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Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:35 am
by remesquaddie
I have a lamp for your 991 [ says it's new on the box ] if you want it, just pay for the shipping.
And, we still sell and install plenty of the 717Plus autosamplers , they work well as a rule.
GC- HP 5890 Series II - still in full operational order
LC - waters 717 autosamplers, 510 pumps and a 991 detector (runs on a windows 3.1 PC !!)
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:46 pm
by Hornet
We have a Carlo Erba HRGC 5300 series fid+ecd....it's the first instrument my boss bought for the laboratory (like 30 years ago) and i still use it sometimes for halogenated screening. It just can't run any quantitative analysis though.
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:07 am
by Consumer Products Guy
We had an old Ivan Sorvall centrifuge that was so old (from the 1950s, I believe), even the Sorvall Company had never heard of that model !!!
Does this count, from the 1970s: my calculator, I use this every day.
The on-off switch broke about 2 years ago, and I had this toggle switch lying around, and a file folder plastic tab had a nice tint....
Not in the picture above, but last week the "+" button broke off and got lost. So I broke off the "%" button that I've never used, and silicone-glued it into the "+" place to restore operation.
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:21 am
by Consumer Products Guy
Does this count, from the 1970s: my calculator, I use this every day.
The on-off switch broke about 2 years ago, and I had this toggle switch lying around, and a file folder plastic tab had a nice tint.....
I'm still mad because someone stole my idea for the camera phone:
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:36 pm
by cody84
OMG! I just found that Perkin Elmer under some safety shoes on a shelf the other day!
We also have a centrifuge that I noticed on Fringe in Walter's lab and which also I surprisingly seen on Dexter the other night! Even Dexter is old school.
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:45 pm
by DJ
Can anyone beat... The Strip Chart Recorder?
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:57 pm
by Karen01
Can anyone beat... The Strip Chart Recorder?
Not for a long time... but it looks like a lot new model than some i used way back when!
- karen
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:17 pm
by g-star
How about an analog Waters 501 pump, compressed air-driven 712 WISP autosampler, and 745 integrator?
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:28 pm
by qfiviera
In our lab we have two UV 160A from Shimadzu working pretty well, and of course, a microscope from around the 60s. And I`m 29 years old..... still lots of things to discover....
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:20 pm
by krickos
UV 160A from Shimadzu ..
Those things seems to run forever, not too long ago we tossed out our last one used by operators to check cleaning fluids samples (typically solvents), not because the instrument did not work but due to general upgrade.
Indeed you still have lots of things to discover
which is nice.
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:05 pm
by aburton
The oldest thing in our laboratory is me, circa 1954.
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:55 am
by leadazide
The oldest thing in our laboratory is me, circa 1954.
This just made my day! Thanks!
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:33 pm
by JonKlar
Tracor 540 GC still in service. What a trooper.
Jon
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:20 pm
by Biginelli
Carlo Erba Fractovap 2450, FID unit and oven operational (made in 1979).
A few years ago we tried to revitalize two UR-10 spectrometers, one made in 1954. To no avail...
Re: Oldest Instrument
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:57 pm
by Scifi