Heidelberg Platen History

Nick,

This is great. Thanks for putting the time and effort into it and for sharing with the rest of us.

Brad.

Wow, thanks for this. It will be appreciated by all Heidelberg platen owners everywhere.

Thank You Nick Howard!!!

I appreciate you posting this! My father will find this interesting as well.

Yes, great read!

Nick, big thanks for this! Lots of info I haven’t seen rounded up before.

Hi nick what a good page!one of the heidelbergs i run is a steelball serial number 19630 do you know the year of manufacture i think it could be 1933.

Hi nick what a good page!one of the heidelbergs i run is a steelball serial number 19630 do you know the year of manufacture i think it could be 1933.

For reference, my Windmill is #14917, made in 1931. If you take the impression counter off you should find a date stamp punched into the metal housing.

Hello phase4 and Dan, Our platen is s/n 9620 (1928), Platen # 19630 is somewhere between 1932 and 1939 (when production stopped for the war. For reference, s/n 15301 to 25000 depicts that time. S/N 14917, falls in the 1931 arena. s/n 14000 to 15300 cover the year 1931. Glad you liked the article and appreciate your kind words.

thanx 4 the info dan and nick.

Nick, I have a platen No. 13349 (Split bed) and thats dated 1928, so would have thought that yours would be even older. on many occasions the tester at the factory scratched a production date on top of the counter.
I am compiling a press register and look forward to people adding their machinery.
www.register-my-press.com

Very nice piece. Well done.