The Iron Age 1913-02-06: Vol 91 Iss 6

HE IRON AGE stablished 1855 New York, February 6, 1913 Vol. 91: No. 6 Cutting Factory Costs with Conveyor System 7 Gravity and Power Equipment Installed by the National-Acme Mfg. Company for Carry- ing and Washing Screw Machine Products anufacturers generally are on the lookout for tacles of uni a ents which will increase their output or lower In additior shi : f production, or both. One of the most m employed by the compa mot s of obtaining one or both of these results 1s products in larg tantit to! e the amount of hand labor by the installation of screw machines until they ar labor ving machinery Following its policy of adding shipment and it ding ca | ae to the efficiency of its plant wherever possible and effecting _ interest As the milled parts are ; greater shop-economy the National-Acme Mfg. Company, the bar on tl atomat Cleveland. Ohio, maker of the Acme automatic multiple- the bas f machines le screw machine and its products, has recently in- oil. Before t un be stalled in its product department an equipment that is of to ren e. hips and t interest because of the work it accomplishes and the time mixture f parts, metal turning and labor it saves. This is a combined yravity and power vanized iron pails about 10 in. in diameter an conveyor 225 ft. long, designed for carrying, cleaning, each pail holding approximat { Phe washing, drying and rust-proofing steel, iron and brass ing the parts hips and l ar 1 on tr ! screws. nuts, bolts and various special products made by wheeled to the separating department. | yv’s w , the company in machines of its own manufacture, of course. the National-Acme plant, amounting to upward of 10.00% By the use of the a Gills conveyor the screw machine products are : ; not only carried a dis- lepartment the tar f over 200 ft. ; ; from one department hich of the plant to the the oil the sorting room in an- und ' wal other part of the gal f Severa plant n the same thes , ” . fl vel, where they how! | Tl are le ready for entri ut hi nt, but during ré th travel they are lrums, cl | and oiled which are ster mechanically The machine, which has recent been placed allowing pening in ration, was down tight - I 1 iccording to basin. wil ntains plat rked out by i f ne ; f the tional - Acme t Lor ! with the aid ive \lvey-Fergu- R00 Sot mpany, Cin t ! Ohio. The thr the latt mpany built talled the As the 11 ‘ nt The in- basin it t | st n of conveyor the t e nt along sim- flows t is possible, side of and t be a source thr t my in many pail et il ‘ f plar vhere large container q' es of small larger. T1 ntait par re to be con- is connected by pe m one part system to the et- lant to an- tlers and rer iting where the apparatus in the base : its them to Fig. 1—Showing Centrifugal Separators, also Containers Througl W a - ; mn + : : ; . fene . andi i in recep- “lows on Its Way to the Oil Settlers in the Basement t ‘ irat ' ' IRON AGE Februar he oil settlers is much the process is aided by ; which lowers the specific ovided with Steel > IRON AGE [Two Tanks Before Being Inclosed, Showing How the Power Sect he S Dipr Back of the Return Line Is the Exhaust Fig. 6—S« 1 Operator Placing Empty ‘ ‘ Power Eleva f ker 3 Ta ind Al Go Unde Oil Bath. and at the Ext: Empty Box Under ; metal cut, this weight being checked wit! ne gq ntit u 3 stock delivered to the screw machines scrap are then put into screened shakers or power riddles and are rapidly vibrated. The fine chips fall through the i mesh into a scrap box below, and the large shavings aré combed out, leaving the good parts in the screen. Fig. 2 ul shows one of the shakers in operation, the end of the Phi nveyor appearing in the background S 7 Under the old washing process the parts wert taket 2 from the shakers, put into wooden mill boxes, then loaded on trucks and hauled about 150 ft. to the washing tanks ‘ There they were emptied into wire baskets I h we | dipped into a hot solution of soda water his took a 4 large percentage of the fine chips 1 grit from then \fter being taken out and drained, tl usket whicl I tained the Ss was dipped in second s n of soda W te rl nad e cleaning more th especiall nm compl 1 After the cleaning and draining w ere 1 lete I steel irts wert lipped int tan! of warn t¢ which w | ligl 1m oO \s e wart ( t t oil coate he er i e against s | during shipment and st Che parts were tl lum into b S 1 | trucks and ha to t ) sorting t G \ luced by this method Or ut if is an the e men wh we rec red ts ope nterfered with one anot The new « ( r svstem incl ¢ g n power sections par eing elevated s] conveyors and 1 dow I llers long ty sections The parts ( eve ted s mill boxes. After being cleaned an sh the trip to the sorting r d Kes he met boxes are 17 x 1014 in. and 5 in. de ry ‘ yOxes | are 21 x 12% in. in siz d 5 in. de ch type is th designed irry 1 t 4 I S The parts t n leaving the shakers, are placed in the perforated steel boxes and are set on the rst operator. as sl veyor by the fi at point the rollers of the carrier are about 3 ft. from the si floor. The upper section of the carrier, as illustrated in w *Z . 5 : 5 this photograph, is the return crate line w the steel a ' trays waiting to be filled. The scale shown in the back- lution consists of sae fenm % ¢ min \bout hel fF +} } 7 j f re O give it iown In y 4 \t thic ctaT Leaving Placing the Box of Parts Chird Operator vs the the travel by gravity 1 ft. al the section, weighing mixture of parts about floor, where they art and raised he first washing tank, as shown in boiling hot deep and 15 ft ash and 5 xes for 65 ft ove Fig. 3, al soda long dissolved en through a solution of s tank is 2 ft. wide, 2 ft F of soda and is kept hot by a pair of 5-ft 150 lb each side, which exhaust live steam ugh holes 4 in. apart through first tank th [his one from the part i require a the drained pass the and and fi end most of the oil ne chips pieces would not the thorough through a ips the simpler { ensure cleaning of identic: views of the tanks are sl through the second found thoroughly cl go through both tank full length of the ma thes sent ‘ second tank Other passing ate parts are box t v0 the 2000 of the s of parts are washed by machine ever cleaned and are found metal dirt, about eing 1 in