The Iron Age 1921-09-15: Vol 108 Iss 11

New York, September 15, 1921 ESTABLISHED 1855 VOL. 108: No. 1] ae 3 % i ’ Electric Furnaces and Heat Treatment A Survey of Their Commercial Appli- ‘ation to Steel and Other Industries —QOver 80 in the United States BY EDWIN F. CONE This has been particularly marked recently. Beginnings were made just before the war in treat- ing steel with electricity as the source of heat, but it was the war which really furnished the stimu- lus which has made this phase of heat treatment one of importance. An attempt is made in the following article to present a general, but not necessarily complete, re- view of the extent to which electrical apparatus or furnaces are used commercially in the United States as a means of heat treating steel. It is not claimed that in the summary every type of furnace has been included, but the facts as presented cover the main features of this remarkable development. Several companies have developed furnaces of types especially adapted to the product to be treated. Not only are castings and forgings now being treated in such furnaces, but sheets, steel chain, automo- bile parts, axles, bolts and nuts and small parts for airplanes, as well as non-ferrous and other products. In order to reveal the extent to which this method of heat treatment is being applied industrially, steel, non-ferrous and other installations are included, but no attempt is made to mention laboratory or re- search appliances. Tn electrical heat treatment of steel of all kinas has expanded extensively in the last few years T is pretty generally recognized that one of the Electric Furnace Co., Alliance, Ohio. One of the earli- pioneers, if not the pioneer, in applying electricity est Baily installations was made in 1914 at the plant to heat-treating problems was T. F. Baily, of the of the William A. Rogers, Ltd., Niagara Falls, N. Y., attery of EB Detroit, ight Electric Heat-Treating Furnaces Installed by Holcroft & Co., Detroit, at the Plant of the Packard Motor The first six furnaces operate at 1650 deg: Fahr. and the last two at 1100 deg. Fahr. They are used for hardening and drawing ~crankshafts 643 644 THE IRON AGE September 15, 1921 rH Hvneaecenvensevensevenservensencesereeseeneeseneavennesnepnane’tteoten suena neesaeueneneenennuneueneneessscecgnsenseriesnenacentenseuiiey CANE LADRTUNALEGELCELENSLARDEDADAALOULLUOOUERDEULOABOONGUEAULAEAACUEEOOELOACUONELOULUEALUMAUEEUAAUENEREDDAEOASUASLONSUASDENELAEUOTETTEOUEDESLAAELASEOAEDAAERAGUENOOAALLEDLEE OAL OAOONEDELASELUAREAAEbOeessett rin i8 Table of Principal Electric Furnaces Installed or Contracted for as of Sept. 1, 1921, Using General Electric Equipment for Heat Treating Steel, Rte. ; Kw. of Company and Location Size of Furnace and Product Treated Each adel Clay Products Co., Adel, Ilowa......... 1 Furnace 2 ft, wide, 2 ft. high, 2 ft. long; 50 lb. per hr. . Firing clay for s, Oe Oe ok mc ehh S56 0006 GA Kaine e.o sho eee a eee ca 15 ‘Yonnecticut Elec. Steel Co., Hartford, Conn.. 1 Furnace 3 ft. wide, 2 ft. 8% in. high, 4 ft. 4 in, jong; 3000 lb. 12 hr., including 1 hr. soaking period. Annealing steel castings......... 15 St. Louis Brass Co., Bt. Lowls.....ccssccvee 1 Furnace 4 ft. wide, 2 ft. high, 10 ft. long; 1300 lb. per hr. Firing vitreous enamel on cooking utensils and lamp reflectors........... 150 Standard Equipment Co., Cleveland 2 Furnaces 3 ft. wide, 2 ft. high, 6 ft. 4 in. long; 160 lb. per hr......... 60 2 Furnaces 4 ft. 9 in. diam., 2 ft. high; 500 lb. per hr. Carbonizing -ears and roller bearings and heat treating ring gears.............0.5. 60 Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y.......- 1 Furnace 1 ft. 6 in. wide, 2 ft. high, 5 ft. 6 in. long; 185 Ib. per hr. Spencer Lens Co., Hamburg, N. Y........2.-. 1 Furnace 4 ft. 6 in. diam., 4 ft. deep. Annealing large glass lenses for telescopes CeCe eo eH EEE HEHE HEHEHE HEHEHE HEHEHE ES HH HSH HEHEHE EEE 24 ;eneral Motors Corp. (Cent Gear), Detroit, Mich ; ae é foe oe .& aaa 1 Furnace 4 ft. 9 in, diam., 2 ft. high; 500 lb. per hr. ‘Heat treating gears Chase Metal Works, Waterbury, Conn.....« 1 Furnace 6 ft. 6 in. wide, 2 ft. 6 in. high, 24 ft. long; 8300 Ib. per hr Annealing’ braes Stock, TOdS, Dinte, G66. i... ve ce bccesticds peveces ~ 425 Aluminum Co. of America, Cleveland - 1 Furnace 4 ft. wide, 2 ft. 6 in. high, 10 ft. long. Annealing aluminum 60 Galusha Stove Co Buffalo, N. Y.. 5 1 Furnace 3 ft. 6 in, wide, 2 ft. high, 5 ft. long; 750 Ib. per hr. Firing VitFOOUS CORME)] CFT BLOVS DATES i.cc ccccciverccccsevecerosebeesees Acheson Graphite Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y.. 1 Furnace, 2 ft. 10 in. wide, 6 ft. high, 9 ft. 7 ft. long; 113 lb. per hr. net PORT BERETS. GENO ea-+. + 66.0.0 ca ska ns 5* cae eke cee es Crosby Co.. Buffalo, N. Y ; 5 ¥ , 1 Furnace 2 ft. wide, 2 ft. high, 3 ft. long; 150 lb. per hr. Hardening dies Standard Pencil Co., St. Louis 1 Furnace 3 ft. 9 in. wide, 2 ft. high, 12 ft, long; 500 lb. per hr. (process) faking erapnite FOP SO DOO: 6s ecko ae S68 he chats sae aes ss 114 tleason Works. Rochester, N. Y.. ' os 1 Furnace 17 in, wide, 2 ft. high, 10 ft. long; 550 lb. per hr. Hardening BERS ~ceseseseseseseseeeesseeseseeseseeseeseesseseeeeeseeesese o ioskeage Mfe. C Manel r, N. Hi 1 Furnace 3 ft. wide, 3 ft. high, 6 ft. long; 350 lb. per hr. Heat treating re ee ey ea ee ee er ee ere re ee ee ee ee 18 Waterbury Mfg. Co., Waterbury, Conn... 1 Furnace 4 ft. 6 in. wide, 2 ft. 2 in. high, 16 ft. 9 in. long; 1000 Ib. per } Annealing DIASS BUMCRINIGE. GG. «6.05 666000 2008 Nee TAD Vee ces Muncie Cap & Set Screw Co., Muncie, Ind Furnace 2 ft. 9 in. wide, 2 ft. 5 in. high, 7 ft. long; 600 Ib. per hr. Hardening CAP and wet SCFOWE.... crc cveeieccccccccesceneseseces 8 ( Saco Lowell Shops, Biddeport, Me Furnace 3 ft. diameter, 2 ft. 8 in. high; 300 lb. per hr. Heat treating ; emnIStie SMOCUING BPIAGIOG <n. xc 0 00 66 6m aoe usenet 0 cee OOS & Wb emeue 15 ‘BP: Bishop & Babcock Co., Cleveland b 1 Furnace 2 ft. wide. 2 ft. high, 4 ft. 6 in. long; 400 lb. per hr. Anneal- ¥ ire BU CRUE 6c ck eect ae ee eeCe hs besauectebeseuset iver hc 50 ‘ hy General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. ¥ 1 Furnace 15 ft. 10 in. wide, 8 ft, 7 in. high, 27 ft. 7 in. long; 4000 Ib. : eas per hr AnnéGliing POUBITIM CRBTAIGE. 