The Iron Age 1917-06-21: Vol 99 Iss 25

THE IRO New York, June 21, 1917 STABLISHED 1855 “hed 99 No. 25 VOl Open-Hearth Furnace of Large Capacity Compact Checker and Flue Arrangement Heavy Construction and Deep Bath of New 150-Ton Stationary Unit of Central Iron & Steel Co. in 1897 by the consolidation of the Central Iron Works and the Paxton Rolling Mills. At s time the plant consisted of three sheared mills nd a 42-inch universal mill to which a flanging plant was added shortly thereafter. The Paxton furnaces were acquired by the new company in 1902 and an open-hearth plant of four 50-ton fur naces was completed in 1904. Ore mines in the Mesaba range and coal mines in the Connellsville district were also purchased. In 1915 a careful study of conditions was made to ascertain what was necessary to balance the plant and secure the maximum output. It was nd that, while’ the capacity of the mills greatly exceeded that of the open-hearth, certain more or ss radical improvements to the former would ring their capacity to almost 100 per cent in excess f the latter. Such being the case, a vigorous policy leading open-hearth extension was at once undertaken. After long and thorough investigation as to the most economical and efficient means of increasing the output it was decided to build a 150-ton fur- nace, delivering steel to two ladles by means of a forked runner. The reason for the two-ladle fea- ture was that such could be handled by the present Tin Central Iron & Steel Company was formed crane and building equipment whereas a single ladle containing a 150-ton heat would call for enor mously heavier handling facilitis With this pro gram in view a Morgan 150-ton ladle crane was installed early in 1916 After the preliminary work had been completed, orders were given Oct. 25, 1916, to proceed with the installation of the new furnace and completion. ganized and work started on a ; rush it to Construction forces were pron ptly or large scale Nov. 1, 1916. The furnace was completed and turned over to the operating department on April 27, 1917 Plenty of time was allowed for the thorough heat- ing of the furnace and for making bottom. The first heat was tapped successfully on May 17 The furnace, which was designed and built by tne company’s employees, presents some features of particular interest, notably the heavy construc- tion, the great depth of the bath, the long ports, the small gas port and the small checker volume per ton capacity. The buildings, the re fractories, the reversing valves, the water-cooled doors and frames and the electric hoists were fur- nished by outside companies. Practically all other materials were manufactured in the shops and mills of the Central Iron & Steel Company. The open-hearth building has a total width of areas, 150 Tons of Steel Is Handled As It Runs from the New Furnace of the Central Iron & Steel © 1479 Harrisburg, 1480 THE 147 ft. The span over the charging floor is 74 ft. A lean-to 10 ft. wide running the entire length of the building gives additional space on the charg- ing floor and shelter for a large cellar. The cast- ing pit has a span of 63 ft. The height from the pit floor to the lower cords of the roof trusses is 50 ft. The charging floor is 10 ft. above and the cellar floor 7 ft. below the pit floor. The old build- ing, which is 360 ft. long, was extended 80 ft. on the charging side and 180 ft. on the casting side. ~< 40 = “ a 1 ¢ tC < )- 4 » — <3 amd ie Sara} i --Z C.L.of Stach . ; I ss . { i , e ~ ae 4\ : ; ; — J é £ x ; ¥ > é a. . tt ¥ x ; z ; ’ i= 4 > hy K &e VAN Y Amt ’ ~ WORN rN? dj” f be > i A ka hay’ A Lobe } ; ae t fa j Ht Ltt ; r LE PES | i \ ~ iy i ' J | ». CASTING T f Firebrich E rebri St Sr/ica Re é 5 f R AIS Qualit Q l Half Plan of the Checker Chambers and Gas Flues of the 150-Ton Open-Hearth Furnace IRON AGE June 21, 19]7 The extra addition to the pit facilitates and handling of ingots, molds and slag. 1 producer house is 35 ft. wide with an overhs al track. The coal is dumped from railroad ca; to the coal bin, the bottom of which is level wi: producer tops. The old producer house is long. It was extended 96 ft. to give room five 9-ft. producers serving the new furnace. The furnace proper is 65 ft. long by 18 ft inside of the binding. The hearth is 41 ft. | 15 ft. wide. The checker chambers are locat the rear underneath the charging floor. Th chambers are 20 ft. long, 9 ft. wide and 18 ft from the skew of the arch. The air chambers are 20 ft. long, 13 ft. wide and 18 ft. deep from the skew of the arch. The checkers proper occu; space of 2120 cu. ft. in the gas chambers and 3060 cu. ft. in the air chambers. The gas uptakes 30 x 60 in. Two uptakes, each 3842 x 39 in., nish the air at either end of the furnace. Ths ports are 30 in. wide, of semicircular shape gas port area is 425 sq. in. The air ports ft. 6 in. wide by 22 in. high, making the ai area 2500 sq. in. The checker chambers and the slag pockets covered by steel plates and heavily reinforced structural struts. The furnace binding is built of heavy slabs and structural material, and the f) and back walls of the furnace are covered by hea’ castings to the height of the sill line. There are about 300 tons of steel in the binding of the fur- nace proper. The Knox cooling system is used ex- cept for the ports which are of the company’s de- sign. The five furnace doors are lifted by Shepard electric hoists which are mounted between the build- ing columns above the overhead crane runway on the casting side of the furnace. The controllers for these hoists are located next to the lean-to on the opposite side of the charging floor. The fork runner is handled by a 5-ton Shepard with remote control traveling on a runw: underneath the crane girders. To insure the right quantity of steel to each of the two ladles a sp« flow control device is provided. This consists an arm projecting from the furnace to the bifurca tion of the runner. The arm is secured to a hor zontal shaft carried by the furnace binding and a tuated by two hand levers. A special brick is fitted over the end of the arm which is movable sideways and up or down by the hand levers under the con- trol of one man. The flow of steel in the forks ot the runner is regulated by the position of this brick which is introduced as