Perkin-Elmer 023 Strip Chart Recorder 1mV-5V 1-30cm/min Lab Benchtop Single Pen

Perkin-Elmer 023 Strip Chart Recorder 1mV-5V 1-30cm/min Lab Benchtop Single Pen

The Perkin-Elmer 023 is a benchtop single-pen strip chart recorder designed to continuously plot analog electrical signals on moving paper chart rolls. It accepts a wide input range of 1 mV to 5 V and offers selectable chart speeds from 1 to 30 cm/min, allowing users to scale the time axis to match the dynamics of the process or instrument being monitored. A classic instrument of the type widely used alongside laboratory analytical equipment, it provides a permanent paper record of signal variation over time.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Perkin-Elmer
• Model: 023
• Type: Single-pen strip chart recorder
• Input range: 1 mV to 5 V
• Chart speed: 1 to 30 cm/min (selectable)
• Number of pens: 1 (pen not included)
• Recording medium: Paper chart roll (roll loaded and visible)
• Input terminals: Red and green binding posts on rear panel
• Local/Remote selector switch on rear panel
• Front panel controls: Range selector knob, chart speed knob, Chart Run button, chart lift control
• Form factor: Benchtop
• Power: Multiple voltage options per rear fuse requirements label (115V/230V variants)
• Includes: Unit with loaded chart paper roll — no pen included

Applications

Strip chart recorders like the Perkin-Elmer 023 are used in laboratory and industrial settings to create a continuous paper record of an analog signal over time — essentially a printed graph of how a voltage or current changes during an experiment, process, or instrument run. In analytical laboratories, they were a standard output device paired with instruments such as spectrophotometers, chromatographs, titrators, pH meters, and electrochemical analyzers, producing the chromatogram or absorbance trace directly on paper. Perkin-Elmer manufactured both the analytical instruments and their companion recorders, so the 023 was commonly deployed alongside Perkin-Elmer UV/Vis spectrophotometers and other PE lab instruments from the same era. These recorders date from the 1970s and 1980s, before digital data acquisition and PC-based software became standard in the lab. Despite their age, they remain useful wherever a simple, self-contained paper trace is preferred — legacy instrument maintenance, vintage lab setups, and educational demonstrations — and they are still sought out by labs running original Perkin-Elmer instrumentation that outputs an analog voltage signal.