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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1979.0394.003

MANUFACTURER: SWEDISH SEPARATOR CO. LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

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Group: Agriculture
Category: Dairying
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Manufacturer

AKA: SWEDISH
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1930
Canada: Hand-operated cream separators began appearing on Canadian dairy farms in the 1890s and their opeartion becamse part of the daily routine of farm women for many decards. Farm separation ensured that farmers got full value for their butterfat production of their dairy herds, while the seperator's higher butterfat yields stimulated the grown of cream gathering creameries.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Applying centrifugal force to whole milk forces heavier cream from the fluid milk. Cream and skim milk are the resulting products. This separator features conical metal disks that increase the effiency of cream seperation so that only 0.05% of fat remained in the skim milk. This technological innovation was introduced in the 1890s by De Laval and was incorporation by a number of manufactuers.
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SWEDISH SEPARATOR CO. LTD., Can, supply, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1979.0394, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0394.003/

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