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Post  Ev Thu 20 Jan - 10:44

Info courtesy of hon-john who kindly sent me this element.
These were made by Crown Lynn Technical Ceramics Ltd during the 1950's for Thorne Electrical who had a factory just down the road from Crown Lynn. They used the dry press method to make them out of porcelain. A wire was wound round them and there is a hole at each end for the wire to go through. Hemara told John that the wire was very brittle and a lot broke and as there were a lot of pigeons in the rafters the staff would throw the broken bits at them to try to chase them out. Tom Clark was not amused .....

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Post  Ev Fri 21 Jan - 7:54

After reading Timespanner's blog, I think these may have been called radiator bars Wink
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Post  TonyK Fri 28 Jan - 2:15

Technical Ceramics made an extensive range of products. This photo from a 1959 manufacturers guide shows some of them:
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Crown Lynn Technical Ceramics Ltd was incorporated on 14.12.1973 wth its registered office at Ceramic House, 1-3 Totara Avenue, New Lynn. Its name was changed to Morlynn Industries Ltd on 3.9.81.


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Post  Ev Fri 28 Jan - 8:30

Were they commonly called the Technical Department Tony?
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