a resistance to the flow in the one or the other fork. The producers are hand-poked. This type of producer was adopted after lengthy deliberation as best suited to present conditions and constituting 4 less formidable obstacle to contemplated future de- velopments than an expensive mechanical producer installation. In this connection it might be well to mention that a central powdered coal installation for the heating furnaces in the plant is under con- sideration and that it appears entirely feasible to substitute powdered coal firing also in the open- hearth furnaces. The producers are connected to the open-hearth by overhead gas mains elevated high enough to permit of train movements in the yard between the producer house and the open hearth. A soot catcher provided in the gas main close to the producer house and a great number of cleaning doors facilitates the burning out and removal of soot. Sliding dampers are provided in the uptakes from the producers for disconnecting the individual producers from the mains. noist 21, 1917 flues in the open- cellar are complete- lerground. They are and direct and ar- ed symmetrically it a center line ch the furnace and tack. On one side stack the incoming dmitted through a mer f the main flue underneath the d feeding the rom to a fur THE nace. On the opposite the stack the burn-out is located connecting ne flue to the stack sliding of »\ a consists gan Construction re situated direct ! The air valve in line with thi s and on the cen f the furnace es being close to ker chambers the during rever- reduced to a min his arrangemen ample ire installation of rtation facilities cellar, such gage track system overhead runway. also been pre- installation of W ‘ room as a nas ior rnible ‘egulate the incoming gas. valve. three Dyblies furnished by A mushroom valve is The burn-out is The reversing valve The two the Co. gas 1 ly outside checker P r Picture Shows the Ladles in Position for Tapping In the lower picture the three reversing valves and ie : | aN et IPON AGE M ‘ } n to St i! ts been provided for tl 1 floor level. Event with and pouring all furnaces. The slag is le nto which it overfl h s tapped rh 1481 waste heat boilers and the whole design of the flues is made with a view t t being readi duplicate on the old furnaces should this prove desirable rhe stack | » tt. 6 in n dian eter 1! ae of! gy and S) 1 oh Improvements are being made t facilitate the work in the casting pit W he rea old nrar tice na pouring platforms have vy furnace allow tins tik } vill be qaone va rn ‘ stalled fry ‘ boxes 30-ton loco with the ling fitting provided The flat transporta and the are liiy aqaumped D a motive Crane aid ’ special trunnions on the boxe cars used tor tion of slag ingot are made by They built DLAITY company for dura and have proved satisfactory in are very serv ice, added handling in open-hearth depart Cranes will be to facilitate the Under the neavy Bifurcated hecker Part hamber Spout of the operating rig is dis- binding ; re shown 1482 ment. The present crane equipment consists of one 5-ton Alliance gantry crane in the scrap yard, two Wellman-Seaver-Morgan floor type charging machines, one 40-ton Wellman-Seaver-Morgan crane over the charging floor and a 150-ton Morgan ladle crane, one 100-ton Wellman-Seaver-Morgan ladle crane and three 10-ton Alliance cranes over the pit. A 5-ton gantry crane will be added in the scrap yard, a 5-ton Wellman-Seaver-Morgan charging ma- chine on the floor and a 25-ton Alliance crane over the casting pit. Transportation is receiving considerable atten- tion. At the present time the open-hearth is ac- cessible by rail at one end only by an inadequate number of tracks. A system of laterals running into the building from a broad-gage track which now parallels the open-hearth pit will eliminate congestion of traffic on the casting side of the build- ing. On the charging side the installation of the new furnace has made it impracticable to bring in all the charges for the furnaces at one end of the build- ing. To overcome this difficulty, a space about 90 ft. wide between the gas producer house and the open-hearth building will be utilized as a stock yard with track connections to the charging floor at either end of the building. With this improvement carried out, several complete furnace charges can be stored in the yard and furnaces at both ends of the building can be charged independently of each other. The overhead gas mains from the producer house to the old furnaces are too close to the ground and are now being elevated to obtain the necessary train clearance under the pipes. The intention is later to enlarge the open-hearth track system by bridging a creek at the south end of the plant and so make the open-hearth accessible by rail at either end. A coal storage located in the path of this improvement is now being moved to the north end of the plant which will also make room for a contemplated sixth furnace. New auxiliary shops and brick storage houses are being built to accommodate the open-hearth. The old buildings are inadequate and in the way of improvements. The increased demand for elec- tricity, chiefly by the open-hearth department, has made it necessary to install an additional rotary converter. The old substation being too small, a new substation has been built to house the two old units and a.new 500 kw. General Electric rotary convertor. The new substation is a brick building, fireproofed throughout. A production of 4000 tons of ingots per month is expected of the new furnace, using a low grade of cold stock and no hot metal. The old furnaces, under similar conditions, are producing at the rate of 10,000 tons of ingots per month. All ingots are bottom cast. While the new furnace has decidedly increased the output of steel, the mills are still capa- ble of handling a much larger tonnage, as explained above, and the addition of another furnace and the reconstruction of the old furnaces for greater ca- pacity is merely a question of time. In connection with this reconstruction it should be pointed out that the original checker chamber and binding are duplicated in the new furnace and would therefore remain intact. The conversion from 50 to 150-ton tating would involve merely the furnace proper (above floor level) with the slag pockets and the uptakes. In the meantime, the other departments of Cen- tral Iron & Steel Company are being given a thor- ough overhauling and several improvements of con- siderable magnitude have recently been completed or are now being installed. June 2 7 THE IRON AGE - 17 MORE CONTRACTS AWARD!) Additions Make Total of 138 Ships and ne Which Have Been Ordered WASHINGTON, June 19.