WORLD WINDMILL COMPANIES
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BASSLER -GUENACO
Manufacturer in Rosario. By 1990 they were no longer building a windmill of their own. They appear to have sold FLINT & WALLING, STAR mills, bearing their name.
FAIMBERG & CIA S.R. LTD
Buenos Aires manufacturer.
- NEPTUNO WINDMILL # Manufactured at least in 1946. Oil bath windmill with a similar tail to an Aermotor, but quite different hub.
F.I.A.S.A. - FAB
Factory in Bragado. In 1990 they were turning out about 13,000 to 14,000 windmills a year.
- FIASA WINDMILL # Copy of the Aermotor 602 model from the USA. In 1993 it was produced with 1.8, 2.4, 3, 3.6, 4.2 and 4.8 metre wind wheels. Their address c1995 was Rivadavia Y Alfredo Palacios, Buenos Aires.
FERROLIT
Buenos Aires manufacturer.
- WINDMOTOR WINDMILL # Aermotor derived windmill.
ISTILART, Juan B.
Buenos Aires manufacturer. Apears to have commenced large scale manufacture in 1937.
- ISTILART WINDMILL # Double geared, oil-bath windmill.
JUSTO BROS
Buenos Aires manufacturer.
- JUSTO WINDMILL # Aermotor look alike.
LANOS ROLAND COMPANY
MACADAM, J.F. & Co
One time importer of the STOVER MANUFACTURING Co windmills.
- SAMSON WINDMILL # Original design. Spring tensioned tail. Wind wheel blades fitted in front of the rings.
SAGLIO, J.A.
Buenos Aires manufacturer.
- HERCULES WINDMILL Twin geared oil bath design. Still selling in 1990.
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- CONDOR WINDMILL Known in 1993. A 2.0 metre wind wheel based on the Columbian Gaviotos windmill.
CIPER
In 1993 they were producing a windmill based on the TOOL 12-PU-350.
SEMTA
In 1993 they were producing a windmill based on the 12-PU-500.
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CANTAVENTOS KENYA LTD
In production in 1993. Address = Rodovia RS 130, Km 14, Encantado-RS, Brazil.
- KENYA WINDMILL A three metre wind wheel geared machine with 18 blades.
- KENYA JUNIOR WINDMILL # A portable geared 1.6 metre wind wheel with 6 blades.
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DELTX WINDPUMP CORPORATION
Of 300, 1550 - 8th Street, S.W. Calgary, Alberta.
- WINDPUMP 50 WINDMILL # Welded steel mechanically regulated windmill capable of pumping 109,000 litres per minute in a 48 kph wind with a 9.15 metre lift. Wind wheel diameter = 52.5 ft. 7-30 rpm. Height = 39.6 metres.
MASSEY ENTERPRISES
Of P.O. Box 1299, RR No.1- Springpoint Rd, Fort MacLeod, Alberta. Produced a wind driven air compressor for water pumping. No date.
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A. MATOS
Of Ribera De Calhau, Sao Vicente. Produced 2.2 and 2.8 metre windmills. By 1999 about 100 were known to have been manufactured. They appear to be oil-bath designs.
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In 1993 it was reported that the 'Chinese Wind Energy Development centre' [CWEDC] was undertaking windmill development in conjunction with 'The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanisation Sciences' [CAAMS], various academic institutions and the Xinghua Tractor Factory.
- FD-2 Geared windmill with 2 metre wind wheel - existed in 1993.
- FD-6 Geared windmill with 6 metre wind wheel - existed in 1993.
- Low lift, high volume irrigation windmills Developed by 1993.
IRON MAN WINDMILL CO. LTD
A division of International Windmill Corp., a wholly American owned and operated company located at 41# Jiefang Ave, Wuhan, Hubei, China 430035. CEO in 2005 is Tom Conlon.
Tom Conlon first began working with Aermotor Windmills in the desert of Southern California in 1969. In 1970, he started Aero Power Systems, a manufacturer of wind powered electric plants. The following year, he started GWW Co. (Great Western Windmill Co.) which distributed Dempster and Aermotor windmills in the western United States. GWW Co. was an education intensive business which placed strong emphasis on dealer development, system design, installation and service training.