2 occ 0k ob ccc 86 ee bee er eae ee 690 Fs ie General Electric Co., Schenectad N 1 Furnace 30 in. wide, 24 in. high, 40 in. long; 175 lb. per hr. Pack ; iardening lathe centers. thrush bearings, boring bars and bushings 20 General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. \ 1 Furnace 30 in. wide, 24 in. high, 40 in. long; 250 lb. per hr. Drawing temper on high-spsed cutting toOlS....cccccseccccseccvessesecses 20 General Electric Co (Baltimore Works) Baltimore, Md. .. oe 1 Furnace 3 ft. wide, 2 ft. 8 in. high, 6 ft. 6 in. long; 1300 lb. per hr : Annealing punchings. Hach GCOmpt....ccceccecesvescvecsesceses 90 - General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y 2 Furnaces 1 ft. 6 in. wide, 2 ft. high, 4 ft. long; 330 lb. per hr. Firing ek vitreous enamel] on resistance tubes... ....ceccccccevscssessesves 24 iy General Electric ¢ S ectac N. ¥ Furnaces each 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 2 ft. high, 3 ft. long; 125 lb. per hr. . eT Se a eae ere ee ee Seis 20 1 Furnace 1 ft. 6 in. wide, 2 ft. high, 2 ft. long; 160 lb. per hr. Drawing CONG CR DERRIIE COORD. oii cikc sce crass ccdeneestcanuneeasareet ; 20 1 Furnace 5 ft. wide. 15 ft. high, 8 ft. long; 50 Ib. per hr. (Heating chamber 1 ft, 2 in. wide, 4 ft. high, 3 ft. 4 in. long.) Annealing X-ray tubes .... ule 6.0 hh 6 6b 8 how 0 Aw We Becks Kes, ee 30 General Electric Co (Bridgeport Works) Bridgeport, Conn in eis ene 1 Furnace 15 in. wide, 2 ft. 3 in. high, 2 ft. long; 160 lb, per hr. Harden- ing dies, tools, etc.........0.6. sb 6 Bete ietala ole) ae fe aie, ea a 35 reneral Electric Co. (National Lamp Works) 1 Furnace 3 ft. wide, 2 ft. high. 14 ft. long; 10 cu. ft. bulbs per hr Annealing miniature lamp DuIbDS...........scceseveccesees Girod Electric Steel Co., France, has one 265-kw. furnace. 9 ft. wide and 15 ft. long. for annealing 1400 Ib. of tool steel stock rer hr WerenenrernnvensreenrnenetiinT for annealing flat ware. A little later, or in 1915, It is claiged that one of the factors which made cast the Otis Elevator Co., Niagara Falls, installed two steel anchor chain a commercial success during the Baily furnaces for annealing elevator steel castings. war was the proper heat treatment made possible by Catt i a ie Sie ote An Electric Furnace in the Enameling Industry, Firing Vitreous Enamel on Cooking Utensils and Lamp Reflectors at the Plant of the St. Louis Brass Co., St. Louis. The operating temperature is 1700 deg. Fahr. September 15, 1921 THE IRON AGE 645 me of the 22 Electric Heat-Treating Furnaces for Guns Operating During the War (in the Circle) and Installed by the General Electric Co. This type ff furnace was redesigned for peace time commercial purposes as repre- ented by the other photograph and is in ise by the same company at Schenec- ady, N. Y., annealing turbine housing castings MrT nn 5 Baily electric furnaces at the plant of the National Malleable Castings Co., Cleveland. One of the tables * gives installations to date of Baily electric heat- 5 treating furnaces in the United States. There are 34 such furnaces in this country, one of which is credited Rs A % to the non-ferrous industry. Of this total 10 were Co., which has to its credit the development of large contracted for since Jan. 1, 1920. commercial electric heat-treating furnaces of the Another pioneer in this field is the General Electric metallic resistor type. This company states that it Veeeeeons ' TO seamen oreanenenet UU ‘ ' ouneneee TOT e eT PeeRO MOOT EERE Table of Baily Electric Furnaces Installed or Contracted for on Sept. 1, 1921, for Heat Treating No.of Kw. of Total Daily E Company and Location Product Treated Units Each Kw. Tonnage VW \. Rogers, Ltd., Niagara Falls, N. Y..... . Annealing flat ware.... ae ee 200 400 24 W \. Rogers, Ltd., Niagara Falls, N. Y........ Annealing flat ware....... se oe 200 200 12 evator Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y............Amnealing elevator castings 2 150 300 450 36 | Malleable Castings Co., Sharon, Pa.... Annealing draw bars knuckles. . $ 900 . s 900 3,600 144 {1 States Aluminum Co., Massena, N. Y.. Aluminum castings ...... ; al 1 50 50 6 Sp ulty Co., Erie, Pa... : ‘ ys ; Small steel parts for airplanes and tractors 2 150 150 300 24 Arrow Motor Car Co., Buffalo, N. Y........Tranmsmission gears . 7 . : l 40 40 4 steel Co., St. Lowls......s++ thea eee ee .Railroad axles ... Saeesen cs l 150 150 12 Malleable Castings Co., Cleveland......s«. Anchor chain* : L 6 900 5,400 150 Shepard Forging Co., Harvey, Ill........ss.@?rank shafts . ‘ : sah ee y 900 1,800 144 Steel Co., Braeburn, Pa............. comet Anaealing steel hawex So6 taba ] 600 600 75 1 Steel & Bearing Co., Philadelphia... Roller bearings and ball races 150 150 12 «& Sessions, Cleveland....... ae as leat treating bolts bis abe s l 40 40 4 Roller Bearing Co., Canton, Ohio... . Roll hardening .. ‘ fe l 75 75 5 Body Corporation, Salem, Ohio. . Sheet heating ........... ‘ l 100 100 s Foundry, Springfield, Ohio..... Annealing castings ........ l 200 200 18 Wills, Detreit Biiie in te.« i dace cin cae cel Automobile parts** ; 2 600 1,200 18 Ifg. Co., Waterbury, Conn.... . Annealing brass ......... bad owe l 150 150 18 steel Co., Johnstown, Pa...... : .Annealing bolts .. Poi eo 200 200 24 irdson Mfg. Co., Beaver Falls, Pa Enameling steel signs, stove parts, et« l 600 608 43 CRG ©. oss aes va vada ec de elon Annealing steel ........ a 360 360, 24 34 16,066 806 600-kw. furnace is in use by the Stavanger Electro Staalverk, Stavanger, Norway, for annealing steel castings. ‘Described in THe IRon AGE, Feb. 27, 1919 e escribed in THe IRON AGE, June 30, 1921. ew vevewnsersonnsevensneennees 10007 ypesoueueanversennenenensneer pareve cer ’ V1NU EY /ABENOUROEDO NTT ORDODEDON/ OAUORDTY. PTET SUAEDTRORDREDECOSUORUEDOR TED OOUED re eeD?ouPeERRNE et c¥F res rsa0re 1 P ERR OOTP rR NEAR ee ores Miche arcadia OS a EE ee ay ea Casini ps a getter . , di deren are ee ee | ee - - = 646 THE IRON AGE A Continuous Conveyor Type (Hagan) of Electric Furnace September 15, 1991 for Bright Annealing. It is provided with water seal at both ends and the automatic control and temperature recording instruments are at the left first undertook this work early in 1917 when it de- veloped the vertical cylindrical furnace for heat- treating large gun forgings. The company never did and does not now actually build and install large furnaces but it does manufacture and supply the metallic resistor heating units with refractory insulator supports for installation in the furnace as well as the automatic temperature control consisting of contractor panels operated by Leeds & Northrup controller instru- ments or in some cases recording controllers. One of the illustrations shows four gun forgings being lowered into a battery of four furnaces in the This Is a 210-Kw. Electric Annealing Furnace for Anneal- ing Sheet Steel, the Charge Consisting of 16,000 Lb. The furnace is 12 ft. long, 4 ft. 6 in. wide and 3 ft. high and is a product of the George J. Hagan Co., Pittsburgh plant of the Tioga Steel & Iron Co., Philadelphia. There were installed during the war 22 of these gun furnaces in the following ordnance plants: Tioga Steel & Iron Co., Philadelphia; Inland Ordnance Co., Roch- ester, N. Y.; Syminton Anderson Co., Rochester, N. Y.; Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mass.; U. S. Naval Ordnance Plant, South Charleston, W. Va. These fur- naces ranged from 6 ft. in ‘diameter by 11 ft. deep, consuming 200 kw., to 7 ft. in diameter by 35 ft deep, consuming 700 kw. A large furnace of this type is at present under construction in a Government ordnance plant having dimensions of 8 to 10 ft. in diameter by 105 ft. deep with a connected load of 2700 kw. With the ending of the war, the company states that its efforts were directed to modifying the design of the gun furnace so as to secure one which would be suitable for peace time needs on a commercial basis. One of the illustrations shows this later type. In it the units consist of heavy metallic windings supported in refractory insulators on the inner walls of the furnace chamber. The pitch and length of the ribbon convolutions can be made so as to concentrate or dis- tribute the heating effect as desired. Such ribbon un:ts can be placed in the hearth or floor of the furnace or under the arch. One of the tables gives a list of some of the more important metallic resistor type of heat-treating fur- naces in commercial use as equipped with G. E. heating units and temperature control. Some were installed and built by furnace building companies and others were installed by the company using them. The Gen- eral Electric Co. also builds three or four furnaces of this type of relatively smaller size or of such size that the furnace can be built up complete at the plant and shipped to the user in that condition. Besides the Baily and General Electric heat-treating furnaces there are four other companies which have introduced or are introducing commercial furnaces for heat-treatment as follows: The George J. Hagan Co., Pittsburgh, has the fol- lowing installations either made or under contract 4 follows: September 15, 1921 THE IRON AGE 647 & Union Horsenail Co., Buffalo: One 24 ft. regenerative car type furnace having a mnected load of 180 kw for operation on 440 volts, phase, 60-cycle power service. This furnace is used for annealing special steel wire *, coil form, Motors Co., Kenosha, Wis.: One large rotary furnace, 20 ft. in diameter and hav- ¢ a connected load of 270 kw for operation on 440 3-phase, 60-cycle power service. ‘his furnace is used for hardening, annealing and irbonizing automobile parts, varying from a spring clip . front axle. A description of this installation appears Eo elsewhere in this issue. %g % Silver Co., Muncie, Ind.: 3 One continuous annealing furnace for annealing a s and nickel silver flat ware. x This furnace has a connected load of ‘75 kw for oper- iy n 220 volts, 3-phase, 60-cycle power service. ord rd Stoker Co., Inc., Erie, Pa.: One box type annealing furnace having a connected of 40 kw for operation on 220 volts, single-phase, le power service Farrar ee This furnace is used for annealing miscellaneous S istings ¥4 in Allis Chalmers Co., Toronto, Ont a One car type sheet annealing furnace having a con E ed load of 210 kw for operation on 440 volts, 3 2 é 60-cycle power service BS T furnace is used exclusively for annealing special Ee ormer steel in sheet form Ey: ¥ Watch Co., Springfield, Ill One mall rotary enameling furnace, 6 ft n diame p iving a connected load of 31 kw for operation on volt 3-phase, 60-cycle power service The furnace is used exclusively for enameling watcl ials 1 2 An Electric Carburizing Furnace Furnished by the General Electric Co. to the Standard Equipment Co., Cleveland, Mfg. Co.. Cicero, IIL: for Carburizing Gears and toller Bearings and Heat oh _— ’ ° Treating Ring Gears One double end enameling furnace 225 kw connected peration on 220 volts, 3-phase, 60-cycle power service stalled or contracted for the following electric heat- meing ( OKINE ° ; treating furnaces: furnaces, 7; of whith 5 are treating steel The furnace is to be used for en Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit . . : ° ‘ Eight (8) fur es, 2 ft. wide, 2 ft. high, 6 ft. long, Holeroft & Co., Detroit, Mich., have already in- i iene. dina ap S — x e&< i \ Baily Electric Furnace for Heat Treating Bolts at the Plant of the Lamson & Sessions Co., Cleveland oo ey Br, Hon! 3! Pei ae i 5) ck ne ‘ * } ee i “ cet DA Sa NE ate ng oon he bag SEE 648 THE IRON AGE A Baily Electric Heat-Treating Furnace of the Car Type Operating at the Pittsburgh Plant of the Crucible Steel Co. of America Hardening and drawing crankshafts, 500 lb. and 800 lb. per