the first tank the parts leave the second tank they pass n les from loom oil. The the oil read for and ind which flows e boiling water, tak« ed, and they are ready sorting ess the second operator takes the t1 t through a chute int ed ere by a third steel tray 1 a wooden mill box, w The second opet on the top power line from the floor. This power s igs. 5 and 6, elevates the tray about incline enough to carry it back t where it is refilled. While the empty being started back the third operator starts the box, now full of parts, forward, and puts another bel the chute. Fig. 6 shows the s helow starting the empty box back and also the ar operate ir tanks about < ft point ; af : AAG slits ut eng 354 Goebel System of Rolling land H Beams Shapes with Parallel Flanges 27 1-2 In. in Width and 39 1-2 In. Hight of Web An interestit system of rolling mill machinery for he bloot r other rectangular shape of steel and it in four ferent sets of rolls to a shape witl nges is H and I girders, beams and col THE IRON Febru AGE ng shapes with the parallel flanges as wid and with the web as high as 39% in. It that Albrecht Brandt, 233 Green street, Will taking care of the interests in this country he patent One of the illustrations shows the rolls mill, where the rectangular section of the m ut into the bent up form indicated by the s the rolls, of which there are four, all in the Third and Fourth Mills of the Vassen Patent: At Left the Rolls for the Edges of the Flanges; At Right the Rolls for St umns, has been invented by Wilhelm Vassen of Aachen- Forst, Germany. It 1s known on the Continent of Europe as the Goebel System and a patent was granted on it by the United States on April 30, 1912. The accompanying illustrations, which show three of the four sets of rolls, will help in- giving an idea of the system, but it should be emphasized that the process is claimed capable of roll First Mill of the Vassen Patent for Rolling I and H Shapes two rolls vertical and two horizontal. The rolli the vertical rolls penetrate into the shorter s block of metal being rolled, and are inclined t it an acute angle, as sharp as possible, lying and 90 deg. The horizontal rolls work sin into the longer sides of the block. In the next mill, where further rolling takes 6, 1913 ‘k are-rolled out and broadened. There four rolls all in the same plane and the angle yf the vertical rolls is greater and the angle f the horizontal rolls accordingly smaller ise of the first As there is an opening yrners of the metal, or, in other words, be- lls, the edges of the flanges are not operated is nothing in the way of the free ex- The angle of the rolling faces of -ond mill lies between 120 and 135 is the usual adjustment by rolls may be caused to approach the bl pass. there the flanges. s in the se urse, ther: means each four mly, and the profile of the resultant product lesired size process covers the working of the edges ot nd one of the illustrations shows how this hed with a pair of horizontal rolls of special final rolls, which are the bar is straightened, also comprises four rontal and two verti- stable by means of rews, by means of tion is straightend up m of the patent is that s a method of rolling mns and similar pieces cross sections, with ges, by passing a blank a block of rectangular n through a four roll mill, the rolls of djustable on all sides, sses of which are open ir corners; that in this lock is given a cross sec- flanges inclined to each 60 to 90 deg.; that by pass- ir through a second sim- f rolls the flanges are flat- that eda s of ut to 120 to 135 deg er set of rolls the and s are operated on, ie system comprehends ning out the 1 flanges and ar in a final set of ith cylindrical vertical i Concrete Laying for Brier Hill Open- Hearth Plant ver efficiency had an interesting what unique development in thé t and per- ‘onstruction of e retaining walls and foundations for the new steel plant of the Brier Hill Steel Company, From the middle of June until No- 40,000 cu. yd. of concrete have been poured, an ibout 45 cu. yd. per hour of actual work. A vd n. Ohio in one hour was attained er itself was not unlike the usual pouring elevator skip from mixer to chutes. But the ind ectric driving machinery were all large flat Trackage was continually id of operations, and the tower in this way uned in the center of the working ntinuing without interruption from ‘arallel with the tower track ran light tracks for which ran in trains of six. These y a patented unloader direct from the cars of aggregate standing on the railroad switch; the run to the tower by cable and there emptied into harging-skip. With the exception of the small sand and lime in-the cement, everything in the had gone through a blast furnace. In place of nulated slag was used Car. zone, the whistle to service cCar©rs, } announced that the semi-annual meeting of the Machine Tool Builders’ Association will be held Astor, New York City, May 15 and 16. THE IRON Weaving AGE w un wn An Improved Machine for Making Wire Fencing \ new loom in which the lateral and stay wires are nped, and the latter cut to any desired length auto matically, has be developed by the International Wire Fence Ma 1e Company, Battle Creek, Mich The spe cial advantage med tor fencing made by this machine is that h lateral wire is a cable composed of two strands 2 $ wire wisted togetl t rm 1 complet: é The stay wires wl e } 9 O or II ge or evel ier are crimp vovel nto the latera le wires any desired dist € apa Tr} nachine stops its« I ps both the lateral and tl tay wires a its the tter lesired lenet t a illy Sh the \ 5 e¢ e tal ed n tl N iV ing prt ss, the ma l p instantly witl t an ittention nt irt the t \ t} r teature I Wire Fe zg Built by the Int at 1 Wire I e Ma , Battle ¢ Mi the loom is that if ertain num f rods of fe is required, it 1s simply n iry t et the indicator when the « lantity 1s completed, tl machine will The capacity of the machine 60 rod f ym tence per |! r and it is possi f remove a ‘ et roll tT n rom the ichin tar 3 min Johns-Mansville Building Material The H. W. Johns-Manville Company. Madison av and Fort rst street, New Yor descri i Iding erected by the Northern Electric Heat & Power Compar South Porcupine, Canada, which roof vith J-M bestos