Ericsson chart recorder machine. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

biorapter2321 · 15th Sep 2023, 9:20 pm

Can anyone identify this piece of equipment, its seems to be a kind of chart recorder maybe from a telephone exchange? It's very heavy. Thanks in advance

G6Tanuki · 16th Sep 2023, 9:26 am

Yes it is a chart recorder, not specifically for use in a telephone exchange, it could have found a use in a whole range of industries for recording things like furnace temperature, pressures in various parts of a chemical plant, voltages and currents in a transmitter, water levels in a pumping station or sewage works.... The list is endless.

g8jzyian · 16th Sep 2023, 4:21 pm

Hi
it is a chart recorder but are there 10 electromagnets at fig5?
when they are operated do they make a mark on the paper from the typewriter ribon that I spot on the side view?
If so I have used a similar device to assess traffic in a strowger exchange.( many years ago).
Regards
Ian

Graham G3ZVT · 16th Sep 2023, 4:56 pm

I think the ten actuators move each of the ten pens +&- laterally on the moving paper. Think of the Polygraph in any number of 1950s psycological thrillers.

ScottBouch · 17th Sep 2023, 1:23 pm

I have seen panel mounted chart recorders used in old industrial machinery (gas turbines) to record vibration levels, pressures, temperatures etc... If its industrial, and of the right age, the inputs may be 4 to 20 mA current loop which became an industrial analogue signal standard in the 1950s.

biorapter2321 · 17th Sep 2023, 2:48 pm

thanks for the replies, ill have to make an educated guess about the electromagnets when i see it, it uses a strange kind of plug so i cant really test it

here are some close ups of the chart paper and the plug, also the top clear cover can slide away so the operator can make write notes on the paper

ScottBouch · 21st Sep 2023, 10:56 am

Could your connectors be part of the "Multicon" or 159 series?

https://www.casa.co.nz/connectors/mu..._3p_Secure.pdf

Some dimensions are given in the PDF - may help you to identify them.

Found under the manufacturer names of: Jones, Painton and Plessey.

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Painton

In 1969 Painton was acquired by Plessey Components. Not sure where Jones fits into the picture.

Cheers, Scott

15th Sep 2023, 9:20 pm	#1
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16th Sep 2023, 9:26 am	#2
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,448	Re: ericsson chart recorder machine Yes it is a chart recorder, not specifically for use in a telephone exchange, it could have found a use in a whole range of industries for recording things like furnace temperature, pressures in various parts of a chemical plant, voltages and currents in a transmitter, water levels in a pumping station or sewage works.... The list is endless. __________________ TURN IT UP! [I can't hear the Guitar] - TMBG.

16th Sep 2023, 4:21 pm	#3
g8jzyian Pentode Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, UK. Posts: 149	Re: Ericsson chart recorder machine. Hi it is a chart recorder but are there 10 electromagnets at fig5? when they are operated do they make a mark on the paper from the typewriter ribon that I spot on the side view? If so I have used a similar device to assess traffic in a strowger exchange.( many years ago). Regards Ian

16th Sep 2023, 4:56 pm	#4
Graham G3ZVT Dekatron Join Date: May 2010 Location: Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 18,583	Re: Ericsson chart recorder machine. I think the ten actuators move each of the ten pens +&- laterally on the moving paper. Think of the Polygraph in any number of 1950s psycological thrillers. __________________ -- Graham. G3ZVT

17th Sep 2023, 1:23 pm	#5
ScottBouch Heptode Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Leicestershire, UK. Posts: 869	Re: Ericsson chart recorder machine. I have seen panel mounted chart recorders used in old industrial machinery (gas turbines) to record vibration levels, pressures, temperatures etc... If its industrial, and of the right age, the inputs may be 4 to 20 mA current loop which became an industrial analogue signal standard in the 1950s. __________________ www.scottbouch.com

17th Sep 2023, 2:48 pm	#6
biorapter2321 Diode Join Date: Sep 2023 Location: Brighton, East Sussex, UK. Posts: 2	thanks for the replies, ill have to make an educated guess about the electromagnets when i see it, it uses a strange kind of plug so i cant really test it here are some close ups of the chart paper and the plug, also the top clear cover can slide away so the operator can make write notes on the paper Attached Thumbnails

21st Sep 2023, 10:56 am	#7
ScottBouch Heptode Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Leicestershire, UK. Posts: 869	Re: Ericsson chart recorder machine. Could your connectors be part of the "Multicon" or 159 series? https://www.casa.co.nz/connectors/mu..._3p_Secure.pdf Some dimensions are given in the PDF - may help you to identify them. Found under the manufacturer names of: Jones, Painton and Plessey. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Painton In 1969 Painton was acquired by Plessey Components. Not sure where Jones fits into the picture. Cheers, Scott __________________ www.scottbouch.com