hour respectively. Schwartz Hermann Co., Sommerville, N, J.: One furnace, 2 ft. wide, 8 in. high, 7 ft. 4 in. long. 68 kw and one furnace 2 ft. wide, 8 in. high, 6 ft. long, 32 kw. Hardening and drawing 500 lb. of temper spring steel per hour. General Motors Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio: One furnace, 2 ft. wide, 5 ft. 6 in. long, 15 in. high 31 kw. General heat treating, 300 Ib. per hour. Total furnaces, 10; all treating stcel. The Electric Furnace Construction Co., Philadel- phia, has, already installed or under contract, the following electric heat-treating furnaces: Emery Steel Casting Co., Baltimore: One pit type annealing furnace and soaking pit for small steel castings. The same company also has an electrically heated core drying oven finished by the same builders. September 15, 192) Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford, Conn.: One electric recuperative car type furnace, 60 ft 12 ft. wide and 11 ft. high, 180 kva. It 1s used for annealing gray iron. The same company has also sold to the Socied panola Construcc:ion Naval, Rheinosa, Spain, one fur : 6 ft. dia., 37 ft. deep, 712 kw. for heat treating 6000 |) of gun forgings per hour and one furnace, 10 ft. ¢ wide, 7 ft. high, 20 ft. long, for annealing 5500 I} gun forgings per hour. of Another company, the American Industrial Furnac Corporation, Boston, has made installations of electri heat-treating furnaces as follows: Connecticut Broach Co., New London, Conn. : One furnace, 9 in. wide, 2 ft. high, 5 ft. long, 25 kw For hardening and drawing 200 lb. of broaches hour. Chapman Valve Co., Indian Orchard, Mass.: One furnace, 5 ft. wide, 4 ft, high, 6 ft. 10 in. 120 } Annealing 800 Ib. of steel and brass casting hour. A review of this subject should not close without reference to the electrical heat treatment of alloy steel tubing as carried out by the Snead & Co. Iron Works, Jersey City, N. J., a description of which appeared in THE IRON AGE, Jan. 22, 1920, and which has recently been presented as a moving picture before various technical societies. While the apparatus is not distinctly a furnace, it is a novel and highly successful method of heat treating tubing and gives promise of being applied more generally. The foregoing analysis, when summarized, presents a striking total of heat-treating furnaces using elec- tricity as a source of heat. In the steel field alone there are about 80 such furnaces now installed or contracted for. They are operating on many kinds of products, including steel and iron castings, automobile parts, tool steel, sheets, etc. At least seven furnaces are operating on non-ferrous material and the applica- tion to glass and other industries is growing. It is also of interest that there are already several installa- tions of American. electric heat-treating furnaces in foreign countries: Canada, France, Spain, Norway, etc. ‘An Electric Furnace for Annealing Steel Castings at the Plant of the Connecticut Electric Steel Co., Hartford, Conn Its capacity is 3000 lb. of castings every 12 hr., including one hour soaking period Steel Treaters Meeting in Indianapol Third Annual Convention and Exhibition Next Week in a Large Heat-Treatin Industrial C 19 to 24, for its third annual convention and exhibition, it will mark the anniversary of the amalgamation into one large or- ganization of two heat-treating societies. This was accomplished at the second annual convention in Philadelphia last September. The past year has been a re- markably successful one for the organization. Mem- bership has increased in numbers and an increase in service as well as one in finan- cial assets has been tegistered. When the American Steel Treaters’ Society and the Steel Treating Research Society were amalgamated last year, the com- bined membership was close to 2750. The membership of the new society on Sept. 1 was 3237, or an increase of 487. _ Since the last convention four new chapters have been organized: At Syracuse, N. Y.; Charleston, W. Va.; Gary, Ind., and Worcester, Mass., making a total of 31. Practically all chapters have reported excellent attendance at their monthly meetings during the past winter, and all of them have made extensive plans and preparations for the coming year. The average at- tendance at the meetings of each of the chapters has been approximately 100 members and guests, which means that there are 3000 individuals attending meet- ings of the whole organization each month, with a total attendance of over 30,000 for the year. One of the most important developments of the society during the past year has been the inereased value of Its publication, the Transactions. ‘The general make-up and appearance have been improved while the number of pages has been increased. Over 775 pages of reading matter, exclusive of advertising, have been published in the 12 numbers since last September. Since the amalgamation, two nationally prominent have been elected to and accepted honorary mem- berships. They are Dr. Albert Sauveur, head of the department of metallurgy of Harvard University, and Dr. Edward D. Cambell, head of the department of chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. This makes a total of four honorary members, Sir Robert Hadfield and Dr. Henry M. Howe having been Previously elected. The national standing committees HEN the American Society for Steel Treating meets in Indianapolis, Ind., next week, Sept. have held meetings during the past year and have con- tributed valuable results toward increasing the efficacy of the society and toward the preparation of the re- search program and standards for heat treating. There are a number of causes contributing to the success of the society, one of the most important being decentralization of organization, or that of having many chapters located in industrial centers, easy of access and of greatest benefit to the members. The large portion of the dues, which the constitution pro- vides, should remain with local chapters for payment of expenses incident to securing speakers and sending announcements, etc., has placed the chapters in a sound financial condition with money in their local treasuries to insure active participation in the aims and purposes of the society. The national president, Lt.