[Milsurplus] RFL

[howard holden]

RFL is now known as RFL Electronics, on Powerville Rd, Boonton. The no longer make the magnetic processing stuff. They are into more "modern" electronics. When I lived back east the company I worked for had some older large RFL magnet chargers and treaters, and we hadn't been able to get replacement parts from them for about 15 years. I knew a couple of people who worked there more recently, and they both had no idea of their RFL's ealier ventures.

I had applied for a job at ARC many years ago, say, 1973 or so, didn't get the job. At that time they had what could only be called a quaint campus. It looked like a large complex of camp buildings or bungalows tucked away in the woods of Boonton. Never knew what happened to them other than that they were no longer there as ARC.

Howie WB2AWQ
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ralph Cameron<mailto:ramcam at magma.ca> 
  To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net<mailto:milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> 
  Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 5:38 PM
  Subject: [Milsurplus] RFL


  RFL Industries was still operating in 1969 out of Boonton N.J. and 
  sprung from Radio Frequency Laboratories which was formed in 1922. I 
  don't know what time period elapsed before RFL Industries was formed. At 
  that time ( in 1969) RFL Inds. occupied 55,000 sq.ft. in Boonton and a 
  smaller components division in Vermont.

  The instrumentation and thermocouple division marketed an equipment 
  family in continuous evolution and refinement for over 20 years. what 
  did they make?

  Magnet chargers and Treaters
  Automagnetic test & measurement systems
  Gaussmeters
  portable magnetometers
  meter calibrators
  Proportional controllers
  Temperature meters
  Precision potentiometers

  Their literature says, "since 1922: so when did they fold?

  I sold many of their meter calibrators to the Can. military and Outboard 
  Marine used their magnet chargers to magnetize the magneto for outboard 
  motors.  Most chargers required sophisticated jigs .

  Ralph
  VE3BBM

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