Martin (Dtsch), pages 317 - 318 & 412 - 414
"A pinwheel machine of the Aktiebolaget Facit in Atvidaberg, Sweden. "
James Redin provides a list of Facit models together with their corresponding serial numbers, while Christofer Nöring's describes the "History of FACIT Calculators" l and draws a family tree of them.
Details about the distribution and manufacturing of Facit machines in Germany are given by Martin Reese in his book "Neue Blicke auf alte Maschinen" (page 92 ff.)
see also Harald Schmid's web page about the Facit machines
Harald Schmid: "Die 10-Tasten-Universalrechenmaschinen von Facit" in: 12.Internationales Treffen der Rechenschiebersammler und 3. Symposium zur Entwicklung der Rechentechnik, Greifswald 2006, Herausgeber: W.H.Schmidt und W.Girbardt
Odhner-type
from Chr.Nöring page: The first calculator bearing the Facit name was an Odhner-type pinwheel machine made in 1918 by the firm of Axel Wibel in Stockholm. Axel Wibel also had the sales agencies for the Bar-Lock typewriter as well as for the Burroughs and Brunsviga calculators.
| principle | pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w/o cr) x 10 (w/o tc) x 15 |
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| input | cursors, rotating | ||
| prod. years | 1918 - 1924 | ||
| mach. built | ca. 1900 | ||
| features | fixed quotient register without tens transmission, movable accumulator | ||
| dimensions | 32 x 17 x 12 cm | ||
| weight | 7 kg | ||
| known s/n | 1 - 1.911 | ||
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source: J.Goldman
from Chr.Nöring page: In 1924, Wibel's company was taken over by the Åtvidaberg Industries, which also adopted the Facit name. Illustrated below is the "Standard" model with fast clearing and tabulator. Later Standards even had tens transmission in the quotient register, making it possible to perform shortcut operations.
The Facit Standard and 10 have a tabulator for a fast movement of the carriage. The way it works, one pushes down one of the vertical levers on the bottom front and turns the wheel (left side) until it stops.
| principle | pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w/o cr) x 10 (w/o tc) x 15 |
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| input | cursors, rotating | ||
| prod. years | 1924 - 1931 | ||
| mach. built | ca. 5000 | ||
| features | Fixed quotient register without tens carry, movable accumulator and tabulator | ||
| dimensions | 31 x 17 x 17 cm | ||
| weight | 7 kg | ||
| known s/n | 1,912 - 12,910 | ||
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source: J.Goldman
| principle | pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w/o cr) x 10 (w tc) x 15 |
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| input | cursors, rotating | ||
| prod. years | 1928 - 1931 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | as standard model but with tens carry | ||
| dimensions | |||
| weight | |||
| known s/n | |||
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source: W.Szrek
this Facit 10 has a manual button to change the direction of the counter register (in addition to the automatic change). there are only a few machines known with this feature, i.e. a prototype or a very small series. according to the literature, this functionality was planned for the model T, but only realized in later models with the "NEG" button.
| principle | pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w/o cr) x 10 (w tc) x 15 |
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| input | cursors, rotating | ||
| prod. years | 1928 - 1931 | ||
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| features | |||
| dimensions | |||
| weight | |||
| known s/n | 10 - 9,925, 10 - 10,151 | ||
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source: H.Müller
this model was sold as Odhner Mod.6 from 1925 - 1935, then as Facit S
| principle | pinwheel |
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| capacity | 10 (w/o cr) x 8 (w/o tc) x 13 |
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| input | cursors, rotating | ||
| prod. years | 1935 - 1954 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | |||
| dimensions | 30 x 15 x 12 cm | ||
| weight | 5.5 kg | ||
| known s/n | 200.001 - 628.000 | ||
| for bigger and more pictures, click on the picture |
source: F.Haeghens
Keyboard-type
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1932 - 1939 | ||
| mach. built | ca. 10.300 | ||
| features | |||
| dimensions | 30 x 19 x 15 cm | ||
| weight | 6 kg | ||
| known s/n | 15.001 - 25.684 | ||
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source: W.Szrek
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1936 - 1954 | ||
| mach. built | ca. 132.000 | ||
| features | like model T but with automatic zero padding for division | ||
| dimensions | 30 x 19 x 15 cm | ||
| weight | 6 kg | ||
| known s/n | 50.003 - 249.231 | ||
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source: F.Haeghens
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1954 - 1957 | ||
| mach. built | ca. 40.000 | ||
| features | successor of Facit TK with new case | ||
| dimensions | 30 x 15 x 20 cm | ||
| weight | 6 kg | ||
| known s/n | 450.001 - 500.000, 505.001 - 506.592 | ||
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source: F.Haeghens
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1957 - ca. 1969 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | like model NTK with housing design by Bernadotte | ||
