Historic Paper Machine PM1, Bischofszell

Historical paper machine, Bischofszell
The J.M. Voith company built the PM1, a powerful machine that was designed for a working width of 2200 millimeters and 10,000 kilograms/24 hours. It was able to produce a whole range of products from cardboard to crepe paper, which enabled enormous flexibility in the range. Powered by just a single electric motor, the entire machine was set in motion by a sophisticated system of leather transmission belts. The PM1 was in production until 1991.
The 223-ton, 37-meter-long machine shows the process steps of paper production in a rare clarity. In Switzerland, it is the oldest surviving paper machine and today probably the largest with a single drive.
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Historical paper machine PM1
Engineering art of the 1920s. The paper machine PM1 from 1928 with transmissions is located in Bischofszell - in the hall specially built at the time. The first waste paper in Switzerland was produced on it with the watermark "ap".
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Here is the then largest and now oldest paper machine in Europe, type PM1.
37 m long, 223 tons heavy, built in 1928, in operation until 1991.
Visits possible: Every 1st Sunday of the month from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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