Summary

Photograph of ultrasound tractor axle testing.

Part of a collection of photographs, negatives, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature belonging to the H. V. McKay Sunshine Collection. The McKay collection is regarded as one of the most significant industrial heritage collections in Australia. The collection relates to the agricultural manufacturing firm, the Sunshine Harvester Works. The Australian operations of this company were originally founded by Hugh V. McKay in the 1890s in Ballarat. Between 1906 and 1907, McKay moved production to Sunshine where the firm became one of the largest industrial businesses in Australia. Change in ownership is a recurring theme in the company's history. In 1930, it merged with Massey-Harris to become H.V McKay Massey Harris. In the mid-1950s, the company was absorbed by Canadian agricultural firm Massey-Ferguson. Production in Sunshine ceased in the mid-1980s, following almost 100 years of manufacturing agricultural equipment.

Description of Content

An operator is using an ultra-sonic crack detection device in the Sunshine testing laboratory of Massey Ferguson. A production test technique applied to 100 per cent of certain tractor axle components in the factory. High frequency sound waves are transitted through the component from a special source by a hand-held probe. Any defect shows on the oscilloscope screen as a distortion of the normal electronic trace. Caption in Massey-Ferguson Review August 1969

Physical Description

Black and white photograph

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