-Col. A. E. White, has visited all of the chapters of the society the past winter and has traveled over 10,000 miles, using over six weeks of his time and thus giving to the entire membership a portion of his enthusiasm, his counsel and his advice. The officers of the society believe that it has as yet made but a small impression upon the field of possible mem- bers and of its potential usefulness. Indianapolis and Its Industries The location selected for the annual. meeting this year is one of the important heat-treating centers of the country. The map, reproduced on another page, shows the location of the leading places where heat treating of various kinds is being practiced, as well as the location of the Indiana State Fair Grounds where the convention and exhibition are to be held. Indianapolis is fast coming to the front as a manu- facturing city and to-day it has over 1200 industries, manufacturing some 800 different products. The city is located within 50 miles of the center of population of the United States and claims to be the geographical center of manufacturing. It is, in population, trans- portation facilities and volume of business transacted, the largest inland city not on a navigable stream in the United States. The population numbers approxi- mately 315,000; 82 per cent of this are native born whites, and 2,000,000 live within 100 miles of the city. In the city itself, 146,000 were listed at the last census as engaged in gainful occupations. There are: over 70,000 families, of which 65 per cent own their own homes. The city has direct railroad connection with all parts of the country by means of 17 railrdads. Every- one of these is served by a belt railroad, 14 miles in length, which surrounds the city and gives industrial plants ready access to each radiating line. 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The metal working industry is steadily gaining in importance, being second only in volume to the packing industry. The manufacture of automobilies is the leader in the metal trades, and the city is claimed to be second only to Detroit in the number of automobiles built. There are 10 automobile manufacturing plants within the city limits. Manufacture of automobile parts, including drop forgings, body sheets, carburetors, THE IRON AGE September 15, 192) oa gears, bodies, springs, fans, radiators, etc., all go t make it one of importance in the automotive field. While the automobile industry is undoubtedly of first importance, Indianapolis has a large number of other metal-working industries that go to make it one of the leaders among the cities of the country. Perhaps the most important of these is the manufacture of chain transmissions and sprockets. The city is also a leader in the manufacture of saws, having one of the largest plants in the country, The machine tool industry assuming greater proportions and several large ©o™ panies are now operating there. Among other products of of yne ips ain der is ym- ucts ntember 15, 1921 map on the opposite page shows by numbers the m of some of the Indianapolis plants where heat .q is practiced. The lists below are a key to the Numerical Finding List ral Tool & Gauge Co. alty Gauge & Tool Co Motor Car Co. ern Tool & Die Co. ianapolis Tool & Mfg. Co. Atkins & Co. rican High-Speed Chain Co cke Machine & Tool Co lianavolis Drop Forge Co echke Mfg. Co. ican Can Co nson Gear Co. H. Hassler, Inc Spring Co. vy Motors Co. enac Motor Co rn Electric & Machine Co itz Motor Car Co. of America, Inc Grinder Co. n Bros, Steam Pump Works Fire Engine Co S. Motor Car Co nks, Morse & Co national Machine Tool Co nd Machine Co Malleable Castings Co. Belt Co 1 nberg Automobile & Motors Co i Auto Parts Co al Drop Forge Co dler & Taylor Co Nordyke & Marmon Co mond Chain & Mfg. Co e Metal Co Midwest Engine Co. National Motor Car & Vehicle Corporation Oakes Co I er Motor Corporation. ) fayette Motors Co. Monument Circle i State Fair Grounds anufactured are oil and gas engines, road building achinery, gray iron and steel castings, steam engines and boilers, freight cars, concrete machinery, hoisting erricks, small tools, metal stampings and electrical apparatus of various kinds. To supply the needs of various industries, a larger stock of iron and steel irried by jobbers than in any city in the Middle West, outside of Chicago. The Chamber of Commerce, through its industrial sion, is conducting a never-ceasing campaign for ndustries. While no bonuses are offered to bring ries to the city, its natural advantages ssed, such as its location with reference to i the excellence of its labor conditions. city is essentially an “open-shop” city. ‘tal trades it is practically 100 per cent open ‘oats tr pap wl ele enter of population and manufacture, its nearness to oal fields of Indiana, its railroad facilities and lly low rates for electric power and artificial THE IRON AGE 651 os 3 Alphabetical Finding Index No. American Can Co., Garfield Park car ae ll American High Speed Chain Co., South Meridian, Stock Yards or Garfield car.. e ieee . 7 Atkins, E. C., & Co., South Meridian, Stock Yards or Garfieid car ‘ ; ‘ ; ; aac 6 Chandler & Taylor Co., West Indianapolis or Terre Haute Traction car .... ‘ei namae ‘ 31 Cole Motor Car Co., East Washington car ‘ : Dean Bros. Steam Pump Works, Northwestern car...... 20 Diamond Chain & Mfg. Co West Indianapolis car or Stock Yards car satdvceautet swede 33 Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Co., West Washington ee : seen ct PW eeedsecese ee dee ‘ 28 Fairbanks, Morse &‘Co., Northwestern car... ates we 23 Frontenac Motor Co., Kast Tenth Street or East Michi- Ce GE «cs eed acd : 16 General Tool & Gauge Co., East Michigan car l Hassler, Robt. H., Inc., Virginia Avenue car, transfer to Minnesota ; ; 13 Imperial Drop Forge Co., West Indianapolis car or Terre Haute traction ‘ 4 ‘ ‘ 30 Indianapolis Drop Forge Co., Garfield Park car... 99 Indiana State Fair Grounds, Central and College cars 41 Indianapolis Tool & Mfg. Co., South Meridian car 5 International Machine Tool Co., Riverside car 24 Lafayette Motors Co West Indianapolis car marked “Mars Hill’* or Martinsville traction... 