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Sachs moped motor

Vintage hydraulic bicycle drum stop made by Sachs

ZF Sachs GmbH is the German manufacturer of automotive parts, producing powertrain as well as cessation components. It was before well known as Fichtel & Sachs, Mannesmann Sachs as well as Sachs. In the past the association additionally constructed round bearings, motorcycle engines, bicycle tools as well as around the auxiliary Sachs Motorcycles additionally motorcycles, mopeds, equipped with the motor bicycles as well as all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).

History

On 1 Aug 1895, the Schweinfurter Przisions-Kugellagerwerke Fichtel & Sachs General Partnership (oHG) was founded in Schweinfurt by inventors Ernst Sachs as well as Karl Fichtel, to furnish round orientation as well as bicycle hubs. In 1897, the association introduced the universe initial freewheel.

By 1911, the year Fichtel died, the association had we estimate 7,000 employees. In 1923, the oHG partnership was altered to the batch corporation, as well as the round temperament multiplication was sole to the SKF, the Swedish round temperament corporation, with the condition which the prolongation sojourn in Schweinfurt permanently.

From 1929 to 1996, F&S additionally constructed motors, initial for bicycles, as well as after for motorbikes, two-stroke snowmobiles, as well as tiny cars. In 1929, F&S proposed prolongation of car components, especially clutches as well as startle absorbers. Ernst Sachs died in 1932, and, in 1936, his son Willy Sachs donated the Willy-Sachs-Stadion sporting locus to the city of Schweinfurt. In 1987, the German Mannesmann AG acquired the infancy of F&S stock, and, in 1997, F&S was renamed to Mannesmann Sachs AG.

In the early 1970s, Sachs constructed the insubordinate Wankel rotary engine powered Hercules motorcycle.

In 2001, Sachs was sole to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, as well as renamed to ZF Sachs AG. The bicycle multiplication was sole to the US-company, the Chicago-based SRAM corporation, withdrawal the Sachs multiplication of ZF to concentration upon the prolongation of car components for drivetrains as well as chassis. As of 2003, ZF Sachs AG had 16,511 employees in nineteen countries, as well as the sales volume of 2.1 billion euros.

See also

Sachs Motorcycles

Gunter Sachs

External links

ZF Sachs AG Homepage

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