A wonderful piece of agricultural and industrial technology history! The machine is beautifully preserved and still retains its original paint.
The Alfa-Laval "Junior" model was a tremendous worldwide success and remained in production for several decades, undergoing various cosmetic and material updates over the years.
The nameplate strictly specifies 60 crank turns per minute. This is because, inside the multiplying gear mechanism...
Today we associate Škoda only with cars, but between the two World Wars the company was one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe.
The word "Junior" should not be misleading: it does not mean it was a toy or a low-quality model, quite the opposite.
This "22" model represents the maturity of this technology: a compact, efficient machine, designed for medium-sized farms or small dairies in rural Italy in the first half of the 20th century.