39 Link-Belt Co., West Michigan car ‘ 27 Marschke Mfg. Co.. Garfield Park car 10 Meta! Auto Parts Co., West Indianapolis car 29 Midwest Engine Co., Columbia car.. da ‘ 35 Milholland Machine Co Riverside car....... 25 Modern Electric & Machine Co., Central car.. ; 17 Modern Tool & Die Co., three blocks from monument ‘ Monument Circle . anh isl ee ee : 40 National Malleable Castings Co., West Michigan car 26 National Motor Car & Vehicle Corporation, College car 36 Nordyke & Marmon Co., Stock Yards cat 32 Oakes Co., Brightwood car 37 Ott Grinder Co., Northwestern car 19 Premier Motor Corporation, Brookside car = Ae Service Spring Co., English car : — 14 Spacke Machine & Tool Co South Meridian or Garfield car er ‘ 88 Specialty Gauge & Tool Co., East Washington and East Michigan cars i 2 Stevenson Gear Co., East Washington car.. 12 Stutz Fire Engine Co., Illinois car... : 21 Stutz Motor Car Co. of America, Inc., Illinois car i8 Weidely Motors Co.. East Washington car 15 Zenite Metal Co., West Michigan car 34 and the city as a whole shows an average of 90 per cent of its industries working without union agree- ments. In the Associated Employers of Indianapolis, the city has an asset in coping with the labor problem. This association today has over 500 members, with employees numbering approximately 46,000. It was organized in 1904, the object being civic, economic and commercial betterment. The fundamental principles of the association’s activities are first, securing of harmonious industrial relations between the employer and employee, and insistence on adequate compensation and timely advancement for the employee as measured by his individual efforts; second, unalterable opposition to the principle of the closed shop as un-American, illegal and unfair to the independent workmen, the employer and the public; third, strenuous opposition to strikes, lockouts, boycotts and kindred evils; and fourth, the impartial enforcement of law and strict maintenance of order. The association was one of is Speedway at Indianapolis Where Special Automobile Races Will Be Staged on Wednesday Morning, Sept. 21, for the. Entertainment of the Steel*Treaters' and Their Guests J . ; i i r ra i : a ‘ 4 a eee LS nahi peer ee eer a near eo ener mie Ove ee Rae ~ eal 652 THE the first in the country to carry on an organized systematic campaign of education in industrial matters. It has already distributed hundreds of thousands of pieces of educational and instructive literature, not only to its own mailing list of 2000 business men and employers of labor, but also to public and professional men, clergymen and officers in public service in federal, state, county and municipal government. There are many points of interest about the city, chief among which are the soldiers and sailors, monu- ment and the motor speedway. The new union station, with its system of elevated tracks, is. impressive, over 20,000 tons of steel having been used in its construction. In addition, the city has excellent educational facilities and a system of public parks. Exhibition and Convention Program The regular exhibition of heat-treating appliances and processes will be held, in connection with the convention, at the manufacturers building, Indiana, State Fair Grounds. In spite of the business depres- sion, the society has been fortunate in securing a large list of exhibitors who will display the latest and most efficient products and equipment used in heat-treating. A complete report of the exhibitors and what they will show is found elsewhere. A technical program of 78 papers is scheduled for the convention. A list of the authors and their sub- jects were printed in THE IRON AGE, Sept. 1. The ses- sions will be held in the Woman’s Building, located close to the exhibition and for the first time there will be simultaneous meetings. The general program for each day follows: Monday, Sept. 19—Opening Session, 2 p. m. BSSPORE CE WHICOMB on cine eas avian. W. R. Chapin, chairman executive committee, Indianapolis chapter ae a aca et ek City official Welcome to Indianapolis........ 6.55.5 ei akan adene A. E. White, National President Report of tellers of election....... t. T. Bayless, Chairman Report of secretary....W. H. Eisenman, National Secretary Report of treasurer......W. 8S. Bidle, National Treasurer President's address..........A. E. White, National President Announcements. Tuesday, Sept. 20 10 a. m.—Papers on carburizing. 2 p.m.—Papers on tool steel. Smoker and entertainment. 6 p.m Wednesday, Sept. 21 10 a.m.—Motor Speedway. 50-mile match race between Duesenberg and Frontenac motor cars 2 p. m.—Room A: Papers on heat treating equipment. Room B: Papers on alloy steel. 8 p.m Dance and entertainment. Thursday, Sept. 22 10 a.m.—Room A: Program in charge of the Army and Navy. Room B: Papers on alloy steel. 2 p.m.—Room A: Papers on metallographic research toom B: Papers on heat treating equipment 6 p.m Annual banquet: speakers of national prominence Friday, Sent. 23 10 a.m. Research session in charge of Dr. Harrison E Howe, chairman National Research Council, Wash- ington, D. C. 2 p.m.—Room A: Papers on heat-treating problems. Room B: Papers on shop management Special attention is called to the fact that owing to the large number of excellent and interesting papers. simulta neous sessions will be held on three days of the Convention so that visitors may have the opportunity of sessions which are of the greatest interest. attending the Army and Navy Session The Army and Navy Session on Thursday morning will be especially interesting and the following general program will be presented. The Navy will detail an officer to present a paper on “Laying of the North Sea Barage.’’ General Amos A. Fries, chief of chemical warfare serv ice, will have a paper presented on some subject of interest to the members. General C. C. Williams, chief of the ordnance department, has asked F. C. Langenberg, metallurgist Watertown Arsenal, to present a paper on heat treatment at the Arsenal, Major L. W. McIntosh, assistant to the ,chief of. engineer- IRON AGE September 15, 192) ing division, air service, war department, will have a paper presented on “Heat-Treating Problems in Aeronautics Research Session Dr. Harrison E, Howe, chairman of the National Research Council, will preside at the research session on Friday morn. ing. Dr. Howe has consented to secure the speaker that session, in which the general plan for research in treatment will be presented and discussed. The Exhibitors and Their Exhibits A ALCORN, BLocKHOUSE & Co., Philadelphia—Exhibiting a combination conveyor type furnace, electrically heated which combines in one the conveyor for such articles as crank shafts, cam shafts, rear axle shafts, conveying miscellaneous small pieces, | shapes, gears and gear blanks. This furnace was orig nally designed for the heat treatment of shells. prin- cipally 155 mm., and it was eventually adopted by the Ordnance Department as standard equipment. Alcorn and H. M. and such as rou aiso James §S Austin will demonstrate the furnace. ARMSTRONG CorRK Co., Pittsburgh—Exhibiting the following “Nonpareil” products: insulating brick for all kinds of ovens, furnaces, etc.; high pressure covering and blocks for steam lines, enameling and japanning ovens, feed water heaters, etc.; corkboard for the insulation of cold storage and constant temperature rooms; cork covering for refrigerated drinking water lines, brine and am- monia lines, ete.; also “Circle A’’ cork brick for floors an electrically heated furnace will demonstrate the retarding properties of “Nonpareil” insulating Represented by J. T. Gower, Cincinnati office. E. C. ATKINS & Co., Indianapolis—Atkins saws of all kinds, also machine knives, metal cutting machinery, hack saw blades, frames, etc.; also process samples of hand saws from raw material to finished product. Represented by T. A. Carroll, J. E. Andrews, E. C. Drake, T. E. Patton, Robert Arbuckle and Edward Norvell. ATLAS CRUCIBLE STEEL Co., Dunkirk, N. Y.—Samples of various types of tool steel, including both hot rolled and cold rolled shapes; there will also be an exhibit of fractures, showing the effect of proper and improper heat treatment on the various types of tool steel. Prod- ucts of the company’s high speed drop forging plant, which produces various sizes of blanks for key-wa) cutters, end-mills and cutters will also be shown. Repre- sented by F. G. Davis, assistant general sales manage heat brick J. A. Disney, sales representative; W. C. Peterson metallurgical engineer, and F. Kremp, metallurgist B Metallo- micro BauscH & LomsB OpTicaL Co., Rochester, N. Y. graphic and metallurgical equipment, including scopes, photomicrographic apparatus and accessories, in- cluding new complete metallographic outfits, one of them having the microscope built in as part of the equip- ment. Represented by W. L. Patterson and I. L. Nixor both from Rochester. BELL & GOssETT Co., Chicago—Exhibiting ‘‘Caseite,’’ used in place of cyanide, in either lump or powder form; “Bath- ite,’ which is a salts for preheating steel between 1200 and 1600 deg. Fahr., used as a _ substitute for lead; “Cleancoat,” a carbonacious compound used on the top of lead to prevent drossing and oxidation, being a sub- stitute for charcoal; also carbonizing compound, carbon- izing pots and boxes (steel and’ alloy), ‘Enamelite” (selective hardening material), high temperature cements, quenching and tempering oils, scleroscopes and prestometers, BETHLEHEM STEEL Co., Bethlehem, Pa.—A feature will be 4 large illuminated transparency consisting of 32 colored views, showing the various processes of steel manufac- ture from raw material to finished product; another transparency consisting of charts showing the physica! properties of 48 of the standard grades of alloy and carbon steels. The charts include the, tensile and hard- ness results of these steels in their condition as rolled. annealed and after various special heat treatments Another chart shows physical test diagram, micro graphs, fractures, etc., illustrating the effect of quench ing steel at the proper and improper temperatures Products exhibited to include a number of special iro? castings made with Mayari iron; an I beam section taken progressively through the various punching, blank- ing and bending operations in the manufacture of the new Bethlehem structural steel wheels for motor trucks and a representative line of small tools made from Bethlehem tool steel, drop forgings, hardened steel rolls and bolts and..nuts. Representedsby W. R. Shimer September 15, 1921 THE IRON AGE 653 les metallurgist, W. H. Laury, John Moran, W. C. ler and Robert MacDonald, all of Bethlehem office. Co., Waterbury, Conn.—Entire line of Bristol indi- ating and recording pyrometers, including temperature ntrollers, together with accessories for these classes instruments Exhibit in charge of H. G. Hall, Chi- trict sales manager, and H. L. Griggs, general nt ul les manager INSTRUMENT Co., Philadelphia—Apparatus to demon- rate what the research departments of instrument nufacturers are doing today, along the lines of veloping newer and more accurate instruments; at booth will be displayed a potentiometer, so compact can be carried under the arm, and yet has a of 96 in. long; automatic control showing what been accomplished during the last year; the heat- vele controller; new cold junction compensated eter, together with the complete line of high nee indicating and recording pyrometers of single nuous and multiple types; indicating and recording rmometers; indicating and recording pressure gages; eters; and all types of instruments for temper 1 measure