roofing and sided with J-M Asbest le The t perature there frequently falls t | eg ‘ A I material requir for this building was there! t] that would prov effectual insulation against ex ind at the same time would not crack and t under low temperature, which would withstand the melt ing snows of spring without rusting or Lying v] would not dry out and run during the rt but often | Canadian summer; also that would afford per é tection Tests were made which resulted in the ection 1f the material above referred t These tests wert further so satisfactory that a number of other propert owners adopted the same material in their rebuilding operations, foll wing the destructive fire « f IOI! The Jackson Iron & Steel Company, Jackson, Ohio, blew out its blast furnace January 2 and it is now being relined Manufacturing Burden Obtained Monthly The Departmental System of the Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Company—Widely De- , tailed Cost Analyses a Special Feature ——-— \ evens aeuree svopy/s * r met | i I Ee S ° Si 24 RI a + 1 RI yi ce Sse ze ay oo | ——f—H} fo —— oe | =! ae: ~ The cost syst f the Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Com- roductive labor is divided between that appli pany, Springfield, Mass., has been developed to perform pleted product and that applied to work in pr the important nection of procuring accurately eacl possible to subdivide the burden on this basis month the burden cost by departments with its percentage the percentage which must be employed to clear to productive labor. The company, therefore, has at fre alance of burden. It will be noted that the quent intervals, the exact knowledge upon which t a ! mbination with the storehouse records its estimat uture costs. In most works this all i1 mplete running inventory of raw material portant percentage is obtained annually, when thx | tured products and work in progress. Every daily time card or job ticket and eve oe eer | —eneenes oy | Seraaae mi for material goes from the factory to th Y S//3 ent the end of each day. Each requisitior cat Ba numbered in consecutive order and must be ac No 20094 STOREKEEPER : _ Se 7 = : _ we ASSEMBLNG OROER NC daily f one is spoiled, or is not required thr Please deliver the following j 1 1 siiiiaaieaal passesiemelbinennseth f plans itherwise, it must be turne: @euan OL SCRIPTION ae s au n~T | cre sap ae ere pans KSEE Dei? / Le f L 2 G\23 4 re — Recapitulation of Storehouse Shipments for Month ot ASE Ctther 2 g be een - 4 = CHARGE | | j j i | { . a ; 4 rs ~ Tit t 1 Till Th) tr lily | “2 r 1 t4t tht ++ ee 185 : os aa -f . t = : | « bit ye 3 it 4 i . ; , v CLOUCTED STOO 7 yanBto ; ; : bee - ++ ~ bit4 ? . 4 } Ae | ' | + /O/ v LA ; } AeAy) pti i) 8 | s } | - Pitiit Jif 14 HH ver He Te Agen gi 2 pret re f rtt?r tk debnlaet ; FHI Ht i} | | 4 Pema att tha | Ll Pt tut) t “ MD it $+ —+4 are closed and the management must wait a year befor: hth the burden charge can be changed intelligently As a matter of fact, the interval is more than a year; it runs from January I until such time after the following New Year as the task of closing the books shall have been completed, which may be two or three months In arriving at these important totals, the Gilbert & void.” In this way an absolute check is maintai Barker system gives a complete analysis of storehouse’ the delivery of all goods from the storehouse; r itulation of Storehouse Delive Factory 2 wemeniin deliveries of materials to the factory; the detailed record say, of everything which enters either into work of each order; an analysis of the manufacturing burden ress or into the burden. ry for each month. When the individual workman; a recapitulation of storehouse has been priced and totalled it is recapitulated into its elements; a weekly recapitulation of labor, for In Fig is shown the recapitulation of storel + apes ee i = f ; ments by months, and a recapitulation of factory output ments to burden or manufacturing and credit by departments by months right-hand column of the sheet either to purcha The monthly statement of manufacturing and burdet r manufactured stock as the case may be, eve accounts by departments is f unusual interest As the vhicl requisitioned being debited and credite cama — 1 ATE COMPLETED | QUANTITY [DIRECT UNIT < FINAL UNIT COST [| TO | WHEN FINISHED |SHIP.ORDERNO.__ DATE ORDERFI f ELIVER TO DEPT | | ASSEMB NO. DATE WANTED pe? == = ATE | EMPLOYEE|DEPT ERATION |H | M AMOURT z RECOF F COST ON THE FOLLOWING ORDER SSP meee: il q074 | ‘ — : $a i - ———— = -=- = | + aimee oF % BO. ere MATERIAL | VALUE REQ. NO. |DEPT MATERIAL | Val » 7% | — 4 Be i} ss a } LABOR COST : aged “F H 1 / Oe.) ee iaaaaa seit . | MATERIAL cost by Danmlh gaan a] j % + + —— nomena 7 £, i BURDEN COST - — -+ ——_—___—_— —_-_— — fF 7 | i ace — —_——_—_———__+— 4 | | FINAL Cost | ai + ++ —-—— eee ne 4 a ; : | | Q oo a - — = — s s i dee — The Individual Order Cost Sheet 6, 1913 THE IRON AGE 337 BURDEN ACCOUNTS NAME. te ad fad _ es O. No. 422. a _—CREDITS. TO. BE SHOWS 1 BED eee AE I rere | -X PENSE } | et, | pate FX EXPLANATION | LABOR MATERIAL | SUNT te [EXPENSE s ° ates —, ORD. NO. = RIAL DRIES DATE EXPLANATION LABOR MATERIAL SUNDRIES T 43) > ee —= = — Sey aft 7 = + ; TOTALS + + + + ‘ : + t i i Rccclalienndhceaieiaien essa t rT T T + . + + + + T —T + } i i t 74 +-- } | J20/> | | 4H T ay , , - > i —_ — , | — T 7 — ; ; |} }_ T | a | + + - ; : ; eee Et, 2 — } , ‘ ; 4 Fig The | \ Cost S venice e in the subdivision of material total ‘ f 4 ; l IDdI1\ I aterial il cost ‘ r ' ea rt . . redité and by manutacturing and burden, so that with the record of its ders terial and labor and nonth the grand totals may be trans burden er entry to the manufacturing and rdet Fig st ' e gern i] le lger W ic] s d ; t ‘ mplished the ite Line equ goods to the p e individual ord . J : . rial ilicdi itl 1ie¢ lé g VV t ‘ ‘ re tion is chargea t ir torekeeper’s y is t pricing r t el ( t et | ese 1 } t ; ‘ é t standin I its i lant s t 1 5 irate l T ' ntl the form for the ! n sa ver \ epartment ticket ‘ ict ire rates } extended _ —F 1 1 ~ 5 eC! Ca CMmploy e¢ e! { lr Veer nutacturil I ‘ i ged t murden ese entre —_oe a ; 1. 