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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0335.002

MANUFACTURER: Zellweger Ltd.
MODEL: ITG-03
LOCATION: Uster, Zurich, Switzerland

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 20
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CASING & COVER, METAL FRONT PANEL & PARTS, SYNTHETIC KNOBS, LIGHTS, PARTS/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

Length: 28.5 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Height: 26.5 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: Zellweger
Country: Switzerland
State/Province: Zurich
City: Uster

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Used to test yarn for evenness - determines the irregularity of the weight per unit length in slivers, rovings, yarns and threads.
Technical: Measuring device is a high frequency measuring condenser, which records changes in capacitance caused by the insertion of textile material between the condenser's electrodes; changes in capacitance is proportional to the mass of the textile fibre.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SILVER LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'Zellweger/ USTER', `Type ITG-03 No. 75665 MADE IN SWITZERLAND', & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ PLATE READING 'Patents Pending'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CASING & COVER PAINTED FLAT GREY, BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED FRONT PANEL, BLACK SYNTHETIC KNOBS & METER CASING WITH CLEAR WINDOW, PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK FEET, RED & BROWN SYNTHETIC PARTS, BLACK PAINTED HANDLE
Decoration: N/A

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Zellweger Ltd., Integrator, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1986.0335, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1986.0335.002/

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