TOOTHBRUSHES, Used plating. This equipment for disc records was successor the method
of gold plating cylinder masters that had been successfully developed the
laboratory from 1888-1903.
The plating was done hard rubber baths with anodes inside them. Use EDIS 14330 through
14335.
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LAB TABLE (in place) Figure 29.
Both these methods gave the surface the disc electroconductive surface.
Al Wurth was the electroplating expert the laboratory and would have
supervised this work. The master
was first copper plated, and then nickel plated top this thin layer form a
durable surface.
Acquire. Attach vacuum pump. The result was a
perfect negative impression the recording groove, called matrix.
VACUUM PUMP (on table) Figure 29. The cylinder disc was placed inside vacuum and
small particles gold "spluttered" while the disc cylinder revolved. Use E-159-5. Use EDIS 2077. the
production process thin layer graphite was brushed onto the wax master.
KNIFE, sharp (on table) Used trim "flash," pieces
of material protruding over
the edges the mold.
BRUSHES, (on table) Used clean wax from
copper surface.
EDIS collection reproduce.
208
.
MOLDS, one copper-plated
and one copper-master (next
to wax master)
Complements artifact. Use EDIS 14425 through
14428.
WAX MASTER (in
electroplating device)
Complements artifact. The electroplating equipment shown this
table represents the method Edison devised make numerous duplicates of
master recordings. This was
used the record press make duplicates.
GRAPHITE (in six glass jars) Used plating.Table Electroplating Records. The wax was removed and the surface cleaned. Use EDIS 23181 (copper
plated mold) and EDIS 24845
(copper master mold).
ELECTROPLATING
DEVICE (on table)
Figure 29. Use EDIS 376
