FAUN Nuremberg, Germany By Eric Voytko     The predecessor to today's FAUN was founded by Justus Christian Braun, who established a metal casting foundry at Nuremberg in 1845. Mobile fire-fighting sprayers were added by 1868, and the first refuse collectors and street cleaners in 1908. Following a takeover by Karl Schmidt in 1913, the firm was re-named Fahrzeugwerke Ansbach und Nurnberg, which formed the initails FAUN.     1927 saw the introduction of the famous Rolltrommel refuse collection truck, a fore & aft-type tipper mounted on a FAUN-built truck chassis. It featured a unique swinging baffle, which opened when the body was rolled forward, allowing refuse to pass from the loading hopper to the body, and then closed to prevent fallback into the hopper when the body was rolled back to the loading position. One of the first FAUN Rolltrommel units; note the outside vehicle controls located near the fender     The factory was completely destroyed during World War II, but was rebuilt starting in 1944. Refuse truck production had resumed within two years, with the pre-war Rolltrommel on updated chassis. Eventually, more moderm compression bodies were offered using the Ochsner system, another pre-war design from Switzerland which remained popular into the 1960s. The purchase of the former Borgward factory brought consolidation of FAUN municipal vehicle activities to Osterholtz-Scharmbeck by 1973. All manner of public service truck equipment was produced here, with a shift towards FAUN refuse bodies installed on proprietary truck chassis, such as Mercedes-Benz and Magirus-Deutz. Manually-loaded FAUN Rolltrommel Rolltrommel loading, then forward-tipping Rolltrommel tipping rearward to dump Shaded areas in drawing show refuse within hopper being transferred to the front of the body during forward tip 1949 FAUN cabover with FAUN Ochsner-type rear loader 1952 FAUN conventional-cab truck with pre-war design Rolltrommel body FAUN truck with Swiss-designed Ochsner compression rear loader circa 1955 FAUN Ochsner-type rear loader, circa 1965 SELECTED PATENTS Patent # Description Inventor Assignee Date US1781346A Dust Cart Schmidt November 8, 1927 8/23/15 © 2015 All Rights Reserved Logos shown are the trademarks of respective manufacturers Photos from factory brochures/trade advertisements except as noted