Rud. Ley machine factory

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Rud. Ley Maschinenfabrik AG
legal form Corporation
founding 1856
resolution 1947
Reason for dissolution Expropriation and dismantling after the Second World War
Seat Arnstadt , Germany
management
  • Hugo Ley (Supervisory Board)
  • Robert Ley (Supervisory Board)
Number of employees
  • 75 (1895)
  • 1200 (1910)
  • 750 (late 1925)
Branch Mechanical engineering , automobile manufacturer

Loreley 6/10 hp (1907)
Ley Loreley L 4 (1913)

The rud. Ley Maschinenfabrik AG was a machine, automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer in Arnstadt . The company was founded as a craft business for the manufacture of sewing and shoe machines as early as 1856 and was later bought by journeyman Rudolf Ley . In 1901 the company was taken over by his sons Alfred , Hugo , Robert and Hermann . From 1905 light motor vehicles were built there under the brand name Loreley , which Alfred Ley designed. When the legal form was converted into a stock corporation in 1909, Hermann Ley left the company. Hugo and Robert Ley switched to the supervisory board, Alfred Ley became the sole director.

history

Share over 1000 marks of the Rud. Ley Maschinenfabrik AG from December 1922

The first Loreley was a 6/10 hp vehicle with a four-cylinder in-line engine that produced 10 hp (7.4 kW) from a displacement of 1500 cm³. Up until the outbreak of World War I in 1914, conventional touring cars with two or four seats and engines with four or six cylinders were built. In 1910 the company was the city's largest employer with 1200 employees.

After the First World War, the pre-war models initially appeared in an insignificantly different form, now under the brand name Ley . With the new T6 model, the first streamlined vehicles based on a patent from Paul Jaray were tested. At the end of 1925, the 750-employee company ran into such economic difficulties that a settlement had to be applied for to avert bankruptcy. In 1928 the construction of passenger cars was stopped, in 1933 the last trucks were delivered when the existing parts were used up.

In 1935, the site with the buildings of the automobile factory was sold in order to meet all obligations. The machines of the automobile factory were relocated to the main plant. The automobile construction department continued to manufacture spare parts and was a supplier to other automobile factories. The shoe machine manufacturing and the electrical engineering department continued unchanged until 1945.

In 1947 the company was deleted from the commercial register after being expropriated and dismantled twice. The shoe machine range was continued to be produced in 1947 in the successor VEB under the brand names SCHUMA and TEXTIMA .

Models

Loreley

model Construction period cylinder Displacement power wheelbase
6/10 hp 1905-1907 4 row 1500 cc 10 HP (7.4 kW) 1800-2400 mm
J 10/25 hp 1908-1914 6 row 2599 cc 25 HP (18 kW) 3000 mm
A 5/12 PS 1909-1911 4 row 1132 cc 12 HP (8.8 kW) 2100 mm
L4A 6/18 hp 1911-1914 4 row 1545 cc 18 hp (13.2 kW) 2785 mm
6A 6/18 hp 1911-1914 6 row 1550 cc 18 hp (13.2 kW) 2785 mm
H4A 8/21 hp 1912-1914 4 row 2068 cc 21 hp (15.4 kW) 2930 mm
K6 10/28 hp 1912-1914 6 row 2599 cc 28 hp (20.6 kW) 3250 mm

Ley

model Construction period cylinder Displacement power wheelbase
U12 12/32 hp 1918 - ???? 4 row 3091 cc 32 HP (23.5 kW) 3175 mm
T6 6/16 hp 1920-1922 4 row 1540 cc 16 hp (11.8 kW) 2670 mm
U12 12/32 hp 1921-1923 4 row 3091 cc 32 HP (23.5 kW) 3175 mm
T6E 6/20 PS 1922-1925 4 row 1540 cc 20 hp (14.7 kW) 2670 mm
U12B 12/36 hp 1923-1924 4 row 3091 cc 36 hp (26.5 kW) 3175 mm
M8 8/36 hp 1924-1927 4 row 2010 cm³ 36 hp (26.5 kW) 2959 mm
U12C 12/45 hp 1924-1927 4 row 3091 cc 45 hp (33 kW) 3175 mm
N8 8/38 hp 1928 6 row 1991 cc 38 HP (28 kW) 2870 mm
V12 12/50 hp 1928 6 row 3180 cc 50 HP (37 kW) 3200 mm

literature

Web links

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