Robur was the label name VEB of Robur works Zittau, the truck up to 3 tons manufactured.

Firm history

1888 created Karl Gustav Hiller (1863 - 1913) a company for the selling of a textile machine to the production of Bommeln, patented of it invented and 1894. From an England journey it brought the exclusive import rights and reproduction license of Rover bicycles to 1890 also. He became partner and late owner of the Zittauer engine works Mueller & Preussger, developed the Rover bicycles further and successfully drove her out starting from 1894 as "“phenomenon Rover"”. 1903 followed the manufacturing of phenomenon motorcycles first with FAFNIR engines. 1906 began the quantity production of the inexpensive tricycle vehicle . The similarity of the construction with of in Erlau/Saxonia developed and in Berlin manufactured Cyklonette led to Patent-Streitigkeiten particularly the technical designers and Svetescu temporarily with Hiller busy was. Production ran until 1927. The 1916 into the corporation also four-wheeled passenger cars offered phenomenon works to Gustav Hiller converted enterprise between 1910 and 1927, which could not become generally accepted in relation to the strong competition. In the year 1927 particularly on demand of the realm post office after an inexpensive and at the same time safe and efficient vehicle of the trucks 4 RL with 0,75 to 1 t load-carrying capacity was brought out, which the starting point of a successful commercial motor vehicle production represented. When the demand for LKWs with higher pay load rose, 1931 the granite 25 (pay load 1,5t) and 1936 the granite 30 (pay load 2,5t) came on the market. In the course of arms production the type program was then essentially reduced to the granite 1500 with 1,5t pay load (late granite 27). By the way, exactly like the tricycles, air-cooled engines possessed all phenomenon LKWs. Only the four-wheeled cars were equipped with water-cooled engines.

According to the popular vote from 30 April 1946 in Saxonia for the remunerationless expropriation of the Nazi and war criminals also the partial destroyed Zittauer phenomenon works changed into national property. Beside production urgently necessary mass-produced article also approximately 1000 vehicles of the Red Army were repaired. And 1949 began again the quantity production of the Vorkriegsmodelle, although within modest framework. At first stationary engines were built. In January 1950 finally the first 13 granite 27 was posed. The pay load of this LKWs could be increased in the year after of 1,5 to 2 tons. 1952 were introduced the prototype phenomenon granite 32, that for the first time were equipped with an air-cooled diesel engine - contrary to the past carburetor engines of the Zittauer vehicle works. To a series production it did not come. The achievement of the carburetor engine granite 27 could be increased against it one year later on 44 KW. It was built into the further developed granite 30k.

At the beginning of of 1957 gave itself the company the new operating name VEB Robur of works Zittau, since those did not want to leave an Hiller inheriting the name of their expropriated enterprise the new owners. Granite became simultaneous from the type guarantor after changes in the Design, chassis and other modifications which was built until 1961 in over 50.000 copies in the variants plank bed cars, box vehicle, ambulance, touring bus and chassis for special superstructures. This enterprise other production plants were attached, among them the body works Bautzen, the engine work Kamenz, the body works winters Zittau and the fire-extinguishing equipment work The Robur LO 2500, which was presented for the first time to the Leipziger spring fair 1961, followed the successful guarantor and whose construction corresponded to current international development trends. The modern front steering wheel truck with 2,5 t pay load was equipped with, the air-cooled carburetor engine of the predecessor increased on 51,5 KW. As all-wheel-driven variant with 1,8t pay load developed the Robur LO 1800 A. Weiterentwicklungen led finally 1968 to the types LO 2501 and LO 1801 A, outwardly identifiable by the changed radiator grille. Also in the future value in use-increasing modifications taken place, until starting from 1974 the LO 3000 with 3t pay load came off the line. It was the basis for a multiplicity of special equipments. A pay load increase experienced also the all wheel variant, which was offered now as LO 2002A. Starting from autumn 1982 type was 4 KVD 12.5 SRL also a diesel engine in the offer beside the past carburetor engine. Advancements of the LD/LO 3000-Reihe in the 80's were particularly directed on the increase of the life span of the individual building groups and toward the rise on the internationally usual level. These changes, which concerned partly also the all types of wheel LD/LO 2202 A, led to the Diesel-driven models LD 3001 and LD 3002 outwardly recognizably particularly from the smaller wheels and the increased track width. The LO-variants equipped with carburetor engine lost at meaning. Robur trucks were not only in the RGW area, but also in many overseas countries in use. Particularly the Robur safariprogram, which was adapted to the special climatic and geographical conditions of future user countries, served the production of new export markets.

The production of the again developed vehicles O 611/O 611A and D 609 was not permitted by the GDR government, it "“could be further developed"” only the past models.

After the reunification also the Deutz diesel engine used then could not prevent the fall of the mark. Production was stopped 1991.

Models

The vehicles were built for all erdenklichen purposes, from the rolling pharmacy to the dump truck. It can be differentiated generally speaking between

Rear axledriven vehicles

• forced engine
  • Bus - B21 type. LD 3001 FR M2/B21

further explanations to the type designations under: ag-robur.de/grundlagen/nummern

• normal engine situation
  • Cooling suit-case
  • Light suit-case
  • Plank bed
  • General-purpose - type. LO 3002 Fr M5/MZ 11

All wheeled vehicles

• normal engine situation
  • Vehicle LO 2002 with 2 tons of pay load and air-cooled one ''' O ''' ttomotor
  • Vehicle LD 2002 with 2 tons of pay load and air-cooled one ''' D ''' ieselmotor
  • Safira (general-purpose)

Related links

• http://www.fbz-robur.de/ follow-up company FBZ GmbH Zittau
• http://www.robur.de/
• http://www.ag-robur.de/
• http://www.kartografie.de/ga/htm/robur01.htm
• with the Robur to the Rallye Berlin Breslau - students of the HTW Dresden drive a Offroad Rallye with an original Robur

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