2 ‘ 99 . Dept Zi Recapitulation of Job Tickets for Week Ending 19 i he umn head¢ lost time Is user } ¥ - : MONDAY : ‘ weoweeoayi fT s av ‘ 1,4 - + 1 - Tt - - 12 in ainerene el — = et é ust t the gi g r takin I p i ‘ talling the job ticket AY I t | aaica ¢ ents 18 investigate At the en t ea h A é > Re ' ' 24 23 Le; ; t the job cards of I g an + } ‘ jual the total m Ll é loye SR aldisedball ; J ihn ws é' Aaehedihea eiecineieaetteRcel nome qe gee 4 ts 5 st discre ‘ ‘ ey p ives a ' vhicl ST rT TT Lee oe . ‘ ¢ , %« tA ‘a At a a ws ‘ a NAA ZA Ai lle Al Tete Sihadlttiad FOE Ole | i¢ e 1 { ‘5 Ahern ceeds ‘ 4. 4 ‘ ‘ —- - s t vert The . . 1 We ts sanen ‘ ' t ‘ j ' \ \ i ' ‘ ‘ al » ~ - ' ‘ a it ai | ‘ eA ta ite ' ‘ storel ents e 1 { s n ‘ é t ete im 1 ’ s re rr ¢ ' ct natt nd ‘ the ; wnt } uteri S¢ ture st e¢ * ' 1] nte 4 + ‘ ‘ det : ry \ ntl M les edit ‘ is e! ] sed s ts i tulatior f tout for the \ t é n I ‘ j _ iw le f inuta ‘ s 5 TI Li2 4 s TULATION OF FACTORY. OUTPUT FOR MONTH OF _ AT CLELCHL bs —— os CREDIT . . - = > Derr. A Derr. B, Man'r'c i Derr. B 1 Derr ( + BURDEN Fig. 6—The Monthly Recapitulation of Factory Output THE IRON AGE February sh atu Shige atk all a Ot RS SEE i 4.0 Sa “ae Ranges ee Se ge cote date ate 1 montn total . mon Le cee at i? mate q repre ? : 1 . e) is tl ‘ 4 +1 : Ssh ; + a + J I ain) e ‘ t “4 burden accounts whi zontal , partment balance facturing This account manu productiy performed Month Debit Prod. Labor January February March “—_ A. & “ ~ 630.10 745.16 425.18 510.17 489 DJF 650.17 ACTURING e Prod Debit Material Lab Credit Material Balan \ aii Found fo clear’ this total burden on fthetotal a: productive labor debited to the department, it necessary to use the percentage which is found ing the total of productive labor into the total burden. In the case in point the result is 76.2 In this chart, the figures of which are entirely it was necessary to assume for the month beginning the illustrative system-that the amour den necessary to clear is 70 per cent., and, foll: ssumption, $441.08 has been closed out as burden, leaving a balance of unapplied burden In order to ascertain the percentage that w quired to clear this account, the burden shar balance of productive labor in open orders, it ry to divide the balance of productive labor | ‘ urden, thus giving the desired per clear, which is 82.3 per cent To find the average per cent. of burden to p 3 ro IC Recapitula of Storehouse Deliveries to Factory for Month of Dtecuuk. CHARGE } I | { mess Ef i ; : ; ES Se 2 Es | f , . * $ 4 + ae a a | TT ooo) | Basa +t} ++] } 4 ++ Hat 4 | Rese ey ¥ +4 » + + +4 | +44 $ zl 1 | uaz et | | ++ 1 l As ' 4 i } LI eh od cadentontl thd a jes St _B, Aol + 7 +++ 4 + - > t ++ t+ } ++ ++ ” 5 | Cet + 1 ] j A } Hott } $44 ites it - + ++ 4—4-+-+ 44 4+ +4 betty Tet —+ t+ at a o4 | CH ++} ne i 4 ) PEE EE EE SE Ht ry T ry TAA oe eee T pd Htidedt Late tT ea tbl Loi i “I in ; i a 5 eu | eos | BA | Abed Arh || OM | | asl | et || etl Paes, wads pitti Pi el Ait iit Bit Bi a i M t I f S re ~ > any given period, it is necessary t tal debits to productive labor of the several 1 ( tal debit f burden for the same peri er, due to fluctuation in burden charges whi to time the column headed “percentag¢ urden” may show a rambling set of pet u nly sI the relative larges f labor to the total chargé month. If the percentage I f average percentage of burden to | re used at the end of a given period, ha ipplied burden on labor in opet ac unt will be cleared. That 1S Monthly Statement of Manufacturing and Burden Accounts BURDEN » i c s. - 2 3-1 » = Of sss ss | 388| “sg 38 o< b c ~ cf ~ © Cc os 335 == sst se as of Ss =~ = ~ mr es oa as _ "Be | Se | Oe | OCB S & oO 5 + 2 a 5.48 595 960.25 76.2 441.08 519.17 SZ sll 6,373.21 1,022.30 100.0 894.19 647.28 71 29 | 11,903.11 990.88 67.1 1,025.62 612.54 45 901.77 | 16.668.65 1,140.26 81.9 686.49 1,066.31 60 267.94 62.92 722.01 | 100.2 425.18 296.83 100. , 673.26 1,098.99 750.22 117.0 561.18 485.87 114.1 5 789.93 1,561.67 689.31 82.2 342.48 832.70 107.8 “ 900.12 1,781.88 675.26 88.8 650.17 857.79 97.2 ’ from Which the Percentage of Burden to Productive OI2 THE IRON AGE w ct \o wv T = | MANUFACTURED STOCK Articie SIZE TRANSFER PAGE No | 4 att AVERAGE FINAL COST area WAX. STOCK WHERE STORED STORENOUSE AISLE Bim | i ORDERED _| RECEIVED | __ cuset ant eset DELIVERED Tl ORDERED RECEIVED | sas orem | _ DELIVERED =| = e ai | oats a | — Lon 4 vera | came | Fro “oa Joust | aa | pare je An |ORSER j Te Jovan. | eoremat j anon | vorat J pare | wea val lovan | ma | | ___| sapucnty ronjyamp pape Teangerep pabe bo Fig Samy | [ ga | f burden on the ledgers, excepting ement. of S rn iron rthern and ike care of labor in open orders. rritories to the extent t 5 e stock sheets which are employed in “The rates ar inventory of everything in the store rmerly in effect. m, whether raw material or manuf Che es ll be seen that this blank has a spa ( f é irticle and its size; the nature of e rat issembled product; the average final ur e1 es the burden; the nature f the ma lhe reas stock which is carried, and the loca ensated I t 1S€ In tl erti 4 mns e en é ings of rdering, the quantity and t rder The re ¥ received and the date of receipt, tl irthern | t { and labor, the date of delivery and th In addi t e brief juisition upon which delivery was made ral shippers ered, and the balance n hand At at l | lumn is space for entry of th f stock which it is intended t arry Flange Standardization Meeting \ meetir n t t Southern Pig Iron Freight Rate Case ttings is to be th 5 D. C., February 4.—The chief briefs in et a “eo ein Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Compa ind en, Sew the | sville & Nashville Railroad Com ile ; ha een filed with the Interstate Com * WOrk m ging | the ymplainants and defendants = ee nally argued February & — P s tl reasor ibleness of rate I mn = ng points in Alabama and Tet : ! d nort f the Ohio River, i ect \ t ; ne; also the desti1 : ; 1] unrea P ' . I IN adi lit ion as ee! localities There are s ( ' . r , ’ 7 | . oS a oe aes American Chain Cable Works ed to direct the railroads to re Mention mn fhe tect from May 1. 