The console incorporates Honeywell and Beckman instruments, including an infrared analyzer, automatic stream selector, and gas chromatograph. It may have been fabricated for Advanced Technology Operations contracts with NASA or the U.S. Navy.

Beckman Instruments entered the gas chromatograph business in 1956 with the acquisition of the successful Watts Manufacturing Company. Later that year, Beckman Instruments produced its first gas chromatograph, the GC-1, which was intended for laboratory use. Shortly after, Beckman Instruments produced a line of gas chromatographs for industrial use, which offered both automation and customization. These instruments were used by the petroleum industry and in the fight against air pollution.