—The United Stat: ping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation an: that during the week ending June 18 it has the following contracts for the construction of m vessels: Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co., Wash.: 10 steel cargo-carrying steamers complet and second steamers to be delivered in June, 1918 in July, 1918; fourth and fifth in August, 1918 in September, 1918; seventh and eighth in 0 1918; ninth in November, 1918; tenth in De 1918 The Foundation Co., Woolworth Building, York. Works, Newark, N. J.: 10 wooden hulls. hull to be delivered March 1, 1918; the remaining to be delivered one every 15 days thereafter, so that th last hull will be delivered on or before August 15, 1918, Groton Iron Works, 50 Broad Street, New ‘ Works, Noank, Conn.: 12 wooden hulls. First be delivered five months after receipt of lumber for keels; remainder average of one hull every two thereafter, but all by Sept. 15, 1918. Ship Construction & Trading Co., 50 Broadw New York. Works, Stonington, Conn.: two w hulls. First hull to be delivered on or before Fe 1918; second on or before March 12, 1918. General Goethals authorizes the publication of following summary of the contracts heretofore let the construction of merchant vessels for the Emerg: Fleet Corporation: Merrill-Stevens Co., Jacksonville, Fla.: 12 com- posite steamers complete and four all steel ships com plete. Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Long Seach, Cal.: eight all steel ships complete. G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation, Portland, Ore.: 10 wooden steamers complete. Peninsular Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore.: four wooden vessels complete. Sloan Shipyards Corporation, Seattle, Wash.: 16 wooden steamers complete. Grays Harbor Motor Ship Corporation, Aberdeen, Wash.: four wooden hulls. Coast Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore.: four wooden hulls. Edward F. Terry and Henry L. Brittain, Moss Point, Miss.: 20 composite steamers complete. Skinner & Eddy Corporation, Seattle, Wash: six steel steamers complete. Sanderson & Porter, New York (Yard at Willets Harbor): 10 wooden hulls. Maryland Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore Sollars Point, Md.): six wooden hulls. Summary—to date: Total number of contracts executed, 16; complete steel ships, 28; complete com- posite ships, 32; complete wooden ships, 30; total com- plete ships, 90; wooden hulls, 48; total number of ships and hulls contracted for, 138. W. L. C. (Yard at Old Material Men Meet At a meeting of the Western Division of the Na- tional Association of Waste Material Dealers held at Chicago, June 12, a number of scrap iron and steel dealers were guests and were invited to join the as- sociation. The iron and steel scrap dealers took the matter under advisement, a decision to be reached after a meeting is held. It is understood that many of them are of the opinion that their interests lie more with the Board of Scrap Iron Dealers recently organ- ized at Pittsburgh. It is recognized that the purpose of the latter organization is to assist the Government during the war and that its life may not be permanent The evolution of the steam turbine in the textile industry, with special reference to mechanical] drive through reduction gears and the economies of larg® units, was discussed in a paper read recently before the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers °! John A. Stevens, 8 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass. | is probable that a reprint of the paper may be obtaine’ by writing to the author. e 21, 1917 USTPROOFING BUMPER BARS Lohmann Process Applied to Automobile Parts at the Grossman Plant r Emil Grossman Mfg. Corporation, Brooklyn, N. I has recently installed a Lohmannizing depart- finishing steel bumper bars, nuts, bolts and parts to protect them rust. The process, the application of which to etal was described in THE IRON AGE, March 14, named after the inventor and is designed to give coating to the parts thus The essential feature of the process is what is as the Lohmann bath salt and later an immersion in a molten plant is automobile accessory porous protective containing an amalga alloy. housed in a two-story brick building, ing approximately i0,000 sq. ft. of floor space. .w material, which consists of the steel bars for mpers, is brought to the plant direct from the yard by motor trucks. A 1%-ton electric hoi oyed for unloading the trucks, the material going to the Lohmannizing department, which occu e-half of the first floor, or to the reserve stock- n the second floor where 4000 sq. ft. of space is e. The floor of this room has been cut corner so that the trucks can be run into the gy and the stock unloaded. If the bars are to go y to the Lohmannizing department the hoist de- them at a point adjacent to the first of the five mployed in the process. The hoist is also utilized elivering stock from the reserve supply on the floor to the Lohmannizing department. he bars which, of course, are delivered bent to the proper form, are first dipped in a tank containing a lilute caustic solution to cleanse them of dirt, oil and impurities. The next step is to immerse the bars the pickle tank which contains a weak solution of rochloric and sulphuric acids. This solution is re- ipon to neutralize the caustic and complete the ng of the bars. A small heating unit is employed ep the caustic and pickle solutions warm and a er the pickle tank serves to carry off the fumes. al step in the preliminary process is the washing bars with water to remove any acid. The bars n placed on the set of skids near the Lohmann tank. bars are next immersed in a tank containing an gamating salt which is deposited in metallic form the entire surface and penetrates the cavities, riving a surface to which the molten alloy in the tank will