1807, 1 ebruary 6 it th usin he J. B. Carr ¢ y ern producing points t e Ohio River ng know the CI \ represent a reduction of $1 a ton in assed into ne 5 hased This would make the rates from Bi Woodhouse, f ! ncinnati, Evansville and Cairo, $2.25; to Boston, } , 1 lant : St. Louis, $2.75; to Chicago, $3.35 rhaul I t und vu : ts in Central Freight Association tert vorking a ce en. M1 Bufftalo-Pittsburel ne the sam s they ent ane tre I M 5 800 nt and secrt I ( kes a e Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron ( high grade hand unm im vari S of Atlanta, Ga., sets forth that th from %%-in. to 4 tock diamete ites on iron and its products were f king crat : ng s in accordance with the increases in ality. Tl s was establishe ros but that, notwithstanding the great decline arr iron following the panic of 10907, no cor was granted by a reduction in the rate The Imperial Sewing Machine Compan M s that unless the ommission gives relief it square, east, New York, has purchased the manufa n by the testimony taken in the case that plant X. H. Brown & Co., New Haven, Conn en would become bankrupt; larger one ossession February 1. The company w in 1 profits, and business generally would stag ent business of the firm and expects t egin 1 done in the past under depressions in the to manufacture all of its own special product it 1s +] stated that the sewing machine which will be made at N« ie producing points involved in the South marizes the case of the complainants and follows ntitled to the freest distribution that can the lowest rates consistent with a fair re } op th rtation charges to restrain operate pe Haven will thread itself, sew buttons on ¢ kind of stitching, chain stitch This machine is Dr. Toof, M { h Tré { irments an ning stitch and the late machine attacl i si including the rut the sew! every invention of invented ' The president of the Imperial Sewing Hj Tyre who many ng ram The Interesting Attachments Employed by the Felt & Tarrant Mfg. Company, Chicago, in Manufacturing the Comptometer [The Comptometer in general terms is a device for pet forming arithmetical problems mechanically entirely fron a keyboard. Physically it is necessarily complex. In it addition, subtraction, multiplication and division may b« lone, and the machine, complete, is enclosed in a compara vely small cass Its manufacture involves the finishing f many small parts and an accuracy comparable with that of watch making. The manner in which the Felt & Tarrant Mfg. Company, Chicago, maker of the Compt neter, is handling some of the especially interesting details ‘f manufacture is outlined in the accompanying illustra ns and description \ wide use in the works of the bench lathe and the micrometer suggests the general manufacturing methods for machining small parts accurately, and for finishing a number of the intricate parts of the Comptometer no method has been found more practicable \t the same time the advantages of manufacturing duplicate parts on special machines have not been overlooked, and various interesting automatic machine attachments have been de vised with the result that the machining and handling time, and therefore the cost of many parts previously finished from blanks on the bench lathes, has been greatly reduced. In Fig. 1 a view of a part of the automatic screw machine department is shown, and the following illustra tions show some of the products and the manner i they are made The piece shown in Fig. 2 is made on a No. 2 Brown & Sharpe automatic machine from 34-in. open-hearth stock The production time is 100 sec., and the screw-machine n which work is finished complete in eight operations and the set- up of the automatic is not unlike that shown in Fig. fo. 360 \fter the stock is fed out to a stop the macl nd the breaking down tool moves in, cutting tween the two flanges and breaking down front of the flange. This tool then withdra forming tool on the opposite side shapes up vithin 0.005 in. of the finished size. While tool is still cutting, the stock is centered, then as the machine indexes, the breaking down t slot between the flanges to the finished depth. slot is being finished the drill hole is reamed pilot box tool turns the larger diameter to and is followed by a second box tool which smaller diameter and faces the end of the stock for the Stock Built of Standard Pipe and Fittings Size he cutting off operation, which follows drawal of the last box tool, is the only operating which at least two finishing operations are not in simultaneously. \ further operation on the piece involves the f ten holes through both flanges, the holes being in. in diameter. The multiple drill by means these ten holes in a circle of less than 4 in. dian simultaneously drilled is shown in Fig. 3. rhe set-up of a No. 2 Brown & Sharpe m which the piece shown in the drawing of Fig duced is illustrated in photographic part of Fig piece, known as the odd key stop, is made fron icid open-hearth steel in a machining time of 60 stock is fed out to a stop and a roughing box t the piece down to within o.o1o in. of the finished is followed by a finishing box tool which finishes up to a shoulder. The spindle on the machin stopped automatically, preparatory to the partic Making Small Parts on Screw Machines tin bik ‘ rf rly 13 THE IRON AGE 30! I : A \ 1 > ~*~ F v v Y ! — Y a y ~. 43 ef bac HK >| < Oe = 034 kd Le = 70> ef AO > \ ~ W S. f the entire operation, namel flat face Instead of feeding the milling rk in a direction parallel to the axis eing forced to use a more rapid fe e time take a cut through only a part of a ttachment has been devised which swings rizontal position, as shown in the illustra milling cutter arranged to feed against thi ingles to its axis. The milling attachment rd until the cutter spindle comes flush witl the illustration between the cutter and the he end of the cutter spindle which is fre bearing is held against the above cam oper ng tension and this pin feeds the end miller ck at the rate of 0.0025 in. per revolution letion of the operation the milling attachment nd the turret indexes. The forming tool then fillet in front and turns off the shoulder in piece is cut off. ling of the piece shown in Fig. 5, the set-up for shown, is an unusually delicate operation broken down, formed and centered before h operation is performed independently of hers. A No. 53 drill is used and the depth of in. The temperature that would be developed inuous drilling to the full depth and it is ar- t the