General Information

Serial #

6525-3 ?

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal (steel); glass

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

218.0 cm

Width

13.6 cm

Height

180.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Industrial equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Eckert Ziegler

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This machine used c. 1930s +

Canada

Believed to be oldest injection moulding machine in Canada. John A. Chantler of Chantler & Chantler Ltd. arranged for the sale of this machine to the Rubberset Brush Co., Toronto in 1930. (Ref. 3) The machine was installed at the Rubberset operation in Gravenhurst, ON in 1931. It was used to produce shaving brush handles from cellulose acetate. A second machine of this type was purchased in 1931 by French Ivory Products Ltd. in Toronto, ON. (Ref. 2) This machine was shown at Plast-Ex 1992 as part of the Canadian Plastics Pioneers booth.

Function

To produce identical items in rapid succession, by mechanical means, and using moulding techniques.

Technical

Early machines probably used celluloid, casein, styrene and other resins as moulding materials. It has two pressure gauges.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

No identifying markings visible on machine proper. Some components bear cast part numbers.: these now obscured by refinishing. Fitted with 2 gauges: temperature gauge scale 0-120 degrees C also reads "Stärk/ STUTGART"; pressure gauge scales 0-250 lb/sq. inch and 0-3500 kp/sq. cm also reads "manocont VDO OTA".

Missing

Unknown.

Finish

Original finish completely obscured by refinishing completed prior to acquisition in 1973. Metal injection moulding machine predominantly painted blue-green; some elements painted with silver aluminium paint; bright brass and silver metal fittings; hand crank bars painted black. Fitted with 2 pressure gauges: both have silver metal casing, white painted metal face, and clear glass window.

Decoration

N/A