adhere. This tank contains a mixture iiten lead, tin and antimony, which is maintained at emperature of 650 deg. Fahr. by a furnace under- th the tank. The tank and furnace are entirely sur- ded by brickwork and are raised above the main The heating of the bar when it is dipped in the alloy causes the amalgamating element to volatilize when a temperature of 500 deg. is reached. The volatili- away irs to Be Rustproofed Are First Dipped in a Tank ning a Dilute Caustic Solution to Remove Dirt and ties and Then Go Successively to the Pickle, Rinsing, Ohmann Tanks and Finally into the Hooded Metal Tank in the Background THE IRON AGE July 1. rt Ba it the | H ( Rinsing Tank 1 Are | rd ‘ 1 Metal 7 Wl TI € H I h the Lol M \ H M ation of this salt frees the surface of the metal from ill oxidizing ager ind as the salt leaves each pore and and adheres ? ie | LaARKeCS S place I irge hood 1s provided ff the vapor rising from ng treated are ghter than the molten The parts be alloy and float near the surfac: Chey are withdrawn by hooked rods and are placed on skids where men with gloved hands wipe them off with ordinary cotton waste f te the illustrations. This is The surplus metal, of course, fall floor as can be ompanying remelted. \ seen in one of the ac later swept up and motor-driven rotary wiping machine will be installed in the near future to do this work. The bars are placed in flat crates which measure 28 x 64in. The crates are divided into four compartments, each of which will hold one double or three single bars The bars are taken in the for polishing. The equipment i sists of 38 wheels, all of which motor. The emery vapor are drawn to a double exhaust fan driven by a 25-hp. electric motor. The particles of metal and emery produced in the grinding operation are separated and sold, the vapor, of course, passing off to the outer air. crates and are sent to the main plant about half a mile away, where they are plated, buffed and assembled ready for the market. The capacity of the Lohmanniz ing plant is approximately 1000 bumper bars per day, in addition to mirrors, nuts parts which are treated by this process to the grinding room this department cor are driven by a 50-hp crates electric dust, metal particles and separator by a The bars are then repacked in the and other England Quits Work on Munitions Plant United States according to munitions already into the cable ad plant at spent deprived of their farm plant, which will now be property and Because of the entry of the war the English vices, has Government, ceased work on a big 3ristol on which $500,000 had More than 40 farmers had been to make room for the and the farmer restored. been razed will have their home The Pennsylvania Engineering Works, N: Cast Pa., has declared a stock dividend of The company will from $600,000 to $1,000,000, $300,000 to be paid as stock $500,000, payable increase t capital to dividend and $100,000 to remain in treasury Women are now employed in the chemical laboratory of the Algoma Steel Corporation Two-thirds of ths force of routine chemists are girls, who have shown aptitude, accuracy and notable orderliness after a short period of training. 1484 AID FOR INDUSTRIAL TRAINING Smith-Hughes Bill, Effective July 1, Appropriates $1,700,000 First Year, More Thereafter Under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes bill, which becomes effective July 1, 1917, all of the States may avail themselves of Federal grants of money for the purpose of promoting schools for industrial educa- tion. The United States Government will give its aid to the extent of $1,700,000 the first year, with increas- ing amounts each year until the maximum under the bill, $7,200,000, is reached in 1925. Further than to appropriate the money the Federal Government will not go. The initiative in the move- ment for the establishment of a thorough system of vocational schools must come from the States. Doubt- less the action in each State will in turn depend very much on the initiative of manufacturers whose employ- ment problems would be favorably affected by the education of youths in various occupations. The National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, with offices at 140 West Forty-second street, New York, has made investigations in a number of cities during the past two years in which it has been found that the metal trades in particular would be greatly benefited by vocational training. Production has increased at such a rate that it has been a difficult matter for employment managers to keep the gaps in the ranks filled with workmen with any special train- ing or fitness for the particular work required of them. Manufacturers in the metal trades have been almost a unit in declaring that the apprentice system is a thing of the past and no longer practicable under present-day conditions. They deplore the fact that far too large a percentage of the workers are nomads— they wander from job to job, and while this is gen- erally attributed to worthlessness or shiftlessness on the part of the workers, these same employers are willing to admit that a system of industrial education where the unfit would be eliminated in the schools instead of in the factories would greatly mitigate the employ- ment problem and increase the efficiency of the fac- tories. Eight states had a system of vocational education in operation when the Smith-Hughes bill was passed last February, and it was expected that many others would take some action in order to receive the benefit of Federal aid. In fact, within three months after the passage of the bill nearly half of the states of the country had passed bills accepting the provisions of the Vocational Education Act, as the Smith-Hughes bill is now ‘called. Manufacturers in a great many cities have found the most practicable method of getting vocational edu- cation for their community is to take the matter up with the local board of education, with the idea of in- troducing such training in the high schools. An exam- ple of what has been accomplished in this way is af- forded at Brdigeport, Conn., where the tremendous growth in manufacturing during the war has made the training of new workers a matter of the greatest necessity. The Standard Mfg. Co. of Bridgeport, with the permission and