NCK
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NCK started as a subsidiary of Newton, Chambers & Company
, a large engineering company based in Sheffield
, England
. They produced the range of NCK agricultural equipment, skimmers, excavator
s, crane
s and draglines that were renowned for high quality and long life, typically over 20 years. Some NCK machines are still operational.
s in 1794 and expanded in Victorian times to include coal and iron mining. They diversified into equipment manufacture and in 1947 the company started producing the American brands of Koehring excavators under the Newton Chambers Koehring, name, NCK and in 1958 they took over Ransomes and Rapier
building excavators, drag-lines, port cranes and other construction equipment under the NCK - Rapier brand . With the decline in coal and the improvements in hydraulic machines, the company diversified into light fabrication. The company was taken over in 1972 by the holding company Central and Sheerwood. NCK later was sold to Robert Maxwell
's media group as part of a wider deal, but Maxwell was not interested in crane
s and NCK became inactive. Cliffe Holdings then bought the company , later Staffordshire Public Works bought the company in 1997 after it fell again into receivership. NCK launched a new model, the 90T Astra crane in 2009 but it was not successful. The only other UK crawler crane business Ruston-Bucyrus
, RB also stopped manufacture in 2009. The last crawler crane supplied by NCK was a Nova in 2001. SPW now runs and active spares and overhaul business for its cranes and fabricates NCK plant to order as well as manufacturing traffic control and filtration equipment.
Newton, Chambers & Company
It was in 1789 that George Newton and Thomas Chambers entered into a partnership that would result in the founding of one of England's largest industrial companies of that era, Newton, Chambers & Co.-History:...
, a large engineering company based in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. They produced the range of NCK agricultural equipment, skimmers, excavator
Excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, stick, bucket and cab on a rotating platform . The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. A cable-operated excavator uses winches and steel ropes to accomplish the movements. They are a natural progression from the...
s, crane
Crane (machine)
A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of...
s and draglines that were renowned for high quality and long life, typically over 20 years. Some NCK machines are still operational.
History
The company started as iron founderIron Foundry
Factory: machine-music , Op. 19, commonly referred to as the Iron Foundry, is the most well-known work by Soviet composer Alexander Mosolov and a prime example of Soviet futurist music. It was composed between 1926 and 1927 as the first movement of the ballet suite...
s in 1794 and expanded in Victorian times to include coal and iron mining. They diversified into equipment manufacture and in 1947 the company started producing the American brands of Koehring excavators under the Newton Chambers Koehring, name, NCK and in 1958 they took over Ransomes and Rapier
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies
Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries was a major British agricultural machinery maker producing a wide range of products including traction engines, ploughs, lawn mowers, combine harvesters and other tilling equipment. They also manufactured aeroplanes during the First World War...
building excavators, drag-lines, port cranes and other construction equipment under the NCK - Rapier brand . With the decline in coal and the improvements in hydraulic machines, the company diversified into light fabrication. The company was taken over in 1972 by the holding company Central and Sheerwood. NCK later was sold to Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
Ian Robert Maxwell MC was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire...
's media group as part of a wider deal, but Maxwell was not interested in crane
Crane (machine)
A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of...
s and NCK became inactive. Cliffe Holdings then bought the company , later Staffordshire Public Works bought the company in 1997 after it fell again into receivership. NCK launched a new model, the 90T Astra crane in 2009 but it was not successful. The only other UK crawler crane business Ruston-Bucyrus
Ruston-Bucyrus
Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd was an engineering company established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby based in Lincoln, England and Bucyrus-Erie based in Bucyrus, Ohio, the latter of which had operational control and into which the excavator manufacturing operation of Ruston and Hornsby was...
, RB also stopped manufacture in 2009. The last crawler crane supplied by NCK was a Nova in 2001. SPW now runs and active spares and overhaul business for its cranes and fabricates NCK plant to order as well as manufacturing traffic control and filtration equipment.
NCK Plant list
NCK 41, 95, 305, 406, 407, 605, 1000, 1405, 1405B, 1405C, 1405D, 1495C, 305B, 334B, 335T, 350B, 406D, 570T, 605 2B, 605-2A, 605-2B, Rapier, 605-2C, 60HT, 70D, 70DWT, 80D, Ajax, Andes, Atlas C54B, C110, C110 Eiger, C120, C120 Eiger, C34B, C34B Pennine, C40, C40 Pennine, C40/2A Pennine, C41B, C41B ANDES, C41C, Andes, C50, C50 Europa, N.C.K. C54 Atlas, C54B, C60, C75 Ajax, CB54, EIGER C120, H17, H17 Rapier, H5, H7, H7 Rapier, HC170, HC170 Olympus, HC250-HL330, HC65, HC75, HC80, HF17, HFC80, HK30, HS14, HY17See also
- Crane (machine)Crane (machine)A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of...
- Dragline excavatorDragline excavatorA dragline excavator is a piece of heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining.In civil engineering the smaller types are used for road, port construction, and as pile driving rigs. The larger types are used in strip-mining operations to move overburden above coal, and for...
- ExcavatorExcavatorExcavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, stick, bucket and cab on a rotating platform . The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. A cable-operated excavator uses winches and steel ropes to accomplish the movements. They are a natural progression from the...
- Heavy equipment
- Ransomes, Sims & JefferiesRansomes, Sims & JefferiesRansomes, Sims and Jeffries was a major British agricultural machinery maker producing a wide range of products including traction engines, ploughs, lawn mowers, combine harvesters and other tilling equipment. They also manufactured aeroplanes during the First World War...
- Ruston-BucyrusRuston-BucyrusRuston-Bucyrus Ltd was an engineering company established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby based in Lincoln, England and Bucyrus-Erie based in Bucyrus, Ohio, the latter of which had operational control and into which the excavator manufacturing operation of Ruston and Hornsby was...