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COMPRESSOR MANUFACTURER-COLDSTREAM

REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURING BUSINESS--SAMPLES OF THE MANY ITEMS MADE IN ADELAIDE PRIOR TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECISION TO WIPE OUT TARIFFS AND  FLOOD THE MARKET WITH IMPORTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD--ITEMS MADE IN ADELAIDE THAT WERE WORLD LEADERS WITH UNIQUE DESIGNS AND WORLD BEATING FEATURES BUT UNABLE TO COMPETE WITH VOLUME PRODUCERS FROM OVERSEAS.

COLDSTREAM MADE FROM PIG IRON OVER 350,000 REFRIGERATION COMPRESSORS AND  250,000 SIMPSON WASHING MACHINE GEARBOXES . MANUFACTURED OVER THREE QUARTERS OF THE REFRIGERATION FOR THE ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR 2. AFTER THE WAR MADE MORE DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS THAN THE NEXT TWO LARGEST  MANUFACTURERS COMBINED IN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN 1945 AND 1947. WHILE THEN LIMITING PRODUCTION,  MOVED TO OTHER PRODUCTS.

BELT DRIVEN RANGE INCLUDED CH--KB--M--MB--P--PM--T--TM--TB--J--JB--R--RM--RY--O--OM--OA--OB--OC--XA.--THE XA WAS A FOUR CYLINDER COMPRESSOR SUPERSEDED BY HIGHER SPEED OC.          THE CH AND KB MODELS BELT DRIVES WERE ORIGINALLY USED ON DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOTORS AND THEN CHANGED TO CY AND KY ROTOSEALED COMPRESSORS.

JT1 BELT DRIVEN REFRIGERATION COMPRESSORS  MADE IN ADELAIDE

JT2 BELT DRIVEN  REFRIGERATION COMPRESSORS MADE IN ADELAIDE

JT3 BELT DRIVEN  REFRIGERATION COMPRESSORS MADE IN ADELAIDE

JT4 BELT DRIVEN REFRIGERATION  COMPRESSORS MADE IN ADELAIDE

JT5 BELT DRIVEN REFRIGERATION  COMPRESSORS MADE IN ADELAIDE

ROTOSEALED SINGLE CYLINDER COMPRESSOR  [ TWIN CYLINDER 3 AND 4 HP ALSO MADE.]

FULLY ACCESSIBLE SEALED--ROTOSEALED COMPRESSORS MADE IN ADELAIDE AT UNLEY

RANGE INCLUDED ONE CYLINDER 1/3HP -CD. =1/2HP-HD.= 3/4 HP-LX.= 1HP-AX= 11/4 HP FX= 11/2 HP- AZ.= 2HP-NZ= AND TWO CYLINDER 2.5 HP-BU= 3HP-NU= 4HP-.NE=  THE FX WAS A COMBINATION ROTOSEALED / BELT DRIVEN COMBINATION ELECTRIC MOTOR/ ENGINE DRIVE COMPRESSOR FOR TRANSPORT VEHICLES.

EARLIER MODELS INCLUDED ONE CYLINDER CY-KY-BY-NY-FY-BX -NX-AND TWO CYLINDER- NL.

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