In 1982, Mr Conlon retired, sold his interest in these businesses and went to work for the University of Hawaii designing and building Scientific Instruments. It was this work that brought him to China in January of 2001, when he was sent there to assist in the installation of a particle detector that he had built at the U of H. Upon completion of his work, he had some time to spent traveling across China by train. It was on this train that he saw many farmers lifting water by hand with crude equipment. Tom made many inquiries and found that wind power was not being used to assist with this work and that there were no factories in China producing windmills. He decided then to return to China and give serious consideration to the establishment of a business for the production of traditional American style Farm Windmills, which have a long history of successful operation.
Tom spent one year traveling in China meeting with Government officials and private business people and finally decided to start a wholly owned private enterprise to achieve his objective in Central China. Work began in a rented factory by manufacturing replacement parts for the 702 windmill, a very common mill in America. Eventually, production began of the 20ft 702, which had last been produced in Chicago in 1960. This is the largest and most powerful of the 702 series, capable of successfully pumping water as high as 1200ft.
Currently, the company is producing 3 sizes of the 702 windmill and will soon have all sizes in production. These windmills are identical to the traditional American farm windmill as was made in Chicago until 1960. All parts are identical and completely interchangeable. The large 20ft 702 windmills are achieving popularity for providing rural villages with a dependable supply of water. The windmills are marketed under the name “Iron Man Windmill.”
Photo Library This site shows the installation of three of their large windmills, installed far from roads on a rural mountainside. These windmills are used to move water to a tank on the top of a mountain. From there it goes by pipeline to the village 14Km in distance. Total pumping elevation is 500m.
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- IRONMAN WINDMILL This is the 20ft Aermotor 702 manufactured as the Ironman. The Iron Man (Wong Tie Ren) is a famous man in Chinese history, respected for his patience and diligence in carrying out difficult and tedious work.
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GAVIATOS LAS
- GUAJIRA WINDMILL Developed c1993. Has a 3.1 metre wind wheel.
- MV2E WINDMILL # By 1993 they had sold 9,000 of these 2 metre wind wheel machines.
JOBER INDUSTRIES LTD
Address in 2006 is Jober Industries, Street 20 No. 30 82 Duitama - Boyaca, Colombia, South America. Tel. 57 8 7603887.
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- HOLMAN JBR-3000 WINDMILL Geared design with 3 metre wind wheel and 18 blades.
- JOBER WINDMILL Two models available. Both direct action mills with the same wind wheel diameter but one using 10 and the other 16 blades.
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EGYPTIAN SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY
A non profit organisation at 45 Shehab Street, El Mohandessin, Egypt c1995.
- ESES 2002 WINDMILL # High speed design using 6 blades set at 23 degrees on an offset hub shaft and driving one set of gears at a ratio of 3.44. The windmill uses a tail with gravity return and appears to have a side van.. A brake system was used.
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DARKATA ENGINEERING SERVICES
Trade Fair Site, Accra.
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GALDAMAEZ
At Zacapa.
- ROPE WINDMILL The technology to produce this windmill was transfered to the company.
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AUREKA
A workshop of the Auroville international township which is located a few kilometres north of Pondicherry . Founded in 1968. Became interested in windmills in 1972 and produced their first prototype in 1979, which led to the c1998 model the AV55 windmill. Both windmills are mounted on free standing tripod towers made of tube in heights from 9 to 23 metres.
- AUROVILLE MULTIBLADE AV45 WINDMILL Smaller version of the AV55 windmill. This direct action windmill has a 4.5 metre wind wheel, 12 blades, an inclined tail gravity operated governing system and a 160mm stroke. Designed to pump water from a maximun of 70 metre depth. In 2001 the wind wheel is listed with 18 blades and a 180mm stroke. The hub shaft and the top of the connecting rod use sealed roller bearings. The bottom of the connecting rod uses a teflon bush, as does the jaw bearing. A sleeve bearing is used for the cross head.
- AUROVILLE MULTIBLADE AV55 WINDMILL By 1998 32 had been produced. It has a 5.6 (sometimes quoted as 5.7) metres wind wheel and is designed to pump water from a maximum of 100 metres depth. In 2001 the wind wheel is listed with 24 blades. The pump stroke in 2001 is given as 160 & 230mm. The hub shaft and the top of the connecting rod use sealed roller bearings. The bottom of the connecting rod uses a teflon bush, as does the jaw bearing. A sleeve bearing is used for the cross head.
BHEL
At Rudrapur in 1993. They developed a direct action model.
INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & RURAL TECHNOLOGY
Formerly known as the ALLHABAD POLYTECHNIC. In 1979, as the Polytechnic, a workshop was inaugurated to improve the design of the 12-PU-500 windmill. The 12-PU-500 was later known as the APOLY 12-PU-500 windmill.
- APOLY-12-PU-500 # Direct action with side vane developed by the Institute of Engineering & Rural Technology of Allahabad. They appear to have been actually manufactured by the Institute of Engineering [IOE].
NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL LABORATORY
- WP2 WINDMILL # Developed by the National Aeronautical Laboratory of Bangalore. A self oiling, direct action design with a 16 foot wind. Governing by gravity action on the tail. By 1966 some 70 of these had been produced before production ceased.
NEBULAR POWER EQUIPMENTS PTY LTD
Shree 496/A Kasba Peth, Pune.
NEPC
Madras. Operating in 1993.
- GREEN REV WINDMILL # Conventional gearbox windmill.
OM ENGINEERING WORKS
Outside Ganga Cate, Ambaji Road, Anjar, Kachchh. They were operational in 1976.
- NITYANAND MULTI-BLADE WINDMILL Oil-bath design with gearbox. Uses a mechanical brake. Various models. The c1998 model had a 3 metre wind wheel.
ORGANISATION OF THE RURAL POOR
Ghaziapur.
- 12-PU-500 WINDMILL Developed in co-operation with the Dutch TOOL Foundation. Early models up to c1985 were unreliable.
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY
Manufacturing in Madras in 1993 with an arrangment with W.D.Moore of Western Australia to manufacture the Yellowtail windmill.
VAIUNTH ENER TEK P. LTD
Address c1995 2/8 Golden Avenu Ext, Vijajanager, Vellachery, Channai-42, Tamil Nadu India.
WIND FAB
Operational in Coimbatore in 1993.
- BLUE VANE WINDMILL Geared windmill with 2.5 and 3 metre wind wheels.
WIND MACHINES DIVISION, AUTO SPARES INDUSTRIES
- D.W.400G WINDMILL # Double geared, walking beam design. Developed by Wind Machines Division, Auto Spares Industries, Pondicherry.
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In 1993 mention is made of work carried out in a program managed by the 'National Institute for Aeronautics and Space [LAPAN].
- SM-03 WINDMILL In production in 1993.
- SM-05 WINDMILL In production in 1993.
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SOUTHERN STEEL COMPANY
A product of the Irish free state in Kilkenny.
- BALLYHALE WINDMILL Side vane governed, mounted on a pylon tower. Paddle type blades with bracing.
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BOB HARRIES ENGINEERING
Manufacturer at Thika.
PWANI
A small family business which the founder Mr SODHA began in 1972. By 1999 they had produced over 160 windmills. Most of these windmills had 14 foot wind wheels.
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GARZAMOTOR
Address in 2006 at Porfirio Diaz 411 Norte C.P. 66600 Apodaca, Nueuo Leon Mexico.
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- HERCULES Available as 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 ft models. Twin geared oilbath windmill with cast gearbox.
MOLINOS DE VIENTO, S.A.
Apparently founded by USA interests.
- MOVISA WINDMILL # This appears to be an Aermotor copy
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CENTRE DE ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES
In c1993 was co-operating with CWD on the 5.0 metre 'Atlas' windmill.
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GAZA PROVINCE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
They were manufacturing about 50 units a year of the CWD 2740 windmill design in the early 1990's.
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- IT WINDMILL Made under licence by an unknown manufacturer.
ALKATBU TECHNOLOGIES LTD
No 18 Abu Bakar Tafawea, Balewa Road, Bauchi City, Bauchi State.
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MERIN (PVT) LTD
LA/8A, Block 22 Federal B Area, Karachi. Their address c1995 was Dada Chambers, M A Jinnah Rd, Karachi.
- TAWANA WINDMILL # Made in 1993 at least with 6 and 7.5 metre wind wheels. Based on the IT windmill. They have exported them to Nigeria and the Middle East.
- POLDAW WINDMILL Made under licence. Known in 1997,1998. See - NEALE CONSULTING ENGINEERS -UK.
UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER
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- MIRAMAR WINDMILL Wooden 6 metre windmill. 1000+ operational in 1993.
- SEGOVIA WINDMILL Metal gearbox type windmill with 2.8 metre wind wheel. Available in 1993.
