crompton, a British maker. Still in business, specializing in very small industrial motors. Manufactured Electric Motors & Drill Presses.Įarly manufacturer of small electric motors. In their earlier years they made their own motors, which may be repurposed to run small woodworking machines. One-time supplier of motors for Delta Unisaw and Powermatic 66.Ĭhanged name to Speed Queen Corp. Manufactured Electric Motors for their Merry-Go-Rounds.įrom Modern Mechanism by Park Benjamin, 1895 We have seen induction motors in the 1 to 3 HP range from this maker. They had been a subsidiary of Splitdorf-Bethlehem Electrical Co. In 1985, Siemens AG acquired A-C, which now operates as Siemens Energy and Automation.Īcquired by Cedarburg Manufacturing Co. About the same time, GE bought a majority stake in A-C. Acquired Bullock Electric Manufacturing Co. OEM supplier for Oliver.īetter known as an agricultural equipment maker, but they manufactured motors for many years. Allis, just before the merger that created Allis-Chalmers. Louis Allis left his father's company, E. Disc Grinders.Ī correspondent reports an Al-Ko motor made by the Alexander-Kramer Co., that came with an erector set made between 19 by the American Model Builder Co. Many companies made those motors, and this page provides a brief listing of those companies along with links to their history pages.įrom EMF electrical year book, Volume 1, 1921įrom patent records. Most of our old woodworking and metalworking machines are powered by electric motors.

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