Busch-Sulzer Bros. Diesel Engine Company

By 1943, Busch-Sulzer engines were available in thirty distinct sizes, ranging from 250 to 3600 horsepower. Configurations ran from three to ten cylinders. The largest one used ten cylinders of a 20 1/2 x 27 1/2 inch bore and stroke. It was rated at 257 rpm. Note the extensive use of welded sections, as compared to the earlier cast iron sections. Shown here is a 2670 horsepower, eight-cylinder engine. Busch-Sulzer was absorbed into Nordberg in 1946.

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Adolphus Busch acquired American building rights to the Diesel engine in 1898. From that time on until 1912 Busch controlled Diesel engine manufacturing in the United States. Through an arrangement with the Swiss firm of Sulzer Bros., the Busch-Sulzer engine evolved as an Americanized version of its Swiss counterpart.

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