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- 1956-1988 (Creation)
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0.28 m of textual records
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Professor Biringer's expertise was much sought after in industry and he had long term relationships with a number of companies in Canada, the United States, Germany, and Sweden, several of which are represented in this series. He was involved in the design of electrical systems for steel mills and smelters for Hatch Associates of Toronto. Ajax Magnethermic Corporation of Ajax, Ontario and elsewhere and General Engineering Company of Toronto sought his expertise in the development of induction heating equipment and supplies. Other areas in which he provided expertise included power supply design, the design of frequency changers, speed control systems, transformer design, and airport lighting systems.
This series consists of correspondence, research notes, experimental data, reports, and articles. The arrangement is by the name of the companies with which he had contracts.
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1956-1988: B1994-0018/008(01) - (16)
1958-1964: B1994-0018/007(01) - (11)
1959-1984: B1994-0018/009(01) - (03)
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