Bukh (engine factory)

Bukh tractors, models D-30 (1959), DZ-45 (1960), 403 (1966) and 452 (1960) in the Danish Tractor Museum

Bukh was originally a Danish engine factory in Hørve on the island of Zealand , between Holbæk and Kalundborg .

history

The factory was founded in 1904 by Jens Bukh and Johannes Gry. It produced windmills and internal combustion engines powered by gasoline and kerosene.

Diesel engines for agriculture and industry followed in 1910 . In 1915 the factory moved to Kalundborg under the name Kalundborg Motorfabrik and developed motors for shipping. Next to the new factory was Kalundborg Skibsværft , through which access to the maritime market was established. The shipyard used the Bukh engines for loading equipment and auxiliary machinery for the ships. When the shipyard went bankrupt in 1921, the engine factory also ran into financial difficulties and was taken over by AP Møller in 1924 .

In 1928, Bukh manufactured the first direct injection diesel engine . Large numbers of gas generators were built between 1940 and 1945 .

The production of tractors began in the 1950s . 1959 to 1962 these were the DZ30 and DZ45 models, which were followed in 1962 by a series of tractors with 2- and 3-cylinder engines (302, 403, 452 and 554). In 1967 an attempt was made to revive the tractor business with the Juno, Jupiter and Hercules models with 52, 70 and 93 hp. This was unsuccessful. Therefore, tractor production was completely stopped in 1968.

In 1994, the production was the Aabenraa engine factory A / S transferred. Up to 2000 engines were delivered per year.

Bukh marine engines as well as jet propulsion systems are still in production. Production takes place at BUKH A / S in Kruså .

Automobile manufacturing

Between 1904 and 1905 the company manufactured at least one passenger car . It had a water-cooled two - cylinder engine that was specified with 10/12 hp . It drove the rear axle via a friction gear .

Web links

Wikibooks: Tractor Lexicon: Bukh  - Learning and teaching materials

• Bukhs historie i korte træk. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005 ; Retrieved October 10, 2017 (Danish). 
• BUKH A / S. Marine engines. Retrieved October 10, 2017 (Danish). 
• Motor factory Bukh. with technical data for all tractor models. Samsø Landbrugsmuseum, accessed October 10, 2017 (Danish). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Bukh.
2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 224. (English)