FACOGSA S. R. L.
Active in 1993 at Jr. Horacio Patino 196, Urb Latino, Chiclayo, Peru.
- ALBORADA WINDMILL Direct action mill with 4.5 metre wind wheel and 8 blades.
MATTO
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JOVER LIGHT INDUSTRIES
Run in 1999 by Hector JOVER on the island of Iliolo.
- JB - 150 WINDMILL In c1999 larger bearings were used for the hub shaft.
REYMILL STEEL PRODUCTS
Manufacturer at Sta Rosa.
- REYMILL WINDMILL # Developed by Felipe T. REYES in 1963. Geared design.
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LVCA
Italian company which introduced the Tozzi e Bardi windmill. Hundreds had been produced by 1998.
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KOSTER, Friedrick
German import. Manufactured by Friedrick KOSTER in Heide, Holstein.
- ADLER WINDMILL Marketed in South Africa by P ANDRAG & SONS of Cape Town. It resembled an Aermotor windmill but had various distinguishing features such as the design of the main casting around the hub shaft.
AERMOTOR
American import. Some agents were LLOYDS & Company of Burg St, Cape Town who were advertising them by 1896 and Poynton Brothers of Pretoria who were advertising them by 1901. LLOYDS continued as agents until the second world war but after WWII 'P ANDRAG and Sons of Cape Town took over the agency. They sold the agency to 'Kenhardt Koop Vleisproduseerders'.
ANDRAG, P. & SONS
Of Belville. Agents for many years for Aermotor in the USA.
- AERMOTOR WINDMILL In 1964 they began manufacturing two Aermotor models under licence. One of these models was the 8 ft Aermotor. They ceased production in 1973 because they could not compete with the Argentine Aermotor.
APEX GROUP
A group of companies which included President Engineering in the 1980's and handled the ELLISTRAS windmill.
CLOETE, Gert
Designed by.
- ODETTE WINDMILL Manufactured in Potgietersrus. About 200 were made before it was decided that production was uneconomic.
CUNNINGHAM & GEARING
The company started in Cape Town in 1876 as 'Cunningham Gearing general engineering. They operated the Atlas Works. In 1943 they sold their engineering works to Gerrie VAN ZYL and Frederick JAMESON operating as 'Gearing & Jameson Ltd.'.
- GEARING WINDMILL These windmills came into production before 1910.
DU PLESSIS, Louis
Born in 1896.
- GEARLESS PUMP WINDMILL Invented the windmill about 1930 and manufactured it on his farm in the Krugersdorp District selling in the local area.
ELLIS, Giel
A South African farmer who developed his windmill about 1979/80.
- ELLISRAS WINDMILL # Rotary drive design employing chains, sprockets and bevel gearing. Designed to drive a helical rotor pump. A clutch was included in the vertical drive shaft.
GEARING
Of Cape Town. See 'Cunningham & Gearing'.
GEARING & JAMESON LTD
Bought 'Cunningham & Gearing' out in 1943 but continued to sell windmills until at least 1956.
KALAMAZOO TANK AND SILO COMPANY
- MANVEL WINDMILL American import. This windmill appears to have been manufactured over time by various incarnations of the same company. One of these changes occurred in 1904 and therefore this may not have been the exact company title used when the ironmonger Charles E. GEARD as sole South African agent sold them from his shop on the Market Square of Graffe-Reinet pre 1905.
LEAD COPPER & IRON WORKS
Robert KEARNS of 8 Church Square, Cape Town. Advertised a self regulating wind pumping engine in 1861. It was on a 15 foot teak frame.
LEERS H. M.
Cape Town company which imported the HERCULES windmill from the UK.
L. M. & GATELY ENGINEERING WORKS
In 1942 Johannes LAMBINON [L] went into partnership with Martin HORNEMANN [M] to create 'L M Engineering Co' of Bloemfontein. This became the 'L M & Gately Engineering Works who improved the design. They claimed to have sold mills into South Africa, West Africa, the Rhodesia's, Kenya, Nigeria, the Congo, Portugese East Africa and even overseas. The company was absorbed by a heavy engineering group and the windmill discontinued.
- SPRINGBOK WINDMILL Designed by Johannes LAMBINON. Manufactured from 1942 to the 1960's. Double geared, with a walking beam.