co-operation of the local board of education, has been conducting a course in the public schools for several years. Mechanical drawing, shop mathematics and other subjects have been taught to apprentices. Employees of the Parsons Foundry Co., also of Bridgeport, were given permission to take the same course. Sessions are held in the evenings three times a week in a public school located near the plant from which the evening students come. Many of the schools of this kind which have been in operation have been handicapped by lack of teachers and proper equipment, but this will be partially remedied if the states or cities take advantage of the benefits of the Vocational Education Act. At Waukesha, Wis., the Waukesha Motor Co., maker of automobiles, trucks and tractors, co-operated with the local board of education in supplying facilities for training students for its type of work. The company permitted the public school authorities to establish a school organization within its plant, open to any person THE IRON AGE June 21, 7 over 16 years of age who qualifies. Part of working day is devoted to actual instruction and { ing of the rudiments of gas engineering, civic general subjects, and the remainder of the ti: practical work within the factory. The company full wages for the time devoted to schooling and future employment to all who take the course. cents per student hour is charged by the compa: the school board of Waukesha as a nominal fee. The National Society for the Promotion of Indu: Education points out that it is by such co-oper: with the school authorities on the part of man turers that the greatest impetus to industrial educa will be given. Export Conference at Springfield, Mass. Important meetings in furtherance of the ex; trade of the United States will be held at Springfield, Mass., in the seven business days from Saturday, J 23, to Saturday, June 30, inclusive. They will co: tute the conference side of the Export Conference and Industrial Trade Exposition, which has been planned by a general committee named by the executive com- mittee of the Eastern States Exposition. The genera] committee is headed by Frank H. Page, president Na tional Equipment Co. Co-operating with the com- mittee in addition to the Department of Commerce of the United States, are the National Association of Manufacturers and banking and other organizations Secretary William C. Redfield of the Department of Commerce will give an address on “After the Wa What?” at the opening session, June 23. In the fol- lowing week morning and afternoon sessions wil! be held daily, and on Wednesday and Friday, evening sessions in addition. Thursday is “Metals Day,” Fri- day “Transportation Day,” and Saturday “Chemical Day.” The program for the Metals session on Thursday morning, which will be presided over by Charles E. Hildreth, Worcester, Mass., general manager National Machine Tool Builders’ Association, includes the fol- lowing: 10 a. m., “After the War—What of Machinery Export?” Speaker to be announced. 10.30 a. m., “American Tools in Foreign Markets,” by Oren 0. Gallup, New York, export manager Simonds Mfg. Co., Fitchburg, Mass. 11 a. m., “Metal Fittings in Overseas Markets,” by Adolph W. Gilbert, Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., Indian Orchard, Mass. Among other speakers at the various sessions are the follow- ing: William S. Kies, vice-president National City Bank, New York; F. C. Schwedtman, manager indus- trial bureau, National City Bank, New York; W. H. Lough, secretary Business Training Corporation, New York. Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, will speak on “The Depart- ment of Commerce of the United States of America and its Service to American Manufacturers”; J. E. Fitzgerald, chief of Consular Division; Bureau of For- eign and Domestic Commerce, “World Trade”; Robert H. Patchin of W. R. Grace & Co., New York, “Main- taining Commerce During War’; Hon. William Den- man, chairman United States Shipping Board, Wash- ington; “The Federal Shipping Board,” and J. W. Jenks, Columbia University, “The Far East.” Low-Priced Buffing and Grinding Machine The U. S. Electrical Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, Cal., has developed a motor driven grinding and buffing machine for bench or pedestal mounting. It is the two wheel type and is equipped with ball bearings inclosed in a special housing with sealings rings to guard against the entrance of dirt and grit. The tool grind- ing rests provided are adjustable in all directions and the water pot can be swung out of the way easily. The wheels are protected by heavy iron guards and the motor, which can be wound for either single, two or three phase alternating current, is entirely inclosed. Messer & Co., manufacturers of welding and cutting apparatus, 117 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, have changed their corporate name to the Messer Mfg. Co. June 21, 1917 THE IRON AGE M. nufacturers’ Selling Company Locates in New York International Manufacturers’ Sales Co. of Amer- hich has been in existence about 18 months, ffices in Chicago, and which is the selling organ- for a considerable number of non-competing New Apron for Heavy Duty Lathes The Houston, Stanwood & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, whose plant is across the Ohio Ky., is fitting up all of its heavy running from 30 to 60 in. in size apron, which has a number of dis River in duty with a Covington, lathes new type of features. It engine tinctive = Toothed Clutch and a Broad Face Coarse Pitch Rack 1 60 In. Heavy Characterize Re Lathes “inton icturers, who are stockholders in the sales com- taken the fiftieth floor of the Woolworth ng, 2833 Broadway, New York, for its executive Its export business appears to be confined to with the main sales office at Bolshaia Lubianka ow, but it also has offices at Petrograd, Kiev, and Kharkov. Among the board of directors H. Treadway, president Peck, Stow & Wilcox eveland; B. T. Leuzarder, treasurer Chicago Co., who is also treasurer of the Sales Co.; Burns, secretary J. I. Case Plow Works, Racine, W vho is also secretary of the company, and W. O. American Hoist & Derrick Co., St. Paul. S. Postnikoff is president and general manager and H. Morris, assistant secretary. ong the companies