Since the 1920s the electric tumbling barrel was used in the chain factory to smoothen the surfaces of the finished welded or forged chains. For a number...

The electric hand welding machine from the 1920s welds single chain links together. The welder must place a “U” shaped chain link into the clamping...

The electrically driven chain bending machine from the 1950s produces chains by straightening wire (removal of deformation of the wire due to winding on...

The electric link bending machine made in 1939 by the manufacturer Malmedie & Co., produces single chain links. First, a wire is unwound from a coil and...

This electrically driven machine from the 1920s bends cut-to-size steel rods, the so called “pins”, into the shape of a “U”. A worker puts the...

The rod cutter from the 1920s cuts approximately 3m long steel rods into accurately dimensioned pieces, called “pins” which can then be bent into chain...

Up until its shutdown in 1983 the Sawmill Remblinghausen in Meschede (North Rhine-Westphalia) manufactured wooden handles for brooms and rakes using the...

In the Sawmill Remblinghausen (Meschede, North Rhine-Westphalia) this crank wheel device has been used to open and close the drainage of the water reservoir...

The Francis turbine is a water turbine which was developed in the USA by the engineer James B. Francis (1815-1892). It is mainly used to generate electricity...

The horizontal gang saw, produced by the machine factory A. Goede in Berlin in 1908, currently stands in the Sawmill Remblinghausen (Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia)....

The Sawmill Remblinghausen in Meschede (Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia) has been using the horizontal steel-waterwheel for generating electric light since...