Perkins engines/moteurs

Motores Perkins / Motores.

F. Perkins Limited se estableció el 7 June 1932 at Queen Street, Peterborough Inglaterra. La empresa se creó para diseñar y fabricar motores diésel de alta velocidad.. The founder Mr Frank Perkins gave a 10% share to Mr Charles Wallace (1897–1979) quien fue un ingeniero de diseño excepcional, he initially became company Secretary then technical director. He was to remain with the business for more than a decade, before re-joining the RNVR – though remaining a consultant to the company. Frank Perkins obtained further initial support from directors Alan J M Richardson and George Dodds Perks.

Antes de Chapman y Perkins, el motor diésel era un caballo de batalla pesado y lento, lacking performance. Chapman’s concept was the high-speed diesel – an engine that could challenge gasoline as the primary motive power. The world’s first high-speed diesel engine was claimed to be a Perkins’ four-cylinder Vixen, which made its debut in 1932. In October 1935 Perkins became the first company to hold six world diesel speed records for a variety of distances set at the old Brooklands track in Surrey. Sales were strong and by 1939 the company made two series of engines, P4 and P6. After the war, the company went public and established a number of licensees for local manufacturing and sale of its by then established diesel engines.

In 1959 F. Perkins Ltd was purchased by its largest customer Massey Ferguson tractors. Mantuvo su nombre de Perkins Engines y funcionó como una empresa separada.

Perkins engines Ltd bought Rolls Royce engines, Shrewsbury in 1984, Perkins continued to supply British Rail with engines for its train units.

In 1986 they purchased Gardner engines to complement their line of lighter diesel engines.

In 1994 it was acquired and became a subsidiary of Lucas Varity. Development continued and Perkins updated its engines to meet stricter emissions rules while developing new series for power generation and forklift trucks.

Los motores Perkins eran un gran proveedor de Caterpillar desde la década de 1970 y finalmente fueron comprados por ellos en 1998 for US$1.325 billion, creating what they claimed was the world’s largest diesel engine manufacturer.

Perkins Engines Company Limited es ahora un fabricante principal de motores diesel para varios mercados globales diversos, incluida la agricultura, marine, construction, power generation, Material Handling, industrial and power generation. With factories and manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, China, India and a joint venture with Ishikawajima-Shibaura-Machinery company in Japan. It is a world leader in engines manufacture.

Los motores Perkins se utilizaron en el Energic 545 gama de tractores de 1970/71.