Berkhamsted Factory Photograph Album

Album containing black & white photographs as follows:

Subtitled 'Pressure Packing Plant No. 1':

'Feeding cans on to coding machine'

'Filling machine and sealing machine'

'Electronic control equipment for filling machine'

'Valves being placed on cans before automatic sealing'

'Filled aerosols being tested in hot water bath for leakage'

'Filled aerosols being tested for performance'

'Fitting protective caps'

'Packing of finished product'

'General view of plant with hot water testing bath in centre of photo'

'General view of plant with feed magazine and coding machine in foreground'

'General view of plant showing final testing and packing'

Subtitled 'Pressure Packing Plant No. 3':

'Hand controlled filling machine'

'Aerosol containers being sealed by pneumatic crimping machine'

'Injection of propellant into aerosol containers'

'Filled aerosols being tested in hot water bath'

'Tested aerosols being fed into drying tunnel'

'Check weighing of finished product'

'General view of plant'

Subtitled 'Pressure Packing Plant Nos. 5 & 6':

'Coding, and Inspection of containers for appearance'

'Containers being checked for correct weight'

'Filled aerosols being tested for leakage'

'Filled aerosols being tested for performance'

'Carton sealing machine with automatic printing device'

'Packing of finished product'

'Solution mixing equipment with 5 ton weighing machines in foreground'

Subtitled 'Inspection and Quality Control':

'Precision weighing and inspection of containers and components'

'Containers being pressure tested for seam leakage'

'Special purpose magnifying equipment for inspecting containers and components'

Subtitled 'Materials, Storage and Warehousing':

'Storage of containers and components prior to use on filling lines'

'Warehouse for finished products awaiting dispatch'

Subtitled 'Solution Mixing Room':

'General view of plant'

'Weighing and mixing equipment'

'Filtration equipment for solutions'

'Filling and weighing equipment for 1 gallon and 5 gallon cans'

'Close up of automatic filling machine for 1 gallon cans'

Subtitled 'Piperonyl Butoxide Plant':

'General view of plant with control panel for final distillation equipment on right of photo'

Subtitled 'Purified Pybuthrin Plant':

'General view of plant with vacuum pump equipment on left of photo'

'General view of plant with degassing column on right of photo'

'Checking final product rate of flow'

Subtitled 'Engineering Maintenance Dept':

'General view of engineers department'

'General view of engineers shop showing special purpose filling machine under construction on right of photo'

'Blacksmiths shop and forge'

The last seven leaves are unused.

Dec 1958

1 item

Please see main WF collection description (ref. 'WF').