AB Thulinverken was a company in

Landskrona Landskrona (old da, Landskrone) is a town in Scania, Sweden. Located on the shores of the Öresund, it occupies a natural port, which has lent the town at first military and subsequent commercial significance. Ferries operate from Landskrona t ...

, Sweden, founded in 1914 as Enoch Thulins Aeroplanfabrik by the airman and aircraft technician

Enoch Thulin Enoch Leonard Thulin, (15 September 1881 – 14 May 1919) is primarily remembered as a pioneer of the Swedish aircraft industry. He was an engineer who also worked on cars, lorries and internal combustion engines. Enoch was born in Simris, ...

. The company became Sweden's first aircraft manufacturer. In 1920, Thulin also started manufacturing

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s, which continued until 1928. During

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, the company came into financial difficulties and was reconstructed in 1922 as ''AB Thulinverken''. The manufacturing of brake systems became a main focus of the company. In 1958, Thulinverken merged with

Svenska AB Bromsregulator Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

(founded in 1913). The remains of Thulinverken are now a part of SAB Wabco AB, which is owned by the French

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company since 2004.

Products

Aircraft

Aircraft Engines

* Thulin A (air-cooled, 9-cylinder, 80 hp

Le Rhône 9C The Le Rhône 9C is a nine-cylinder rotary aircraft engine produced in France by '' Société des Moteurs Le Rhône'' / Gnome et Rhône. Also known as the Le Rhône 80 hp in a reference to its nominal power rating, the engine was ...

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, bore x stroke 105 mm x 140 mm)The Le Rhône 9C and 11F engines were manufactured under a licence acquired by Enoch Thulin from

Gnome et Rhône Gnome et Rhône was a major French aircraft engine manufacturer. Between 1914 and 1918 they produced 25,000 of their 9-cylinder Delta and Le Rhône 110 hp (81 kW) rotary designs, while another 75,000 were produced by various licen ...

in 1915. They were both derived by Le Rhône from Verdet's original 7-cylinder 50 hp model 7A, with the same piston dimensions. Thulin licence-built engines apparently have a greater power output than the original manufacturer claimed, e.g. the 80 hp Le Rhône 9C mysteriously becomes the "90 hp Thulin A". *

Thulin D The Morane-Saulnier L, or Morane-Saulnier Type L, or officially MoS-3, was a French parasol wing one or two-seat scout aeroplane of the First World War. The Type L became one of the first successful fighter aircraft when it was fitted with a sin ...

(possibly a double-row 9C) * Thulin E (possibly the water-cooled, 6-cylinder 150 hp

Benz Bz.III The Benz Bz.III was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline engine developed in Germany for use in aircraft in 1914. Developing 112 kW (150 hp) at 1,400 rpm from 14.3 L (875 cu in),Smith 1981, p.53. it powered many German military aircraft ...

. Also manufactured by

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-Vabis. *

Thulin G The Thulin G was a Swedish military reconnaissance aircraft built in the late 1910s. Design and development The Thulin G was a two-seat biplane of conventional configuration derived from the Albatros B.II that seated the observer and the pilot ...

(air-cooled, 11-cylinder, 100 hp Le Rhône 11F rotary, bore x stroke 105 mm x 140 mm)

Automobiles

* Thulin A * Thulin B

Motorcycles

* Thulin MC I * Thulin MC II * Thulin MC II

References

Notes Sources

External links

Flygplanshistoria i Landskrona 1909–1920Bilhistoria i Landskrona 1919–1940
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thulinverken AB Aircraft manufacturers of Sweden Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Sweden Companies based in Landskrona