which are stockholders may mentioned: J. D. Adams & Co., road building nery, Indianapolis; American Steam Gauge & Mfg. Co., Boston; Ames Shovel & Tool Co., Bos- \very Co., gasoline engines and tractors, Peoria; ehs Adding Machine Co., Detroit; Cadillac Motor Co., Detroit; J. G. Cherry Co., dairy ma- Cedar Rapids, lowa; Chicago Bridge & Iron Chicago; Diamond Chain & Mfg. Co., Indian- Elyria Iron & Steel Co., Cleveland; Hart Mfg. stocks, Cleveland; Jeffrey Mfg. Co., Columbus; \xe Mfg. Co., Charleston, W. Va.; Koehring e Co., concrete mixers, Milwaukee; A. Y. Mc- Mfg. Co., pumps, Dubuque, Iowa; New York er Co., New York; Quaker Mfg. Co., stoves, fur tc., Chicago; Saxon Motor Car Detroit; Mfg. Co., brass specialties, Waterbury, Conn.; tieth Century Machinery Co., canning machinery, kee; Upson Nut Co., Cleveland, and White Sew- ‘thine Co., Cleveland. has ‘ irn, C6. The Country’s Tungsten Resources ler to answer the questions daily coming to it tungsten minerals and the uses of the metal, 5. Geological Survey has issued Bulletin 652, en [Tungsten Minerals and Deposits,” by Frank L. It covers the field admirably and is illustrated striking colored photographs of tungsten min- he general facts about tungsten are covered— rals in which it is found, the kinds of deposits ch these minerals have been obtained, and the Island Park Furnace Bought Northern Ore Co., 1410 Real Estate Trust Philadelphia, of which T. I. Crane is presi- a recently formed corporation which has ac- he Keystone furnace of the Thomas Iron Co., Island Park, Easton, Pa. The furnace has operated since 1911. It has a capacity of 00 tons a day. The new owners will put it in soon as repairs can be completed. It has not decided what the product will be. was designed by W. L. Schellenback, a Cincinnati con sulting engineer, who departed from the usual custom of using a friction clutch and positive toothed clutch. The manufacturer claims the superiority of a positive clutch lies in the fact that it will not the slight pressure required the clutch closed, it is released. The disks in the initial onnected by a shearing pin, which is intended to protect the mechanism from breakage should the carriage be acci- dentally fed against the tail or head the steady rest. It will illustra tions that the rack from en substituted a slip, and also because of to hold very easily and quickly drive are feed stocks or the thdrawn also be noticed from pil ion gagement with the rack for thread cutting. The nut for the lead screw is opened and closed in the usual manner and the customary reverse lever is provided for shifting the double bevel gear The positive tooth clutch for cross feed is attached to the carriage. but not shown. ttention is called to the reduction from the handwheel to the gear in the lathe, thus insuring easy movement of the carriage by hand The back of the and called to the broad face coarse pitch rack pinion. An outer bearing is provided for the rack pinion so that it does not overhang, as in lathes of this kind. The large bevel gear also has an outer bearing, although this is not shown. A double plate is used, thus giving a support at both shafts. The method of lubrication is further claimed to be out of the ordinary, as a capillarv wick is employed for oiling the bearings in the rear plate of the apron. All gears are of steel and |} so as to enable the taking of « apron is shown, attention is ‘ | isual ends of all broad faces, ‘uts without lave very ‘tra heavy danger of stripping Canada Places 50,000 Tons of Rails 1 The Imperial Munitions Board of Canada has con firmed the published statement that it has authorized the Algoma Steel Corporation and the Dominion Iron & Steel Co. to roll 50,000 tons of standard se tion rails. The board does not state what is to be done with these rails but it is believed they will be dis tributed among Canadian railroads which helped the Dominion Government last year | taking up rai which were in track and shipping them across the At lantic for use in the war zone. These roads were ur able to secure new rails from mill n the United State stated the 50,000 tons will ‘anadian Pacific, the Grand 7 It is the ( ing & Northern Ontario and the Gov be distributed among nk, the Temiskam rnment railroad The Henry Vogt Machine Co., Louisville, Ky., has given its employees an increase of 10 per cent in wages. This is in addition to previous advances and applies to 700 men. Drop Forging Problems Discussed Meeting Last Week in Cleveland of Amer- ican Drop Forge Association—Commercial as Well as Technical ARIOUS steps to increase the efficiency of the American Drop Forge Association were taken at the annual meeting held in Cleveland, at the Statler Hotel, June 14, 15 and 16. The association has enjoyed rapid growth during the year and now has in its membership over one-half the drop forge plants in the country and companies operating more than three- fourths of the hammer capacity. Its membership in- cludes both jobbing forge shops and companies manu- facturing forged articles for their own use. The Drop Forge Supply Association formed by the supply houses at the Philadelphia convention a year ago completed its organization by adopting a constitution and electing a complete set of officers, and is now established on a firm basis, with promises of increased growth. The at- tendance was very gratifying, there being a total regis- tration, including the ladies, of 211. Of these 105 were forge men and 61 were supply men. In its business session the association showed its spirit of patriotism by adopting a ringing resolution supporting the administration for entering the Euro- pean war, and offering to place the forging plants at the disposal of the Government during the period of the war. The importance of the drop forge industry in supplying government requirements for war purposes was referred to. To make the association of more value to the members it was determined to provide closer co-operation between meetings and more frequent meetings of the directors. As a part of its program of enlarged activities the dues were increased. Standard Code for Bidding One of the most important moves taken was the decision to provide a standard code for forge shops. This is to be prepared by a committee, and when adopted, members