MALCOMES
An East London firm which manufactured windmills in their Buffalo Engineering Works in Jacobs, Natal in the 1940's.
- BUFFALO WINDPUMP This double geared machine appears to be a copy of the 'United States Wind Engines Co's" 'ACE' windmill.
MIDKAAP INGENIEURSWERKE
Of Middleburg.
- M &S ROTOR WINDPUMP # From a design by the SCHOOMEE's. They called it the self govern pump' and a demonstration model was made c1980. This became the M &S Rotor Windpump. A relatively conventional wind wheel drove a rotor monopump. Governing was engineered by an offset hubshaft which tended to furl the tail to the right from the rear.
PRESIDENT ENGINEERING
Part of the APEX GROUP. Manufacturer at Vereeniging, Transvaal.
- VETSAK WINDMILL Paddle bladed, gearless design operated by a cam action.
SOUTHERN CROSS SOUTH AFRICA
Has been selling their Southern Cross and some Climax windmills to their distributor in America. O'Brock Windmills, 9435 12th Street, North Benton, Ohio 4449, USA, has been owned and operated by Ken and Sharen O'Brock since 1968.
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SOUTHERN CROSS WINDMILL AND ENGINE COMPANY
Of Bloemfontein. They started importing SOUTHERN CROSS windmills from Australia in 1939. Local production was phased in from 1951.
SCHOOMEE, Izak Daniel Johannes [1897 - ] and son A [1927 - ]
Of Vriesfontein in the Middleburg district. Izak invented one of the first South African wind generators. Father and son worked together and created several wind powered machines. One was made of woolsacks on a steel frame. See - MIDKAAP INGENIERSWERKE.
STEWARTS & LLOYDS
They became agents for the British firm of 'THOMAS & SON' makers of the 'CLIMAX' windmill shortly after World War 1.
- CLIMAX WINDMILL The first windmill was manufactured under licence at their Vereeniging works in 1942. By 1974 they had manufactured over 150,000 units. By 1996 they had made over 200,000 windmills. See - Windmill Display
TURBEX WIND TURBINES PTY LTD
- TURBEX WIND TURBINE # Made in Harrowsmith, South Africa. Development began in the late 1970's. Approaches had been made to the Australian market in 1997. They were a conventional looking windmill which used a rotary drive and could be quickly uncoupled at ground level to attach to a motor. Designed for a relatively high wind speed and were quoted as being able to survive winds of 150 km/h. Available with wind wheels of 2.4, 3.3, 4.6, 5.5 and 7.8 metres diameter in 1997
UNITED STATES WIND ENGINE AND PUMP COMPANY
American import.
- HALLADAY STANDARD WINDMILL One of these was imported into Hopetown in 1874.
WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
American import.
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BORNAY, J.
Address in 2006 03420 at Castalla (Alicante), Espana.
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Mills appear to be Aermotor clones. Available in windwheel sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 ft.
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- WEU-1/3 WINDMILL Suffered from reliability problems. Locally produced probably c1987.
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USA INDUSTRIAL FACTORY
Manufacturer in Bangkok.
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SEN
Manufacturing in c1993.
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Address = 2131/A Sok. No:6 D.3 Bayrakly/YZMYR.
- GENBA WINDY WINDMILL This is the POLDAW windmill made under licence. Available c2001.
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- CHAYKA WINDMILL # Standard double geared oil-bath windmill with a caste aluminium gearbox.
- V T L - 3 WINDMILL # Rotary drive design. The wind wheel blades were fitted behind the rings.
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ANNEVOR SYSTEMS
This appears to be a later name for HUBERT DAVIES. [c1998] Address c1995 was 61b Prices Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe.
DRIEFONTEIN MISSION
Manufactured in the metal workshop of the mission at Mwuva.[or Mvuma].
- CWD2740 WINDMILL Made under licence to CWD in the [Netherlands????]. Production started 1987 and still producing in 1997. [Made 11 windmills in that time] They produced 2 models. One for 6 metre depths and one for 20 metre depths.
HUBERT DAVIES LTD
12 Highfield Road, Southerton, Harare.
SHEET METAL KRAFT [SMK]
In 1993 they were manufacturing a 3.6 metre wind wheel with 18 blades. It used ball and roller bearings and a fabricated gearbox.
STEWARTS & LLOYDS
Manufacturer of windmills in Leopold Takawira St, Harare.
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