drill feeds into a depth of 3-16 in., is cleaned and takes oil, then drills an ad- withdraws for oil and then completes the ed depth After reaming the piece is then utside diameter with a box tool as shown i he machine set-up shown the set-up of an automatic machine he piece shown is finished in 28 se Phe ed as the segment brake-lever roller, is in. open-hearth stock and is required to be r, drilled, reamed and burred on both sides s chamfered. The attachment for burring the reverse side is particularly interesting 1 out far enough so that in the cutting piece, the f llowing piece can be broken same tool, shaped for the purpose as shown of Fig. 7. Following the breaking down rilled and reamed and finished to size with a Simultaneously with the cutting off opera tly preceding it in completion, a chamfering corner of the preceding piece and ne wn in the foreground of the tool set-up, an adjustable chuck, swings down anu as it is cut off. At the point shown it is ust about to move against the st up the chuck preparatory to the centering side of the roller with the tool shown arm then moves over against a second stop 1e chuck and permits the finished piece t » small drill an attachment will be noted breaks off the chips as the drill moves into cleans the drill as fast as it is withdrawn, ng held against the piece by tension of the ! tl nNrine f four small end millers shown in Fig. ¢ is the eresting ‘ pl Mk h the rat et mion, a ¢ \ v f whi Ss Stl ' tace I 1s n sine Vit! I i! ect 2 ' wh are ii i nti Ss ring I et ing al I é lv t S eriormes ‘ Qu r the 1 I ‘ 11 sn ] . { i - ( Tt N stop c ered, ¢ I i wh S ‘ ne tT ) 7 , the { ! piece 15S ishe in¢ 1S it | ‘ i nne ; I ii¢ iut ~ nteres instead . 1 no nly ‘ worked { + ] } r 1 | Vil T t ifex ves ' the <titet ‘ requiring the aking I ating cams are mad I eing tormed sulphuric acid. 1 : ipproach the I cr 1 sna I of a complete circle wher ng up the cam considerablk drills clean and thet re the drill emerges from the tal thread cutting det shop Instead of the di Fig. 3 Sma Multiple Dr in W ; } entr ‘ sct Drive Makes Possible the D ‘7 : markably Close Ce Febru: So a ee eee Fav * | ) { . | < 25] - ~<~050 Fig —Milling Atta I \ng to the Spindle the Part Shown in Drawing and being centered by means of set screws, the holder is down upon the die, securing it by the tighten t tw made with a loose cover which permits the die to float on cap bolts. the piece and center itself, when the cover may be clamped The Comptometer comprises in its operati! Arrangement to Provide for Oiling IRON AGE Fig. 6—Group of Four mber of intricate stampings, the character « each pi llustrated in Fig. 8. An unusual degree of ac several times maintained in the forming of these part meter is maintained 1 Roller Which Is Machined eee SR SS + ate Speke se waiters at —— ; et > y 12 Bae ES edness eweiSS5 S j 1 aug ( S upl Lit us¢ rs ne a S¢ he testi! S The dangers ( e small stampings n ot the rate ot pr anging the presses so tl I t treadle betweet ] 1 \ iS can indle« 1 strips | press continuous The operators are als handle the smaller stampings wit the e after stamp1 a ring ( chi irranged with a pry *h é ( t ] raising the stamping clear of the di The frame of the Comptometer is asset press shown in Fig. 9 This illustr manner of handling small parts in tray with the general assembly, a schedul is prepared on which each individual part is shown name and number th its weight ndre convenient quantity for we The individual parts are arranged on this edule i groups corresponding to the part assembli nto they enter | @ is é part assemblies at I e1 é as National Tube Company’s Book of Standards The 1913 edition of its Book of Star rds is ready for a edition, is much larger and m ( lete than the older yn It contains 559 pages, 4 x 6 and is printed on Canterbury Bible paper, the book, including the binding, ht the pocket readily ss in Several page e devoted to a des t 4 le cov ering the main process of manufacturing both welded and seamless tubes, also giving information in regard to the threading, durability and physical properties, etc., of both bes. A number dimensions, threads per inch, test pressures sections t Ints, specifications, t vf the various kinds of pipes and tubings mad An article on protective coating, Matheson joint pipe, and Converse joint pipe contains desirable information on these subjects. Tu bular electric line poles receive considerable attention illustrate and cont Several pages describ¢ un tables in re gard to lapweld and seamless tubes, upset and expanded, wrought pipe bends, butted and strapped joints, bump joints, valves and fittings, including various kinds of nipples and flanges, hand railings and ladders, working barrels, cyl inders, Shelby seamless specialties, Shelby seamless cold- drawn trolley poles, tables of various physical properties of Shelby seamless steel tubes, physical properties 1 Caf- bonic acid gas, Briggs’ standard, holding power of boiler tubes and thermal expansion of iron and steel tubes. Con- al siderable prominence is given to articles on strength of being and double lid ing ' t lan a and extra strong pip¢ t l Oovering pipe Februar 1a internal fluid pressu used as columns ts g supplied showing the use of standard, « based on the New as well as the Chicago building ordinar tention is given to the mechanical tubular beams, of usual an is finding considerable usage d unusi in the ly in automobile construction, such dat Chapters are supplied giving in ater, gas, steam and air. It has n to very deeply into these vari as the, concern tul ular products llection of tables in conjuncti rticles is given, an idea of the extent ured f 1 the following list: Fifth ils of a it for each 1/64 in é 64; wire and sheet metal cimals an inch; proportions nd t heads, with illustrated « mpanied by tables showing dimensio1 its and bolts. Several pages give tors tor tubes and pipes, by means ssible t figure the area and weight in \ special table is shown vossible to find directly the weights | thickness of steel tubing up to 36 le showing properties of tubes and 1 ith an explanatory article This t sical properties, including circumfers fa in square feet, volume, moment gyration, et for tubes and round s 36 in tric svste is included with conversi the more commonly used measures ( \ glossary of terms used in the will be found in the back of the stances the meanings of many of the nown words used in this trade are det e | k is $2 per copy ract has been awarded by the Eric wr the elevation of its tracks through Jan cost f a little over $600.00 Assembling the Comptometer 1913 THE IRON AGE 395 \ e-Spindle Ring Wheel Grinding Machine appeared in The J» ige, July 20, 1911. | ‘ i reatur . 