Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Metropolitan-Vickers: Industrial Equipment

From Graces Guide
1923. Electric winding plant at Hilton Collieries.
1929. Vertical Pump Motor.
1929. Two Stage Air Ejector.
1929. Centrifugal Extraction Pump.
1933. The Grimsby Ice Factory.
1935. Synchronous Motor Generator Set for Rolling Mill Drive.
February 1936. High-Tension Cubicle Type Switchboard.
July 1938.
1939.
May 1939.
1942. Winding engine.
1942.
1945. Electric Converter Equipment for Collieries.
June 1944.
1946.
November 1947.
1951.
1952. Infra-red Oven for Cellulose Spot Drying.


Note: This is a sub-section of Metropolitan-Vickers

1920s The cooker and heater department continued to make equipment with the exposed wire resistance elements.

c.1928 Development work started at Brimsdown on tubular-sheathed elements. The investigations were transferred to the research department which, early in 1929, produced a suitable manufacturing process.


1960 AEI established the Heavy Electrical Plant Division

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