General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SEPARATOR IS CAST IRON/ SUPPLY CAN & COVERS ARE STAINLESS STEEL/ WOODEN HANDLE/ RUBBER BOWL RING

Dimensions

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

Length

62.0 cm

Width

59.0 cm

Height

150.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Dairying

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

DeLaval

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Mechanical separation allowed dairy farmers to increase their yield of butterfat-and income. Hand-cranked mechanical separators began appearing on Canadian farms in the 1890s and were commonly used by farm women and children as part of their labour routine. Canadian manufacturers, such as The National Manufacturing Co. and the Renfrew Machinery Co, produced mechanical separators for the domestic market. De Laval was a Swedish company with factories in North America, including Peterborough, Ontario.

Function

TO SEPARATE CREAM FROM MILK BY APPLICATION OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

Technical

In 1878, Swedish firm De Laval developed a continuous flow cream seperator with an airtight bowl that contained the milk and rotated at highspeed. Centrifugal force moved the lighter cream to the centre of the container and the skm milk to the outside for removal while the machine was in operation. Earlier centrifugal separators had to be stopped to remove the separated cream and milk. This innovation transformed the dairy farm. In the 1890s, De Laval introdcced a lasting refinement by using conicalmetal disks that increased the separator's efficiency. Continuous flow cream separators were often manually operated, and later, power driven. Rural electrification meant that separators, such as this one, could be outfitted with an electric motor. De Laval also made all-electrically operated separators.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S STAMP ON SUPPLY CAN, MFR'S LOGO IN CENTER OF CIRCLE WITH RED BACKGROUND: 'DLE'/ AROUND LOGO IN EMBOSSED LETTERS IS: 'NEW WORLD'S STANDARD SERIES.'/ ON FRONT OF SEPARATOR IS MFR'S PLATE WITH MFR'S LOGO IN CENTER: 'DLE'/ EMBOSSED AROUND LOGO IS: 'THE DE LAVAL CO. LTD. CANADA'/ MODEL PLATE IS UNDER MFR'S PLATE & READS: '518'/ ENGRAVE ON BOTTOM OF BOWL IS: 'B/ 4132759'/ ONBOWL NUT IS: 'TRADE [ILLEGIABLE LOGO] MARK/ 27170/ CIRCLE'/ ENGRAVED PART NUMBER ON FLOAT IS '21861'/ EMBOSSED ON BELL IS PART NUMBER '48'

Missing

PAIL SHELF, BOWL WRENCH, BELT GUARD, MOTOR, DISC WASHER HOLDER, CREAM SCREW, BELT From CA of 07/02/1997 by Pat Montero: No - Complete

Finish

PLAIN METAL FINISH ON STAINLESS STEEL/ SEPARATOR HAS BLACK PAINT FINISH

Decoration

MFR'S STAMP ON SUPPLY CAN