will be in a position to make bids for work on standard specifications, and much of the irreg- ularity in bidding, due to absence of such specifications, will, it is believed, be eliminated. Technical sessions were held on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning and afternoon. Papers presented related to forge shop methods and practices, manage- ment, production, standardization, bonus systems, safety devices and other topics. The convention was opened with an address of wel- come by Harry L. Davis, Mayor of Cleveland, and the key to the city he presented was a real key of very large size. The Competition After the War The address in behalf of the drop forge men of Cleveland was made by Charles E. Adams, president Cleveland Hardware Co., who sounded a note of warning as to the conditions when the war is over. When all plants are endeavoring to get production it is the time for manufacturers, with a view to the future, he said, to work out the best and most economical way of doing things. He predicted that manufacturers will face the same conditions as existed before the war, and possibly worse conditions. He spoke of being offered $38 per ton for steel scrap that he had formerly sold as low as $8 and said that he would not be surprised to see the price drop back as low as $7 a ton. At present about 15,000,000 men are engaged in the war and much of their work at home is being done by women and boys. These 15,000,000 men will be looking for jobs as soon as the war is over. Manufacturers should plan econom- ical ways of doing things by cheapening labor, not by paying labor less per hour, but by getting from one man and the machinery as much output as two or three men are turning out now. He did not believe in placing a stone wall around a manufacturing plant so that com- petitors could not ascertain how work is being done and Matters Considered announced that his plant is open to the inspect everybody interested. R. T. Herdegen, Dominion Forge & Stampi: Walkerville, Ont., president of the association, address referred to war conditions and war cont He said that Canadian manufacturers are not d: themselves into believing that a high tariff wa stay up forever, and plants must be equipped to conditions when this wall comes down. The U: States faces the same situation. Under present flated prices and production conditions manufactu are inclined to get careless in respect to plant man ment. They should go over their plants and study subjects as the power, motors, conservation of blocks, and they should know costs and be careful ab: scrap. In other words, the manufacturer should k: if his plant is efficient. He should get as many idea possible from the papers read at the meetings becaus conditions may be entirely different a year from now Taking War Business In regard to war business, he stated that if forg: shops are asked by the Government to do work, they will take this business from a standpoint of patriotism whether they want it or not. Many have volunteered the use of their plants for Government purposes, and while their offers have not yet been accepted they may be called upon to do Government work. A plant having war business generally was granted certain privileges that it did not have before. At least, that is true in Canada. He warned his audience, however, that if they took war contracts they should be sure to know what they are taking. The Government is easy when it starts out and the manufacturer is told that this or that specification may be overlooked. However, he de- clared that after a plant has been turning out the prod- uct a short time the Government becomes strict and every clause of the specifications is lived up to finally. On that account specifications should be thoroughly un- derstood before an order is taken. Mr. Herdegen stated that the association has never been so prosperous as at present, and that probably over one-half of all the drop forge plants in the country are now enrolled as members and that from the stand- point of hammer capacity, over 75 per cent of the in- dustry is in the association. In this connection, E. B. Horne, Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit, secretary and treasurer, in his annual report, which was presented next, said that the association has now an active mem- bership of 83, an increase of about one every two weeks of the year, and of this total, 27 have in their plants 585 hammers, these representing about 75 per cent of the hammer capacity of the country. Next Year’s Officers The meeting closed Friday afternoon with a business session and the election of the following officers for th« ensuing year: President, Robert T. Herdegen, Dominion Forging & Stamping Co., Walkerville, Ont. (re-elected). Vice-president, S. H. Carpenter, Atlas Drop Forg* Co., Lansing, Mich. Secretary and treasurer, E. B. Horne, Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit (re-elected). Directors: T. W. Siemon, Union Switch & Signa! Co.. Pittsburgh, chairman of the board;*George Desautels, Imperial Drop Forge Co., Indianapolis (re-elected); J. F. Zwicker, Willys-Overland Co., Toledo, Ohio (re elected); E. J. Frost, Frost Gear & Forge Co., Jackson, Mich. (re-elected); F. A. Ingalls, Ingalls-Shepard Forge Co., Harvey, Ill. (re-elected), and J. F. Connelly, Cham- pion Machine & Forging Co., Cleveland. 