Hollings and Guest
of Thimble Mill Lane, Aston, Birmingham
1899 Firm founded by Hollings and George Nevill Guest, for the manufacture of hydraulic presses of all types, in a factory well-equipped with modern mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic machines and tools.
1901 A new form of shaking barrel to Goodman's patent
1908 The company was in liquidation[1]
1920 April. Issued catalogue on presses for bundling scrap metal and for baling waste paper etc. Also gas-heated sheet iron stoves for enamelling etc.[2]
1921 Description of various presses [3]
1924 Description of a large horizontal sludge pump, built for the Birmingham Drainage Board, of the three-throw horizontal single-acting type, having three pistons 15.5 in. in diameter, with an 18-in. stroke, capable of delivering 1,000 gallons of sludge per minute to a sewage farm situated at a distance of five miles. The pump was motor-driven through chain-gearing, arranged to give two speeds of 15 and 30 r.p.m., when delivering and circulating respectively.[4]
1927 Description of hydraulic starter for removing shops' propellers.[5]
1928 Hydraulic hot-plate press, tyre and bundling presses, valves and fittings, and a series of positive-action rotary pumps shown at the British Industries Fair.[6]
1931 Description of hydraulic straightening press.[7]
1932 Ceased operations
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette 18 December 1908
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/04/30 p438
- ↑ Engineering 1921/04/01
- ↑ Engineering 1924/08/08
- ↑ Engineering 1927/04/22
- ↑ Engineering 1928/02/24
- ↑ Engineering 1931/07/24