5 S “ iltaneous grinding of two paral side f ; i Besly & Co., 118 Nort Clinton street ve brought out an improved double-spindl % ; 1 ! c o tiie § . c nding machine This m ne, which is . ’ » t 1 ‘ ulide} is the Ne Is . neel \ j \ ‘ \\ I Vas esigned pecially f i i : s, and tine nstructi < nd dd * 1d ntinu Ss service y S Ss are ! unted on \ Va | eC I rie the on left is lted rigidly ' ; id ¢ ont can | Gg It ed to grind any desired length w n t ail seaaaite } +} ' ° . - ~ t nac me Wi It aq _ t The ; ‘ in endwise movement of in. t ring the g ests, I t in contact with the work Lb ! he ement of this spindle it is pointed out that ry 10 in % Vv hee n this spindle 18S alWayvs near t an ot | ne i castl ink 1 ime t é S 14x64 i irf s working ( he dus Is 11S 1¢ re he { ress . Pp — Sat So Dodge Pulleys without Set Screws that ~ < : T tie ~ tions t ) I Cece ’ é tit ce the } 1 the inter sa effi ‘ ; \ : ‘ 7 | ’ 11 American Salesmen in Germar , > K eo W ’ i Re & | a“ ; e spindles a é thy ychings ‘ Q 1 y e1 irin ushit ( S | st at f ’ ‘ iT i pl spl I I < e end of the ndle Is t é nale n ‘ ' the | +1 , he s t levers ‘ nt ut i . . ; ngituc ‘ emen ‘ wi i r un ‘a : he | ‘ ree he 1T : erage i 1 so that the , Q ie j la to tl t of its driving p lett & Sr , ( : . xertion : . . . . f ‘ T f ; r , hine is equipped witl n automatically tel ust hood. hinged at the | k to give fr acct rinding wheels, and has an airtight conne Efforts ar eing made by the business met Mar k of the machine for exhausting the grind field, O to secure the erection of a large sheet steel a . ’ . . a lh, phen ‘ ' s ' ring wheel chucks are of a suitable size for n LI er is if d 1 spe ng wheels having an outside diameter of 18 in mitt i nam bet ‘ n ‘ >, | ks are made from pressed steel. with pr 5 peller 1s air l It is plar ‘ a ; ; . ay ng out the grinding rings as the grinding face with a capital stock of $500,000, t e know the ' An illustrated description of this The Human | Hygiene Th Approved { ‘ f BY WINTHROP TAI D.7 4 the d I ( nt chief art mmunity and are not primarily for the alike in or they have not mu se f idividuals. They should be undertaken as g i; point of er fello \ll the world is ma ind in a spirit of public service, not of private i t I times 1 wot wee thee art Ww € mceiye OT any words more un ‘3 soun¢ a manager the int tical than the mmon expression, “W< a 1 ; 1 ; +s ” - P a medi ght easily in ut I 1 great deal for our employees, when the fact $ ance ( es are—well help lan We have done a great deal to make conditions i : . . f not rs yf service—and it is truly servi : I tne attituds of tl is a rit 1 ‘ should be recognized by a subst in present methods of management of m¢ rds “industrial service” for “welfar % he see learly the appalling and ne s n ( e more accurate and clear. et J I 4 waste e is liable to interpret as glect a1 f i 5 in reality @erely an mal a Training for Managers + aia - 1 . - . bid e human mechanism y will 1e § and perhaps is alr 2 rre eo ! x CO sidet ] ss ¢ for one Some Things Awry c W ( n red essential for on ] 1 i thority and responsibility in indu Is not the physician fu se l rity al pon bility in I sanity is the nageme wl é ; ed with laws and conditions aftecting 4 f sles saad ‘Tees . 1 the same degree that he is familiar 5 I mat ire given f gases rea eal I nting r mecnalt : nrueina dies a a shall look back on present } roundings tC a tneir i t 1 SOT : : ~ q They sl | have light . th the same feelings of o iS tay 4 5 ¢ : i glar led. Ti nce and of pride in the progress mad i giare S pi ed I ra . ' J i are wont t have 1 t : { ent of an up-to-date shop, with its & f the tin | aie ina al equipment, might feel in lookin . ne rd t r methods of a hundred years agi , dax a complex cotton mill might have in ” n the ( Tl hire cottage loom of the early part sound il gt I e voungs. unt ' . Responsibility of the Executive i Conter ' ' bl Bi ad i d of education we recognize that i1 Pe , ? ’ Y t o , 4 ba 1 7 : ncentration, poor work, untruthfuln : I ‘ iF t ut I vee, “ih * 4 s mischief, in the main are results eH Neglect of the Man Problem poor teeth, improper clothin a ndust1 ynagement is mainl d other similar causes of a . n | una $ s l ture, such as can be avoided ort yay g industrial conditions one finds f f t al 1 ‘ { een the shop and the schoolroom . ‘ mis let : 1 t me enforced attendance, the same discipli1 bet ! | 5 ition, and the same lack | | uman 1 S ‘ , 1 conditions of comfort as well ; m f amir ( ld f his obvious neé i e parent or tea het the physi In r to blam Likewise in industry ' ( ( ' ( r for his shortcomings, we s tt a " rds which impose upon him tl chief f ‘ 1 ignorant foremen and bad work nditions that in as my duty in an advisory capa ng in ecot s nufacturers the conditions ] mo < tit and the causes of avoidal Ay - ‘ 2 4 11 f +; ° : 1; ri This Andrew Carneg ns I In industry in foremanshij i 4 y] ( t i professional capacity dee of the ints in the country. In unpr planets it S me | nditio1 f course, are bad, but ever to him as t G f Vi nts difficult problems exist and must lime confidence 4 ild , ol may be considered as typi ratior e acc heer ntrol ’ ition he a The Problem of the Old Plant mechanisms er t \ 1 { : - £ life like ¢ n th rser ty years ago the owners of a small busi ot lite like to 1 ne irsery : 2 oe : ; Judging fr tl 1 ! actory, well built, but not intended es 1dging tr the standpoi : ‘. . . ’ the worl The floors never have been th engineering and taking into « e1 a ce gett et have 7 2 ia 1 | ( gh they have been swept regularly. W and sanitation it se phi n get io} lacki 1 . “s 1 : ( I S ides A g S ar *K y c conset which affect thought, interest ( neentt WEIEMTS are lacking, as = é c. 1 ‘ 1 ishes not be raised. There are skylights whi we are confronted even in tl est’ sh dence ' ‘Tati hee : ‘ | ' I ing good ventilation, but they far appalling human waste, and in t t vor 3 ; ae Md oe | 1 el Rooms once ample are now crowded with where the standard of mechanical « S ld-fashi , : ined ‘ *,° : . 