tachoprobe

Production date
Circa 1982
 Description
A compact Tachoprobe in a black plastic case with red velvet lining, along with a battery. This would be used along with the CML vibration analyser, model 2105. An early form of portable electronic recorder attached to a detector head used to monitor vibrations in any rotating machine, such as an electric motor, and to analyse the results.
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Object
Production date
Circa 1982
Signature & date
writing:box:"TACHO. INPUT TO/CML2105 VIBRATION/ANALYSER"
printing:sticker:box:"COMPACT/Tachoprobe/001145"
printing:tachoprobe:"Tachoprobe .... (instructions)"
printing:battery:"SAFT/MAZDA/ALCALINE"
Associated date
1970-1990
Associated person
Associated place
BP (Chemicals) Ltd/Bo'ness Rd/Grangemouth Refinery/Grangemouth area
Associated notes
Used to record and analyse vibrations from any machine with rotating parts so that problems may be identified at an early date. This device had to be used on site as it did not have a large memory.
Measurement type, part and reading
Dimensions:box:L 24.5cm (L 9 5/8")
Dimensions:box:W 8.8cm (W 3 7/16")
Dimensions:box:D 4.8cm (D 1 7/8")
Accession number
1997-007-003/002

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