| dimensions | 31 x 22 x 16 cm | ||
| weight | 6 kg | ||
| known s/n | 550.001 - 2.365.027 *) | ||
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source: H.Schneemann
*) production in Germany had different serial numbers (example: A 296.111)
also machines assembled in Turkey with diff. serial numbers
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1967 - 1982 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | like C1-13, but slightly modified casing | ||
| dimensions | |||
| weight | |||
| known s/n | |||
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| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 11 (w cr) x 9 (w tc) x 16 |
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| input | 10 keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1959 - 1967 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | new construction, back transfer | ||
| dimensions | 34 x 28 x 16 cm | ||
| weight | 8 kg | ||
| known s/n | 1.000.001 - 1.430.800 *) | ||
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source: H.Schneemann
*) production in Germany had different serial numbers (example: A 1.460.572)
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 11 (w cr) x 9 (w tc) x 16 |
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| input | 10 keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1964 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | cheaper version of the CM2-16, no back transfer | ||
| dimensions | 33 x 28 x 16 cm | ||
| weight | 7.5 kg | ||
| known s/n | 1,099,017 | ||
| for bigger and more pictures, click on the picture |
source: J.Wolff
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 10 keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1964 - 1965 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | cheaper version of the CM2-13, no back transfer | ||
| dimensions | 33 x 28 x 16 cm | ||
| weight | 7.5 kg | ||
| known s/n | 1,099,580 | ||
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source: J.Wolff
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 11 (w cr) x 9 (w tc) x 16 |
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| input | 10 keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1967 - 1972 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | like CM2-16, diff. casing, back transfer | ||
| dimensions | 35 x 29 x 16 cm | ||
| weight | 7.2 kg | ||
| known s/n | 1.871.599 - 2.507.098 | ||
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source: B.Franke
big model for scientific and insurance calculations
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 10 (w cr) x 10 (w tc) x 19 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1938 - 1954 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | based on Facit TK, but with add. carriage on top and bigger capacity | ||
| dimensions | 42 x 21 x 16 cm | ||
| weight | 7.7 kg | ||
| known s/n | 100.000 - 111.472 | ||
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source: F.Haeghens
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 10 (w cr) x 10 (w tc) x 19 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1954 - 1956 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | new version of the model LX | ||
| dimensions | 41 x 21 x 16 cm | ||
| weight | 8 kg | ||
| known s/n | 500,108 | ||
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source: J.Wolff
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 10 (w cr) x 10 (w tc) x 19 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1956 - 1960 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | Facit LX in Bernadotte casing | ||
| dimensions | |||
| weight | |||
| known s/n | 520.001 - 526.394 | ||
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source: A.Devaux
electric machines
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1934 - 1939 | ||
| mach. built | 3.477 | ||
| features | same as model T, electric,
stop division |
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| dimensions | |||
| weight | |||
| known s/n | 30.000 - 33.476 | ||
| for bigger and more pictures, click on the picture |
source: A.Jeanroy
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1936 - 1943 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | same as model E, but with automatic zero padding for division | ||
| dimensions | |||
| weight | |||
| known s/n | 40.000 - 111.341 | ||
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| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1943 - 1948 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | like model EK, but with improved drive unit | ||
| dimensions | |||
| weight | |||
| known s/n | 120.000 - 129.192 | ||
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source: A.Jeanroy
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1953 - 1956 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | like model NEK, but produced exclusively for export | ||
| dimensions | |||
| weight | 11 kg | ||
| known s/n | 425.001 - 431.908 | ||
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source: A.Devaux
| principle | divided pinwheel |
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| capacity | 9 (w cr) x 8 (w tc) x 13 8 (w cr) x 13 (w tc) x 13 |
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| input | 2 row keyboard | ||
| prod. years | 1956 - 1960 | ||
| mach. built | |||
| features | like model NE, but with Bernadotte casing, manual clearing | ||
| dimensions | 31 x 28 x 20 | ||
| weight | 12 kg | ||
| known s/n | 700.001 - 704.515 | ||
