Box, casting
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 6 COLUMN/ELECTRIC POT
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0022.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HAMMOND MACHINERY BUILDERS INC.
- MODEL
- EASY KASTER-EK6
- LOCATION
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- M696
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 127.0 cm
- Width
- 65.5 cm
- Height
- 142.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Platemaking
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HAMMOND
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Kalamazoo
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED TO 1977 (AND PROBABLY LATER)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To produce stereotypes by feeding molten metal into the casting box. - Technical
-
REPRESENTS A DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANDARD CASTING BOX BY THE ADDITION OF AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED MELTING POT THEREBY DISPENSING WITH THE NEED FOR AN EXTERNAL HEAT SOURCE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- POT ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED
- Finish
- PAINTED LIGHT GREEN
- Decoration
- N/A
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HAMMOND MACHINERY BUILDERS INC., Box, casting, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1981.0022, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0022.001/
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