1 i tories are old-tashioned and inadequa conditions oftentimes speakable : : ! a ire no dressing rooms or conveniences for th ‘ ‘* Industrial Service nd well-being of the girls employed. These old bu : Whatever st methods are adopted in improving con ill in use, but in addition the business is con ditions of labor inure to the benefit of the industry and of xtend | can do so only by the erection of new er, ; 13. he Wint : ings. The new buildings have been well constructe: ( ight 3, DY iT i ‘ aie e +k Hu Engineer Clevel modern Ines They have been occupied for a cou Economies of Proper Attention to Shop Element in Industry” rough a Service Department Methods of Ventilation 913 THE IRON AGE employed tor determining the ig f foremen and opet imidity is the sling psychr ip hye q such that even in t fa pa t am ry t 1 tended to det g i st ndard of care and cl inliness cont ues i ve mometer 1 c i times past mmers e ¢ : vice or Economics Department —— 1 around the ably t 2 1 is I niess the s Sat ' needs there must be sp tion : . tes : €a with the | np! tox . A Service Le i nt I ) mm ermor y I S ing used é ye 5e ; a ‘ ine Wo! rt . aA ‘ lew iC : ir the we al v« ay ea ermine | t t ' ’ \\V , ng operat . il ~ t ind l ( rganiza I _ I matter I ¢ npl e! it 1 ncer ts t lay Ventilation n the employment el ; Lhe ; I i1110nNs needs an mitat : ertain at nt gives as m i ittent n to th 1 Ul llr . { S t emplov a d s ft an echan } ‘ 5 . _ a 5 vay ‘ ' lmal l { i un ' 1 1 n I nag P . th hi it n¢ { t] e +4 il eT ft ‘ } 5 t " es ¢ tne S né v 1 in chat ' ' ol ] I pap eal marily wit stion t ore we must Ie , ‘ I ent tT lis . Shop Hygiene , es si] : ‘ ; al eT 1 S r ror ) } n y Lif * 5 I i ' oa shtless ' te . Val ¢ uses I sion ‘ : ‘ ; “3 P f ~~ S more than ; it $s each one of whicl / j ¢ j let t ‘ ind sidera I eT ‘ ' ; : £ t ir \ The Comfort Factor whe: vorid is the tt ‘ he i I that tl I st of t ! eal As ais c ne hrs il ine ’ er ga +} f. . ture healt ee ee aa . m hadies t their { : rt The knowledge of this has led thos I lea t reader as a att t m | . 1 ; . | et « } . ; hie : L- a Se ‘ +t paid particular attention to working n- sense, whethe e can GO niS WOFK as : tion to realize the careful study that what smelling, uncon table room, as he 1 whe the air t factor’ demands. The relation fresh and pure, and with the right deer ft morsture oisture, and this in turn to air move heat. If anyone opens a window, however, in the rt factor, and comfort is not determined »f making conditions a little more bearable, there : : - ' ; , er i D1 feet f fresh air per second grow und some if ex ms What ht tablishment ny office can have good atmosphere | ; dite . of ud. fr ughly that the optimum fF ¢ ym f rt flow air ti ugh he 7 (5 ee ever ‘ is a temperature of from 65 to 75 deg. fluids, intermingle freely, and by giving a « e for warn . . g ‘ . ‘ s so per cent. to 60 per cent. of relative ir to escape at the top of the room. er air will enter movement of air at the rate of from 2 t from below if an opening exists. Foul air gathers ma ite. Air movement may be measured by the’ in the warmer strata. This is no scientific theor t it be proved by anybody in any warm room by takin in instrument for determining the velocity of can be fj i ut tive even to slight drafts table and ther The means. the trouble to place a chair on a ta the chair. You can compare for yourself the quality of the air in the top of the room with the air in the lower layers. The air in the upper layers is particularly bad 11 many people are worki Draughts consist likes them. but everyone feels more comfortable if the body odors which every human being gives off are swept away by steady air currents The chief economic objection to the use of mezzanine floors. galleries. and balconies for clerical and other work ers lies in the fact that the hot, bad air rises to them, arrving foulness which will produce inattention, lack of concentration and consequently slow, inaccurate work, be sides tending t reed disease In the first place, then, it is necessary t rrange ou! vindows that air can come from outside near the level the fa and make its exit at the top of the room. In nine hundred and ninety-nine windows out of a thousand the shades are s arranged that thev cannot be in use and yet low air to. pass through the top of the window. In other vor the shade sh ing at the the vindow frame lrawn down over that part f the window wher is least needed. The lighting of root n any event should be from the upper part of the window and nothing should obstruct free entilatio1 when the upper sas] iS lowered The Hygienic Window 7 he auth: r d es not claim th it the foll Vine n tl d oO! fhce ventilation is necessarily inspired, ultra-excellent and beyond improvement, but it is effective and generally ap plicable. The illustrations s \ lear] the methor ado _ 1 the first place the shades are hung in the center ot the cad w frame, so as to work from the center towards he top and to the bottom, two shades being d for each window This permits bs te itrol of t lighting of the 1 especiall I e upper irt of tne w nade vt where nost needed 1 n the 1 dow at t 8) n without t I lation of air vearing i le eithe shades the selves the emper I tine \ T by | nstant fia in The nethod « xing ese shades is given in such detail in the drawings that it needs little in the way of verbal description The automatic catch pulley at the top of vindow holds the upper shade at any desired point The next important device Ss scre t ] window frame outside the upper sash, made 22 in. wide, of w and fine copper mesh, 50 or 60 wires to an incl This I] allow air to filter in without draughts, except in winter, when it should be reinforced with a piece of white cottor loth, or a light green or yellow lawn cheap or China wash ble silk an be pre vide d wl ere ok r tone 1s de sired When a moderate breeze is blowing, if a candle be nlaced within a vard of this screen the flame will not be ld weathe when there is a decided difference in Both Shades Rolled Up in Cer Upper Shade Raised Lower ter. Windows Closed Shade Lowe