Alfred Herbert Ltd was one of the world's largest machine tool manufacturing businesses. It was at one time the largest British machine tool builder. [1] The business was founded in 1888 when Alfred Herbert and William Hubbard purchased for £2,375 a …

Edgwick Works, from the highest-value machine tools to tin waste-paper baskets, went under the hammer in a 5-day auction conducted principally in Bay 26 of the world-famous works.

1927 The Edgwick works developed a coal-pulverizing machine called the "Atritor" for supplying powdered coal direct into the combustion chamber of a furnace. These were supplied all over the world for firing cement kilns, steam-raising in water-tube boilers and for the firing of furnaces for many different processes.

May 28, 2009 · Catalogue of Horizontal and Vertical Milling Machines, Universal Cutter Grinder, Sensitive Drills, Capstan Lathes for general and repetition work, Universal Grinding Machine, Special Machinery for Cycle manufacturers.

Sir Alfred Edward Herbert KBE (5 September 1866 – 26 May 1957) was an English industrialist and museum benefactor. He moved to Coventry in 1887 to manage a small engineering business which grew to become Alfred Herbert Limited, one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of machine tools. [2]

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Alfred Herbert, Ltd. Coventry, West Midlands, England, U.K. Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

Sir Alfred Herbert loved the city of Coventry, and in particular the many who worked with him and for him building up his highly respected machine tools business which was for a time, the largest in the world.

Apr 26, 2020 · Between at least 1900 to 1936 (and likely for longer than that), Alfred Herbert Ltd. of Coventry made metalworking machinery, particularly turret lathes. A 1912 report from the US Consulate in Melbourne reports on the shops of engineering firm Geo. W. Kelly & …

The machines made in these works include Capstan Lathes, Turret Lathes, Precision Screw Lathes, and Microscopic Measuring Machines. Tools and Fixtures with which these machines are equipped are made in a three-storey building adjoining the Office block.