Butter Worker Machine

c. 1940
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Overview

The Butter Worker is a powered machine that was fed the semi solid churned butter from the Butter Barrow and compressed it into 56 pound cube blocks which were then extruded from the machine via a conveyor belt which would move the blocks along to the Butter Packer machine.

Historical information

It is unknown whether this Butter Worker was actually used in this Butter Factory but we do know it was used in a Butter Factory here in the south west

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2021.178
Item type
Material
Contextual Information

By the time the butter reached the Butter Worker machine it was a very large semi solid mass and too large be manually handled. The Butter Worker took this amorphous mass and turned it into 56 Pound (25.4 Kg) blocks ready to for the next stage of the process.

Year
c. 1940
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
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Butter Worker side view
Butter Worker side view
Butter Worker view of internal workings from above
Butter Worker view of internal workings from above

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