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This one came together with my recent buy of some fine engines. It is a electro magnetic
motor made by Saalfrank & Tange Germany in the 50ties. The Advantage of this Diesel Typ
is: no fire - no steam - no liquids - no heat - no exhaust gases. All you need is a Transformer
from 10 to 25 Volts DC. It futures a reduction gear and a direction lever. All together the
production ended with only 100 pc. The original Transformer came with the engine - very nice.
Two electric coils with a breaker make the steel piston run up and down. On the side there is
one very old Wilesco Drill - probably the earlest I have seen.
Enjoy, Arnold









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Hello Arnold,
 
An interesting machine. I have never seen one like this before. Although unusual (it does not steam), it will be an asset to your collection.

When I saw the Wilesco drill press, I thought at first, there is one like that on your shelf. But then I saw the unusual lever under the drill table. On my machine, the newer lever is already attached there.

Hello Juergen - have a picture for you where you can see the many differences. The platform is fixed with blacked screws and the frame is round. The lever and the holder has screws too. - I believe to have a very rare first production...
Arnold

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Hello Arnold,

I did some research on "Saalfrank and Tange". The company was probably an armature winding factory that mainly produced electric motors.The company was located at Schmiedestraße 31, in Kappeln an der Schlei, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Under the link you will find a reference to the company.

https://www.schulzeitreisen.de/?p=28516

However, you may already be familiar with it.

Hello Arnold,

I did some research on "Saalfrank and Tange". The company was probably an armature winding factory that mainly produced electric motors.The company was located at Schmiedestraße 31, in Kappeln an der Schlei, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Under the link you will find a reference to the company.

https://www.schulzeitreisen.de/?p=28516

However, you may already be familiar with it.

Hello Jürgen - thank you for the informations about Saalfrank & Tange. I do have also an article from a
Tintoy Magazin 02/1997 about the magnetic motors - unfortunately only in German. The "Steyr" from DDR was
a very similar one - but horizontal. Greetings, Arnold

A neat and rare electromagnetic engine Arnold.  I have collected a number of these types of engines and eventually I will get around to making a video of them.

Thank you for sharing the video. 🤠

Hi Charlie - thank you for your comment and YES I would like to see your electromagnetic Collection.
The Maerklin 4161 is a very good runner and I do not make much polishing - I do not want to remove the
nice patina - but I will clean it. I am really happy that I got this rare two Cylinder - they are fantastic
machines. Greetings to Texas - Arnold