1486 ie 21, 1917 was decided to raise the dues from $10 to $25 a For the next place of meeting, to be decided by among the members, Atlantic City and Detroit eing considered, with the former apparently in the committee to which had previously been re | a resolution to increase the membership of the | of Directors, reported in favor of enlarging the i from 8 to 12 members. The purpose of providing ever board is to enable the directors to hold more nt meetings and to have large enough membership business should a few of the directors be to attend. However, in view of the present ttled situation the association decided to postpone until next year. insact Drop Forge Supply Association Tt [he Drop Forge Supply Association, formed at the Philadelphia meeting a year ago, completed its organiza by adopting a constitution and by-laws and elect officers. The question of making exhibits at the 11 meeting of the Drop Forge Association was dis- i, but the sentiment seems to be that each manu- facturer should make his own arrangements, should he to have an exhibit. Officers President, H. N. Taylor, N. & G. Taylor Co., Phila nia, ce-president, Charles Harmon, Jr., National Ma- ry Co., Tiffin, Ohio. Secretary-treasurer, A. L. rge & Knife Co., Pittsburgh. Executive Committee: H. D. Heman, Ajax Mfg. Co., eland; George H. Derbyshire, Chambersburg En- ring Co., Chambersburg, Pa. \ membership committee of which Julius Diercks, Keller Mechanical Engraving Co., Brooklyn, is chair- man, and an entertainment committee of which George I. Allen, Keppenstall Forge & Knife Co., Cleveland, is hairman, were named. elected were as Wurster, Heppenstall Use of Trade Acceptances Advocated The first paper presented was on “Credit and Col- by T. W. Siemon, vice-president and treas- irer of Union Switch & Signal Co., Swissvale, Pa. He referred to trade acceptances as a valuable asset to a firm with a limited capital providing a_ simple method of doing an enlarged business with existing re- irces. The complete introduction of this system will eliminate some of the worst abuses of the open account stem, including taking unearned discounts. In other is, time drafts drawn by the seller on the buyer at time of sale and providing a definite payment at a ite time are substituted for the system of open accounts. He emphasized the need of a uniform cost system by nbers of the association and suggested that the nbers secure pamphlets on this subject from the Federal Trade Commission, Washington. a pe le ons, Need of Code for Forgers 1e subject of standardization was brought up in a on “Standardization of Finish on Forgings” by Frost, Frost Gear & Forge Company, Jackson, a summary of which follows: ew automobile engineers and draftsmen are well h versed in the minute details of forge and machine practice to be able to designate on drawings many e things which are necessary for an intelligent and factory production. It is probably due largely to ick of essential detail, that there is often such a divergence in prices quoted, because one esti- sees ways to cheapen his product and still com th the blueprint requirements, while another com- proposes to supply a better forging at a higher Usually the purchasing agent will select the t bid, ignoring the fact that possibly the highest ‘ quoted would have saved several times the differ- n the machining cost. rge people are facing new problems, due to the mobile industry, and the sooner they set about to er THE IRON AGE 1487 have been the result of end the correct some of the evils that rapid development, the sooner will controversy, rupture of business relationship and finan needless cial loss. The speaker picked out some examples to illustrate how standardization could be handled and ex pressed the hope that a could be formulated acceptable to all interests and placed in the hands of engineers and agents, with the understanding that when 1 coqae the blueprints of customers do not specify, the code will be followed. One recommendation was that practical drop forgers be called for consultation while new de signs are being worked out, that at least preliminary drawings or sketches should be sent to prospectiv: sources of supply to get avoid revising drawings and details. He where if this policy had been followed the constructive suggestions and Knew of cases saving would have been enormous In a case of large automobile forgings, crank cam _ shafts, and finish should be established requirements be and tolerances amount and any yond these should call for a corresponding price. The recent tendency forgers to produce axles of increase in has been to compel such that ma chining costs are brought to the lowest possible amount. This would be satisfactory if the price rate with the extra work. Mr. Frost held that an overall should be as close as required from king bolt to king bolt center, although some manufa: turers were requiring 1/16 in. In regard to twist in an axle, some require that lutely to gauge, but he believed this unfair unless an additional price is paid. \ other cific cases were referred to in which there are likely to be controversies between the drop forger and the cus tomer in the forge practice shop, which would be elimi nated were standard specifications followed. In clusion he made the follewing recommendation: 1. That a committee be appointed on standardization of designs and drawings, whose duty it shall be to formulate a working code on forging practice, if pos sible introducing a set of symbols, to define accurately the quality of surface required method to be employed in machining. 2. That it shall be the duty of this committee to have printed, at the expense of the association, as many copies of this code, after it has been approved by the executive committee, as may be required to send to customers. 3. That bidding be refused on blueprints which do not reasonably conform to the code. It was suggested in the discussion that standard tolerances be provided for certain work so that different shops would not submit bids based on different toler ances. One speaker pointed out that many manufac turers are now overcoming some of the trouble referred to in Mr. Frost’s paper by securing forging drawings to work on, these being furnished by the buyers. At the conclusion of the discussion a motion that the next president be instructed to irc p refinement Was commensu tolerance of % in purchasers yokes come practice abso irious spe con and appoint a committee on standards was adopted. Safety in Forge Shops In a paper on “Safety in the Forge Shop,” J. E. Wil liams, Pennsylvania Forge Co., Philadelphia, said that no type of manufacturing plant requires more attention in respect to safety devices than the forge shop. Man agers of forge plants owe it to themselves to install everything possible to guard their equipment. He stated that shears and presses should be carefully guarded, and, in fact, every piece of movable machinery, up to 7 ft. above the floor, should be provided with guard Flywheels should be protected with plates, fastened to the side of the wheels. Men doing work that might lead to the injury of the eyes should wear iront ol the fire He the all shops be goggles, and screens should be p