Rack, interface

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OBJECT TYPE
N/A
DATE
1978–1980
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2005.0140.004
MANUFACTURER
Semco Instruments Co. Ltd.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
111036
Part Number
4
Total Parts
9
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Grey-green metal rack casing; individual metal interface elements have grey fronts; synthetic knobs, switches, etc.

Dimensions

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

Length
38.5 cm
Width
30.2 cm
Height
23.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Chemistry
Category
Laboratory equipment
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Semco
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Ottawa

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
Possibly used c. 1978-80 until 1989.
Canada
Component of scanning electron microscope designed at Communication Research Centre in Ottawa and built by SEMCO at NRC's Montreal Rd. campus under an industry/ government partnership- one of the first such partnerships. The company lasted approx. 4-5 years, but collapsed due to poor management. It was taken over successively by other companies. [Ref. 1]
Function
Houses interface elements of electron microscope system.
Technical
Unknown
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
All controls, etc. labelled. Decal applied inside rack housing reads "PART NO. 348160-9034/ MODEL [blank] SERIAL NO. 111036/ Accessory Rack Slave/ SEMCO INSTRUMENTS CO. LTD./ OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA". Each of 3 elements marked "SEMCO" and "nanolab". Front panel of each marked (l to r] "SCAN/ ROTATE/ UNIT", "VIDEO INTERFACE", and "DIGITAL SCAN GENERATOR", respectively.
Missing
Unknown: rack does not appear full.
Finish
Grey-green metal rack casing; individual metal interface elements have grey fronts; synthetic knobs, switches, etc.
Decoration
N/A

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