and recording. In charge of booth: WwW. Keller, C. C. McDermott, D. J. Jones, R. W. E. R. Robinson, and S. C. Ketterer STANDARDS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF General equipment available for research e testing of metals at the Bureau of Standards, b transparencies and photographs; copies of itions considered of interest to members will be for examination Among the items of interest production of pure metals, such as iron and the on of gas free alloys, together with the melt- fferent industrial ferrous and non-ferrous metals sus methods. In connection with this work, is developed for the determination of gases in will be shown. Such investigations which have pursued intensivély for several years at the Bureau Standards are fundamental, and their perfection effects of gases contained in alloys. such as steels manu- necessarily be achieved before the 1 by various processes, may be determined. Hot id working of metals, their heat-treatment and test luding some applications of the 2,300,000 Ib. testing machine, will likewise be exhibited. e will be included the results of recent studies of properties of metals at high temperatures, including pression tests of different types of bearing metals i tensile tests of carbon and alloy steels under rent conditions of rolling and heat-treatment, and itions of magnetic analysis and such _ special as the distribution of stresses in chilled iron teel car wheels under conditions approximating of service The exhibit, as a whole, will illustrate field of co-operation of the bureau with the metal istries Dr. G. K. Burgess, H. J. French, and J. §S k, and Miss D. E. Kingsbury will attend. /ENIN( SERVICE Co. Cleveland Exhibiting and samples of the work which it has pro- the form of gears, cam shafts, ete., cut to ie cross section and polished and etched to show ith of case; also two machines for testing the of metals, the auto-punch and a quadrant both manufactured by the Rudge-Whitworth Birmingham, England, to be shown for the first United States. Represented by William H C. E. Lovejoy. rs Co New York—“‘Sil-O-Cel” Insulating llating powder, insulating cements, high tem ents and other products There will be itions, one of an electric furnace fire brick used as refractory, three sides ited with “Sil-O-Cel” standard brick and the ide uninsulated; furnace will be equipped meter to show internal heat and thermometers emperature difference between walls insulated Sil-O-Cel” standard brick and uninsulated walls d demonstration will show the heat-resisting “Sil-O-Cel“ brick by means of a blow torch ted by Edward F. Davis, H. N. Haberstroh and Co., Massillon, Ohio—Automobile p steel; also a demonstration of the use of the Ss oil hardening UMA steels on a gear cutting will also exhibit seamless tubing and cold products made from the company’s steels. Repre- i by F. J. Griffiths, D. N. A. Blacet, L. B. Baker ’: P. Richter. STEEL Co., Pittsburgh—Exhibiting Colonial high- and carbon tool steels, showing fractures and graphs 1 Represented by Charles’ M. Brown, vice- president ; James E. Barry, special representative; G. W. Hampshire, Detroit representative ; Charles Kopenhoefer, Cincinnati and Indianapolis representative; N. B. Hoff- man, chief chemist and metallurgist; T. Howe Nimick, assistant to the vice-president. CRUCIBLE STEEL Co. oF AMERICA, Pittsburgh—Heat treated various kinds Represented by J. W. Taylor and F. J. White, Pittsburgh, and C. W. Mayer and H. L. Raynor, Indianapolis, Ind. steel products of dD DEEDS COMMERCIA LABORATORIES, Indianapolis, Ind.—Car- burizing compound, demonstrating methods of use as Represented by f well as the principle quenching W. C. Horner DEEDS & CHAPIN, Indianapolis—‘“Cinch” Steel various dies, tools, and other articles which have been Cement, and cemented with their products Harrison, N. J Cast Nichrome carbon Represented DRIVER-HARRIS C izing cont I f the most popular styles. by H. D. McKinney lL. O. Hart, second vice-president ; Cc. B. Callomor factory superintendent; F. L. Driver Blythe, H. O. Hartdegan and G. A. Rickert, advertising manager ELECTRIK ALLA STE! ( Youngstown, Ohio A comple issortment f various grad of high-speed everal tool from its steels which have perform: extraordinary feats: a large sample case showing fra tured bars in the natural, annealed nd hardened eat-treated conditio n each grade o tool and speed steel; this sample board shows the grain structure of various degrees of hardness of each of the grades; a complete set of micrographs, showing the cleanness ol its cold melt electric furnace steels as well as its crucible cast high-speed teels Represented by G Peterson, general manager of sales; G W Morrison, general superintendent; J. E. Sandmeyer, field metallurgist, and M. A. Grossmann, chief metallurgist ELECTRIC STEEL C INDIANA, Indianapolis tefrac tories for electric ranges and steel treating furnaces, ELECTRICAL REFRACTORIES Co., East Palestine, Ohio consisting of electric heating element supports of various types and linings for the same The products are con fined to use in resistance’type electric heating devices, where heat up to 2500 deg. is attained. tepresented by EF. E. Owen, president CHARLES ENGELHARD, INC., New York—A complete line of indicating ind recording pyrometers and automatic control apparatus Various forms of thermo-couple mountings will also be shown, particularly Impervite refractory and Impervite hard porcelain tubes tepre- sented by E. S. Newcomb and G. V. Nightingale F l. B. Forp Co., Wyandotte, Mich Chemicals, and cleaning compounds for the hardening room WILLIAM GaANSCHOW Co., Chicago—Exhibiting heat-treated gears and other gears Represented by A. F. Boissoneau GENERAL ALLOYS C Chicago—Heat resisting alloys. Repre- sented by H. H. Harris, "A. D. Heath, A, L. Grinnell, (FENERAL ELEcTric Co., Schenectady, N. Y An oil-tempering emi-cylindrical furnace for treating carbon sté will be shown The latter is a new development, being a small furnace whose special eatu ire é red to be its rapid heating,